Policy briefings
2010 briefings
Policy and International produce briefings on a wide range of issues which affect nurses and nursing. The briefings listed below are those produced in 2010.
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Published: 16 Apr 2010 - PDF File 241.3 KBThe Cooperation and Competition Panel (CCP) was established in January 2009 as an independent agency to provide advice to the Department of Health in England, Monitor and Strategy Health Authorities on issues arising from the Government’s policies of choice, co operation and competition. The panel is now a year old and has reflected on it’s work over the last year based upon the CCPs own report of it’s performance. This briefing provides a brief review of the work of the panel.
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Published: 13 Apr 2010 - PDF File 22.1 KBIn March 2009 the Prime Minister announced the creation of a Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery. The Commission consulted on how nurses can further improve safety and champion high quality patient care. All branches of nursing and midwifery were covered including health visitors, mental health and learning disability nurses and paediatric nurses. The commission was chaired by Ann Keen, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Health Services. Members of the Commission include a number of senior members of the nursing profession including Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive of the RCN, and RCN fellows Dame Liz Fradd and Professor Anne Marie Rafferty...
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Published: 04 Mar 2010 - PDF File 300.6 KBThis briefing provides an overview of the diverse non-NHS sector that is playing an increasingly important role in shaping and delivering health and social care in England. It provides a definition of the sector; basic facts about the range and extent of IS activity in health and social care in England; and a look forward at the sector and the implications for patients and nursing.
Total number: 27