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Nursing and Payment by Results
NHS England has been reimbursing providers for acute care using an activity based casemix payment system called Payment by Results (PbR) since 2003. PbR uses Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) as a means of classifying patients' treatment episodes for reimbursement. They are developed by clinical working groups from national data and are designed to group together episodes that are clinically coherent and consume similar amounts of resource.
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Shaping the future of care together
RCN members are being encouraged to complete a short online survey to share their views on the future of social care in England. This will ensure that The RCN is responding to the Government Green Paper Shaping the Future of Care Together, which calls for a care debate and includes the idea of setting up a 'National Care Service'. The Government has ruled out paying for a new system through increasing taxes but has proposed three options for funding. The RCN has prepared a RCN Policy Briefing 12/2009: 'Shaping the future of care together' to explain the key issues and assist RCN members with formulating their response. The RCN ran a survey to gather views in order to shape its response and this consultation closed on 31 October 2009.
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RCN position on General Practice Data for Planning and Research
RCN position on General Practice Data for Planning and Research
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: Nursing Education in England and its Implications for the Future Supply of Nursing Staff
Parliamentary briefing on nursing education in England and its implications for the future supply of nursing staff.
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Looking back to look forward
This briefing provides a rapid review of the lessons from published reports on health and social care system regulation. The aim is to summarise the key lessons, particularly relevant as a new integrated regulator begins its work on 1 April 2009, replacing the previous commissions. It also sets out what the RCN view is on system regulation, and what the RCN wishes to see as key priorities for the coming years. The RCN recognises that 2009-10 is a year of unprecedented change, but from 2010-11 onwards believes that there is a real opportunity to learn from the change experience to improve health and social care for the benefit of patients, carers, staff and the public at large.
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Assisted suicide
The purpose of this briefing is to provide members with a background to key issues relating to assisted suicide, so as to inform member responses to an RCN consultation (which ran from 16 February until May 22 2009). It details the current legal and parliamentary positions with respect to assisted suicide, which vary between the four UK countries, and also lists current arguments both for and against assisted suicide and potential issues relating to nursing practice.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: The Effect of Brexit on the NHS
The UK’s withdrawal from the EU must not negatively impact on patient outcomes.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: The House of Lords Second Reading EU Withdrawal Bill
We remain concerned that the UK’s withdrawal from the EU may: present new and exacerbate existing challenges around the sustainability, recruitment and retention of the existing and future nursing profession; dilute fair employment practices and workers’ rights, and; prevent the cross-border exchange of knowledge and skills.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: House of Commons Committee Stage on the European Union (EU) Withdrawal Bill
Parliamentary briefing on the EU Withdrawal Bill House of Lords Committee Stage, debate of the Whole House.
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PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: Westminster Hall debate on Funding higher education
Our briefing for the Westminster Hall debate on higher education funding outlines the impact of the introduction of tuition fees for undergraduate nursing education and the proposal to do the same for postgraduate nursing students.
