Policy briefings

• RCN fact sheet: health and wellbeing boards
  Published: 03 Sep 2012 - PDF File 48.8 KB
  Short briefing on health and wellbeing boards, one of the new types of organisation formed by the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

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<div class="bri_pubdate">Published: 03 Sep 2012 - PDF File 48.8 KB</div>
<div class="bri_desc">Short briefing on health and wellbeing boards, one of the new types of organisation formed by the Health and Social Care Act 2012.</div> </li>

• RCN fact sheet: Clinical senates and strategic clinical networks
  Published: 03 Sep 2012 - PDF File 42.8 KB
  Short briefing on clinical senates and strategic clinical networks, two new types of organisation formed by the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

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<div class="bri_name">RCN fact sheet: Clinical senates and strategic clinical networks</div>
<div class="bri_pubdate">Published: 03 Sep 2012 - PDF File 42.8 KB</div>
<div class="bri_desc">Short briefing on clinical senates and strategic clinical networks, two new types of organisation formed by the Health and Social Care Act 2012.</div> </li>

• Care Quality Commission insights from member focus group and interviews
  Published: 24 Aug 2012 - PDF File 213.1 KB
  The RCN continues to monitor the Care Quality Commission given how important it’s role is in helping identify poor care. This briefing provides an overview of discussions at Congress in a focus group where members told us more about how they see the CQC.

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<div class="bri_name">Care Quality Commission insights from member focus group and interviews</div>
<div class="bri_pubdate">Published: 24 Aug 2012 - PDF File 213.1 KB</div>
<div class="bri_desc">The RCN continues to monitor the Care Quality Commission given how important it’s role is in helping identify poor care. This briefing provides an overview of discussions at Congress in a focus group where members told us more about how they see the CQC.</div> </li>

• The RCN and the European Union
  Published: 08 Aug 2012 - PDF File 172.4 KB
  EU policies and legislation have had a major impact on policy issues that directly impact on nurses’ working lives, such as employment rights; equal opportunities; health and safety at work; environmental protection and food safety. As an EU member country we are part of a system for recognising nurses’ qualifications which allows UK nurses to practise in other European countries and lays down common minimum standards for nursing and midwifery education across the EU.

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<div class="bri_pubdate">Published: 08 Aug 2012 - PDF File 172.4 KB</div>
<div class="bri_desc">EU policies and legislation have had a major impact on policy issues that directly impact on nurses’ working lives, such as employment rights; equal opportunities; health and safety at work; environmental protection and food safety. As an EU member country we are part of a system for recognising nurses’ qualifications which allows UK nurses to practise in other European countries and lays down common minimum standards for nursing and midwifery education across the EU.</div> </li>

• Our NHS care objectives: a draft mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board
  Published: 02 Aug 2012 - PDF File 117.4 KB
  The Department of Health published a draft mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board on 4 July 2012. The mandate is the mechanism that the Secretary of State for Health will use to set out what the NHS Commissioning Board has to deliver. The consultation on the draft mandate runs until 26 September.

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<div class="bri_name">Our NHS care objectives: a draft mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board</div>
<div class="bri_pubdate">Published: 02 Aug 2012 - PDF File 117.4 KB</div>
<div class="bri_desc">The Department of Health published a draft mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board on 4 July 2012. The mandate is the mechanism that the Secretary of State for Health will use to set out what the NHS Commissioning Board has to deliver. The consultation on the draft mandate runs until 26 September.</div> </li>

• Social Care Reform
  Published: 31 Jul 2012 - PDF File 348.1 KB
  The long awaited care and support white paper and an accompanying draft bill and progress report on funding reform were published on 11th July 2012. Much of the content of the white paper and bill were derived from the Government’s consultation on social care reform that the RCN responded to in December last year. The draft bill covers changes to legislation that would be required to implement the Government’s vision for reform, as outlined in the white paper, and the Government has asked for views and comments about the bill. The funding progress report follows the Government’s consideration of the Dilnot Commission’s recommendations on social care funding, published last year. This briefing examines the detail of the white paper, draft bill and funding progress report and reflects on the positives and negatives in relation to the RCN’s positions and how changes will impact on service users and patients, their families and carers, and care and support staff.

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<div class="bri_pubdate">Published: 31 Jul 2012 - PDF File 348.1 KB</div>
<div class="bri_desc">The long awaited care and support white paper and an accompanying draft bill and progress report on funding reform were published on 11th July 2012. Much of the content of the white paper and bill were derived from the Government’s consultation on social care reform that the RCN responded to in December last year. The draft bill covers changes to legislation that would be required to implement the Government’s vision for reform, as outlined in the white paper, and the Government has asked for views and comments about the bill. The funding progress report follows the Government’s consideration of the Dilnot Commission’s recommendations on social care funding, published last year. This briefing examines the detail of the white paper, draft bill and funding progress report and reflects on the positives and negatives in relation to the RCN’s positions and how changes will impact on service users and patients, their families and carers, and care and support staff.</div> </li>

• Clinical Commissioning Groups: an overview of the authorisation process
  Published: 26 Jul 2012 - PDF File 97.6 KB
  The Health and Social Care Act 2012 includes radical reform of the way that health care is commissioned in England. This RCN factual briefing is intended as a user-friendly summary of the authorisation process for CCGs, focusing in particular on the nursing role in the new commissioning landscape.

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<div class="bri_name">Clinical Commissioning Groups: an overview of the authorisation process</div>
<div class="bri_pubdate">Published: 26 Jul 2012 - PDF File 97.6 KB</div>
<div class="bri_desc">The Health and Social Care Act 2012 includes radical reform of the way that health care is commissioned in England. This RCN factual briefing is intended as a user-friendly summary of the authorisation process for CCGs, focusing in particular on the nursing role in the new commissioning landscape.</div> </li>

• NHS failure regime
  Published: 26 Jul 2012 - PDF File 422.1 KB
  This briefing provides an overview of the current and future approaches to an NHS failure regime.

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<div class="bri_name">NHS failure regime</div>
<div class="bri_pubdate">Published: 26 Jul 2012 - PDF File 422.1 KB</div>
<div class="bri_desc">This briefing provides an overview of the current and future approaches to an NHS failure regime.</div> </li>