Health Politics Olivia Carlton ARIOPS Conference 19th October 2012

2 Jeremy Hunt English Secretary of State for Health

3 Alex Neil Scottish Minister for health and wellbeing

4 Lesley Griffiths Welsh minister for health and social services

5 Edwin Poots Northern Ireland minister for health, social services and public health

6 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 9

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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 11

DWP IAS Benefits 2 and a half years left Have to deliver on benefits WCA - ATOS media coverage 8

17 Strategic landscape 17

Strategic landscape 12

HEALTH POLITICS In recession: Increase in suicide rates

Strategic landscape

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16 Strategic landscape 16

18 Strategic landscape 18

19 Strategic landscape 19

Strategic landscape Good social care networks: NHS Childcare Education

Strategic landscape Support Networks Work Friends Family

Strategic landscape In Nordic countries money is being invested into these support networks, with a very positive effect

26 BITC Work Well model 26

27 World Economic Forum 27 The Untapped Opportunity

28 Our challenges 28

29 Our challenges 29

30 Our challenges 30

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 38

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 Coomber Mar 08‘Working for a Healthier Tomorrow’ Jun 08‘High Quality Care for All’ Oct 08First SEQOHS stakeholder meeting Nov 08‘Improving Health & Work: Changing Lives’ Nov 09Boorman NHS HWB Review Jan 10Launch of SEQOHS Standards Mar 10‘NHS Constitution’ Jul 10‘Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS’ Dec 10Launch of SEQOHS Accreditation Jul 11First SEQOHS Accreditation Awards Jul 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

43 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:

Improving quality NHS Health at Work - MoHaWK Management of Health at Work Knowledge 43

44 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) 44

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