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Adrian Barker
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31 Rhag 2019 - 11:19

null Happiness - a review of the decade

As we reach the end of the second decade of the 20th Century, it seems a good time to look back at what has happened in that time in relation to happiness, resilience and wellbeing.   Unfortunately, I don’t have the knowledge, expertise or time to write a comprehensive review.  So here are a few thoughts, and maybe it’ll prompt others to add theirs, correct my mistakes and fill in the... Gweld mwy
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Adrian Barker
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31 Rhag 2016 - 18:51

null The top 10 news stories of 2016 on health and wellbeing policy

2016 is widely seen as being a terrible year, but how was it for health and wellbeing policy? I’ve been doing a weekly update of news items since 2012 but this is the first full year that it’s been on a database with a score of significance for each item.  Which means that, at the touch of a button, I can read off the top 10 news items. Except it’s not quite so straightforward.  For... Gweld mwy
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Adrian Barker
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30 Tach 2016 - 15:23

null Progress on the Five Year Forward View

I thought the Five Year Forward View (5YFV) had a lot of promise.  It identified the key issues: “we need to take our own health seriously, change the way services are provided, and yes ask the next government to support us financially”, source: press release) It also pinpointed the key things to focus on: prevention: tackling the root causes of ill health co-production: giving... Gweld mwy
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Adrian Barker
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30 Medi 2016 - 18:56

null Putting the work into workshops – a matter of life and death

Making meetings effective could be a life and death issue. Partnership working often requires joint delivery of something – whether a strategy, programme of action, event or whatever.  But producing something jointly is a challenge.  That’s one of the reasons why in organisations tasks are typically delegated – strip everything down to its component parts then use a hierarchical... Gweld mwy
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Adrian Barker
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11 Medi 2016 - 20:42

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 4th-11th September 2016

Here are a few of the more significant health and wellbeing policy news items from the last week.  A fuller list is available here.   05 September 2016 The junior doctors' strike planned for September has been called off,  but those for October, November and December are still scheduled to go ahead.  The BMA called off the strike because of concern that the service might... Gweld mwy
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Adrian Barker
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04 Medi 2016 - 14:21

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 28th August - 4th September

Here are a few of the more significant health and wellbeing policy news items from the last week.  A fuller list is available here.   31 August 2016 Junior doctors are to hold 5-day strikes every month until the end of the year,  after the BMA Council agreed proposals from the Junior Doctors Committee.  The first strike will be from 8:00 until 5:00 each day from 12th to... Gweld mwy
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Adrian Barker
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31 Awst 2016 - 18:33

null Peer learning, Knowledge Hub and a 'wiki-database'

Learning from each other is important – across local government, the rest of the public sector and beyond.  It’s how we improve.  Without it, the relationship between inputs and outputs remains the same and there are few opportunities to make savings apart from cutting services. Such learning can take place in various different ways, such as: •    Face to face vs... Gweld mwy
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Adrian Barker
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28 Awst 2016 - 13:37

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 14th-28th August

There's a fuller list of the health and wellbeing policy news items for the current quarter here, but some of the more significant items of the week are: 18 August 2016 The Government's delayed childhood obesity strategy has been widely criticised  for not going far enough.  It proposes a voluntary target to reduce the amount of sugar in children's food and drink by 5% next year and... Gweld mwy
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Adrian Barker
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22 Awst 2016 - 15:29

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 7th-13th August 2016

There's a fuller list of the health and wellbeing policy news items for the current quarter here, but some of the more significant items of the week are: 08 August 2016 The 'troubled families' programme has had no discernible effect on unemployment, truancy or criminality,  according to an unpublished evaluation report, a senior civil servant has told BBC's Newsnight programme.  The... Gweld mwy
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Adrian Barker
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07 Awst 2016 - 19:26

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 31st July - 7th August

Here are some of the more significant items of health and wellbeing policy news from the last week.  There is a longer list (in date order) here.   02 August 2016 NHS England can legally fund the HIV preventive drug 'Prep',  the High Court has ruled.  NHS England had said it was the responsibility of Public Health within local authorities to provide the drug as it was... Gweld mwy
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31 Gorff 2016 - 06:24

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 24th-30th July

Here are a few of the more significant health and wellbeing policy news items from the last week.  A fuller list is available here.   28 July 2016 More details of the new voluntary GP contracts have been revealed  in NHS England board papers.  The contracts were announced by David Cameron last year (4th October 2015) in connection with seven day working, but that is not... Gweld mwy
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Adrian Barker
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25 Gorff 2016 - 08:19

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 15th-24th July 2016

Here are some of the bigger items of health and wellbeing policy news collected in the last week.  A fuller list (in date order) is available here. 21 July 2016 A 'reset' of NHS finances will see trusts and CCGs in special measures and the ending of some fines for waiting times,  NHS England, NHS Improvement and the CQC have announced.  Five NHS trusts and nine CCGs are being... Gweld mwy
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Adrian Barker
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16 Gorff 2016 - 06:47

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 11th-15th July 2016

Here are some of the bigger stories from last week.  A fuller list (in date order) is available here.   14 July 2016 Jeremy Hunt remains as health secretary,  one of only four Cabinet ministers to retain their role, in the new prime minister, Theresa May's government.  Justine Greening replaced Nicky Morgan as Secretary of State for Education.  Savid Javid moved from... Gweld mwy
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Adrian Barker
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11 Gorff 2016 - 14:04

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 1st-11th July 2016

There's a longer list of this week's health and wellbeing policy news items on my website, but here are a few of the bigger items: 06 July 2016 The Government is to impose the revised junior doctors' contract,  despite it having been rejected in a ballot of BMA members.  Imposition will start in October and is likely to be completed by autumn the following year.... Gweld mwy
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02 Gorff 2016 - 15:22

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 27th June - 1st July 2016

Here are a few of the 'bigger' (not necessarily more newsworthy) health and wellbeing policy items from the last week.  There are more at www.equwell.org.uk.   28 June 2016 The UK is in breach of its international human rights obligations,  the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has said.  It said that austerity measures are having a... Gweld mwy
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Adrian Barker
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27 Meh 2016 - 13:17

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 12-27 June 2016

Clearly the referendum result is eclipsing everything else at the moment, but there has also been quite a lot of health and wellbeing policy news in the last two weeks, albeit rather less momentous.  A lot emerged from the conferences of the NHS Confederation, BMA and Royal College of Nursing but that was mostly motions rather than anything which would necessarily lead to action.There is a... Gweld mwy
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Adrian Barker
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12 Meh 2016 - 17:24

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 5th - 12th June 2016

This week's health and wellbeing policy news is available here.  A few of the more impactful items of the week are: The performance of the NHS in England improved slightly in April, but it remains under considerable pressure (9th) The United Nations Committee on the rights of the child says that UK austerity and welfare policies are disproportionately affecting poorer children so... Gweld mwy
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Adrian Barker
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05 Meh 2016 - 12:50

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 27th May - 5th June

There is a full list of health and wellbeing policy news items from the past week here.  Some of the more significant items were:   The system of serious case reviews is to be overhauled and the legal requirement to have a local safeguarding children's board removed, the Government has indicated (26th May).  Instead there is to be a national framework with 'local learning... Gweld mwy
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Adrian Barker
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03 Meh 2016 - 16:11

null 3 x 3 ways to waste less time in meetings

I was struck last week by how two different meetings failed to be as effective as they might have been, and how it was simple, and well-known advice that could have improved them. Both suffered from many of the classic problems with meetings.  People turned up late (including both the chairs).  The meetings weren’t managed well.  Despite both chairs being very nice people and... Gweld mwy
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27 Mai 2016 - 17:15

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 23-27 May 2016

There's a full list of this week's health and wellbeing policy new items here, but a few of the key ones are: David Cameron has said he will take action on antimicrobial resistance (26th).  This follows the publication of Jim O'Neill's report last week.  The measures announced so far include setting targets and £50m towards a fund to incentivise drugs companies to produce new... Gweld mwy
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