Health Politics

Olivia Carlton

ARIOPS Conference

19th October 2012

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Jeremy Hunt English Secretary of State for Health

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Alex Neil Scottish Minister for health and wellbeing

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Lesley GriffithsWelsh minister for health and

social services 

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Edwin Poots Northern Ireland minister for health, social services

and public health

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John Dalli, the EU commissioner for health, quit on Wednesday after an anti-fraud investigation confirmed an attempt to

influence tobacco legislation at European level.

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English Department of Health

• Huge change agenda

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English Department of Health

• Huge change agenda• Health and Wellbeing Boards• Local Commissioning • MEE changes to HEE• Local Education and Training Boards

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DWP

IAS

Benefits

2 and a half years left

Have to deliver on benefits

WCA - ATOS media coverage

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Strategic landscape

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Strategic landscape

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HEALTH POLITICS

In recession:

Increase in suicide rates

Strategic landscape

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Strategic landscape

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Strategic landscape

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Strategic landscape

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Strategic landscape

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Strategic landscape

Good social care networks:• NHS• Childcare• Education

Strategic landscape

Support NetworksWorkFriendsFamily

Strategic landscape

In Nordic countries money is being invested into these support

networks, with a very positive effect

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BITC Work Well model

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World Economic Forum

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The Untapped Opportunity

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Our challenges

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Our challenges

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Our challenges

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Our Challenges

Our Challenges

HEALTH POLITICS

Health Politics and Work

HEALTH POLITICS

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Interim Conclusion

• The potential is there• The strategic landscape is inviting

action from us• We can contribute to solutions to

some knotty problems • Are we up for it?• Do we have the skills?• Collaboration with allies / influencing

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Improving quality Health and Work Development Unit

• Partnership between RCP and FOM since 2007

• Hosted by RCP clinical standards dept

• Evidence based guidelines

• National audits

Improving quality Timeline & Influences....Slide courtesy of Dr Sally CoomberMar 08 ‘Working for a Healthier Tomorrow’Jun 08 ‘High Quality Care for All’Oct 08 First SEQOHS stakeholder meetingNov 08 ‘Improving Health & Work: Changing

Lives’Nov 09 Boorman NHS HWB ReviewJan 10 Launch of SEQOHS StandardsMar 10 ‘NHS Constitution’Jul 10 ‘Equity and Excellence: Liberating the

NHS’Dec 10 Launch of SEQOHS AccreditationJul 11 First SEQOHS Accreditation AwardsJul 11 ‘HWB Improvement

Framework’/’Healthy Staff, Better Care for Patients’

Improving quality Accreditation is...Slide courtesy of Dr Sally Coomber

“a self-assessment and external peer assessment process used by clinical services to accurately assess their level of performance in relation to established standards and to implement ways to continuously improve”

HQIP: A core model for professionally led, clinical service accreditation 2009

Improving quality OH Accreditation means.... Slide courtesy of Dr Sally Coomber

Occupational Health Service

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SEQOHS Activity

Accredited Services 44– Commercial 15– NHS 24– Peripathetic 2– University 2– Local Government 1

Current Deferrals 5

Visits Confirmed 19

Working on Accreditation 217

Total: 285 43

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Improving quality NHS Health at Work - MoHaWK

Management ofHealthatWork Knowledge

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Improving quality MOHAWK

Five clinical indicators have been agreed. They are:

Indicator 1: (Adjustments)Indicator 2: (Timely advice)Indicator 3: (Patient Satisfaction)Indicator 4: (Manager Satisfaction)   Indicator 5: (Recordkeeping)

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Questions and discussion

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