Secondary care | Service improvement
The NHS as an anchor institution: addressing fuel poverty
The number of households in fuel poverty in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent (SSoT) is higher than the national average. As anchor institutions, NHS organisations can use their assets to influence the health and wellbeing of their local communities. The Strategy Unit was asked by the Midlands NHS…
Evidence reviews
Autism evidence scan identifies knowledge gaps
Diagnosing autism takes account of a person’s differences in social interaction and communication, sensory sensitivity, interests and behaviours. Yet autism varies hugely from person to person, both in how it looks and how it is experienced.
Service improvement
PHM Core Team - 2nd July 2019
PHM Academy - Core Team Event 2nd July 2019 We held our first Core Team event on the 2nd July 2019 which was a huge success. All STPs arrived in high numbers and were given the opportunity to hold talks with some of the leading experts, which included:
Service configuration | Service improvement | Integrated Care
Scoping study: the economics of caring
There is a clear moral case for supporting unpaid carers. They play an essential role in the lives of the people they care for; they often do so at a cost to their own wellbeing. But what is the economic case for supporting carers? And to what extent does the evidence base support this case?…