Policy briefings

• New Monitor in England
  Published: 25 Jul 2012 - PDF File 177.0 KB
  This briefing note sets out how the role of Monitor is changing under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Although much is still unknown about how Monitor will implement the changes set out in law, this briefing provides an overview of what we know and raises some issues for nurses.

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<div class="bri_pubdate">Published: 25 Jul 2012 - PDF File 177.0 KB</div>
<div class="bri_desc">This briefing note sets out how the role of Monitor is changing under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Although much is still unknown about how Monitor will implement the changes set out in law, this briefing provides an overview of what we know and raises some issues for nurses.</div> </li>

• Personal health records and information management
  Published: 24 Jul 2012 - PDF File 303.2 KB
  This briefing summarises the RCN vision for personal health information management, how ICT can support this vision and what needs to be done to overcome barriers to achieve the changes required. It is intended to inform all aspects of records development, record standards development and nursing educational programmes.

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<div class="bri_pubdate">Published: 24 Jul 2012 - PDF File 303.2 KB</div>
<div class="bri_desc">This briefing summarises the RCN vision for personal health information management, how ICT can support this vision and what needs to be done to overcome barriers to achieve the changes required. It is intended to inform all aspects of records development, record standards development and nursing educational programmes.</div> </li>

• RCN Factsheet on Nurse Prescribing
  Published: 09 Jul 2012 - PDF File 238.1 KB
  Over the years, the RCN’s Policy and International Department has received a lot of interest from national nurses’ associations to find out more about nurse prescribing in the UK and the evidence to support it. This fact sheet discusses statistics, education, training and regulation, and evidence of improvements in access, patient safety and patient-centred care that continue to strengthen the foundations underpinning the success of this practice.

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<div class="bri_pubdate">Published: 09 Jul 2012 - PDF File 238.1 KB</div>
<div class="bri_desc">Over the years, the RCN’s Policy and International Department has received a lot of interest from national nurses’ associations to find out more about nurse prescribing in the UK and the evidence to support it. This fact sheet discusses statistics, education, training and regulation, and evidence of improvements in access, patient safety and patient-centred care that continue to strengthen the foundations underpinning the success of this practice.</div> </li>

• Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) in England
  Published: 06 Jul 2012 - PDF File 174.1 KB
  Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) in England is a national programme to deliver quality, innovation, productivity and prevention in the NHS. This briefing provides details on the programme and asks for more transparency so that the public, patients and staff can know what QIPP means for them, and to reassure them that it is not just focusing on short terms cuts but will deliver against all four of the areas covered in the QIPP title.

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<div class="bri_name">Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) in England </div>
<div class="bri_pubdate">Published: 06 Jul 2012 - PDF File 174.1 KB</div>
<div class="bri_desc">Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) in England is a national programme to deliver quality, innovation, productivity and prevention in the NHS. This briefing provides details on the programme and asks for more transparency so that the public, patients and staff can know what QIPP means for them, and to reassure them that it is not just focusing on short terms cuts but will deliver against all four of the areas covered in the QIPP title.</div> </li>

• Paying for Quality - Commissioning for Qaulity and Innovation (CQUIN) in England
  Published: 25 Jun 2012 - PDF File 169.0 KB
  Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) is a contract which aims to pay for quality. This briefing tells you more about this initiative in England and sets out some principles to help guide views on what makes a ‘good’ CQUIN.

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<div class="bri_name">Paying for Quality - Commissioning for Qaulity and Innovation (CQUIN) in England</div>
<div class="bri_pubdate">Published: 25 Jun 2012 - PDF File 169.0 KB</div>
<div class="bri_desc">Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) is a contract which aims to pay for quality. This briefing tells you more about this initiative in England and sets out some principles to help guide views on what makes a ‘good’ CQUIN.</div> </li>

• The Community Nursing Workforce in England
  Published: 06 Jun 2012 - PDF File 473.4 KB
  In the last decade parallel goals for financial efficiency in the NHS and for care pathways which deliver the best outcomes for patients have aligned to ensure a consistent policy objective to move care out of acute (hospital) settings and into people's homes and communities.

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<div class="bri_name">The Community Nursing Workforce in England</div>
<div class="bri_pubdate">Published: 06 Jun 2012 - PDF File 473.4 KB</div>
<div class="bri_desc">In the last decade parallel goals for financial efficiency in the NHS and for care pathways which deliver the best outcomes for patients have aligned to ensure a consistent policy objective to move care out of acute (hospital) settings and into people's homes and communities.</div> </li>

• Human Rights and Nursing, RCN position statement
  Published: 01 Jun 2012 - PDF File 507.4 KB
  The RCN and its members have long been involved in human rights activities, both nationally and internationally. The RCN is committed to supporting and advocating human rights for the positive and practical difference they make to people, patients and nursing. This document sets out the RCN’s position on nursing, health and human rights and also provides the legal and ethical background to the position.

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<div class="bri_name">Human Rights and Nursing, RCN position statement</div>
<div class="bri_pubdate">Published: 01 Jun 2012 - PDF File 507.4 KB</div>
<div class="bri_desc">The RCN and its members have long been involved in human rights activities, both nationally and internationally. The RCN is committed to supporting and advocating human rights for the positive and practical difference they make to people, patients and nursing. This document sets out the RCN’s position on nursing, health and human rights and also provides the legal and ethical background to the position.</div> </li>

• Frontline First, Congress 2012 Update
  Published: 14 May 2012 - PDF File 743.8 KB
  The RCN's Frontline First campaign has been monitoring the effect of the economic downturn on the NHS for two years now, and we continue to identify more and more posts at risk across the UK.

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<div class="bri_name">Frontline First, Congress 2012 Update</div>
<div class="bri_pubdate">Published: 14 May 2012 - PDF File 743.8 KB</div>
<div class="bri_desc">The RCN's Frontline First campaign has been monitoring the effect of the economic downturn on the NHS for two years now, and we continue to identify more and more posts at risk across the UK.</div> </li>