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“A consortium of leading women’s organisations providing expertise
on improving the health of all women and girls in England”
November and December 2015
WHEC Partner News
A Fair Deal For Women – The Fair Deal for Women campaign runs from inside the Women’s
Resource Centre. The campaign is the first of its kind, coming from a partnership of 13
leading women’s sector organisations covering a diverse range of issues. It was initially set
up as an election the campaign in April on 7 different areas of women’s inequality, with the
aim of shaping public and political debate around the election, and as it was a success- it’s
been continued. See www.fairdealforwomen.com .
We know that women live for longer than men, and in worse health. We also know that
they are likely to neglect their own health, and focus on supporting others due to the
burden of care. Ask number 4 of Fair Deal is on women’s health. The campaign asks the
parliament to research the specific issues that affect women’s health, and use this evidence
to develop services to both improve women’s health –and prevent ill health. What can
parliament do? Well, they could ensure proper investment in prevention, tackle health
inequalities that women and girls face with a national framework, ensure that the evidence
used to develop health policy is grounded in the specific experiences of women and girls.
Do you think this is fair? We don’t. Please read sign and share www.fairdealforwomen.com
and pledge your support.
Why not follow us on Twitter @fairdeal2015 and like us on Facebook too
https://www.facebook.com/fairdealforwomen/
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The True Story of Ghati and Rhobi - FORWARD UK and Animage Films in partnership with
CDF have developed a 5 minutes animated film on female genital mutilation (FGM). The film
narrates the inspirational true story of two girls, Ghati and Rhobi, resisting their’
community’s practice of FGM. The film is available in English and Swahili. Please click here to
get the links of the film and contact persons who can help with the downloadable version of
the films.
Women Know Best: This guide has been produced by Positively UK in conjunction with
women living with HIV, and provides a helpful evidence base for support organisations and
commissioners to improve and expand their support services for women living with HIV.
http://www.whec.org.uk/wordpress/wpcontent/uploads/2015/12/Women_know_best_web.pdf
1000 Women - 1000women is an initiative to provide support and to help improve the
mental and sexual health of Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic (BAME) women in the UK. The
project aims to become a platform through which women affected by mental health,
women living with HIV, Lesbian and Bi-sexual women can safely share their stories and
receive support through each other. This platform will motivate, empower and give visibility
to BAME women making a difference through a personal and at times funny approach that
will create a genuine social change for BAME women who currently experience some of the
worst mental and sexual health, compared with other racial groups in the UK. For more
information on the project and to take part in the survey, please visit the 1000 women
website.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Doctors and Nurses required to report FGM to Police – To coincide with the duty coming
into effect, the Department of Health has introduced a range of resources to help ensure
that healthcare staff are equipped and confident to deal with cases of FGM. These resources
will make sure that healthcare professionals are aware of their responsibilities towards girls
who come into their care that have had FGM. For more information on support packages
and guidance, please click here.
New Ambition to Halve Rate of Stillbirths and Infant deaths – The government has
announced its new commitment to ensure England is one of the safest places in the world
to have a baby. Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has announced a new ambition to reduce
the rate of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths in England by 50% by 2030. To read
more on this, please click here.
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NHS ENGLAND
Friends and Family Test – The Friends and Family Test (FFT) is an important feedback tool
that supports the fundamental principle that people who use NHS services should have the
opportunity to provide feedback on their experience. It asks people if they would
recommend the services they have used and offers a range of responses. When combined
with supplementary follow-up questions, the FFT provides a mechanism to highlight both
good and poor patient experience. This kind of feedback is vital in transforming NHS services
and supporting patient choice. The results of FFT are published at monthly intervals on both
NHS England and NHS Choices websites. For further information and supporting
publications, please click here.
NHS Bulletins – NHS England sends out a range of email bulletins aimed at different groups
of NHS and healthcare professionals. To subscribe to the bulletin(s) of most interest to you,
please select a bulletin and complete the quick sign-up form. To get a list of the bulletins
and the sign-up forms, please click, here.
PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
Reducing the Risk of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Winter – There are about 30 accidental
deaths a year from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in England and Wales. With the start of
Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week, Public Health England (PHE) is advising people to have
their fossil fuel and wood burning appliances, like boilers, heaters and cookers, checked by
an appropriately registered engineer before winter sets in. For more information on taking
preventive steps and to watch the video created by NHS Choices on carbon monoxide,
please click here.
Stoptober 2015 Concludes – The latest official figures show a 37% drop in smoking over last
30 years highlighting significant progress towards a smoke-free nation. Public Health
England (PHE) has revealed that over 215,000 smokers signed up to this year’s Stoptober, the
country’s 28-day mass quitting challenge.
CONSULTATIONS
Maternity Review Consultation – This is a survey about the care provided through
pregnancy, birth and after birth and forms part of the NHS Maternity Review online
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consultation. The Review will be making recommendations for the improvement of
maternity services for women and their families. The answers will be fed into the Review
which is due to report at the end of the year. To know more about the consultation and to
fill out the online survey, please click here.
Patient and Public Voice roles in Public Participation and Seven Day GP Access – NHS
England are committed to ensuring that public and patient voices are at the centre of
shaping our healthcare services. Every level of our commissioning system needs to be
informed by insightful methods of listening to those who use and care about our services to
inform service development. To know more about Patient and Public Participation and the
Seven Day GP Access programme board, please click here.
Cancer Drug Fund Consultation – Since its inception in 2010, the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF)
has provided access to treatment for patients whose individual circumstances suggest that
they will benefit from drugs that have not been adopted for routine use in the NHS. This
includes drugs which have not been recommended by the National Institute of Health and
Care Excellence (NICE), are for rare cancer licensed drug indications not selected for NICE
appraisal, or are planned to be used off-label. Arrangements for the current Fund are due to
end on 31st March 2016. Consulting now allows sufficient time for responses to be
analysed, and for the new CDF to be operational from 1st April 2016, with a target to
complete the full transition by the end of March 2017. To fill out the online survey to put
forward your views, please click here.
The Role of the National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care – This consultation
seeks views on the responsibilities of the statutory National Data Guardian for health and
social care. The responses will form a major part of the development for more detailed
proposals to establish the National Data Guardian for health and social care on a statutory
footing. The National Data Guardian for health and social care will help to ensure that
personal confidential data is held and used to support better outcomes from health and
care services, at the same time providing confidence that there are thorough safeguards in
place to protect personal confidential data. To response to this consultation, please click
here.
RESOURCES AND PUBLICATIONS
Modern Slavery: Identifying and Supporting Victims – This guidance document supports
health staff when they suspect a patient is a victim of modern slavery. It gives health
professionals guidance on how to identify signs that someone may have been trafficked, the
health care issues trafficked people may experience, how to respond in a way that will not
put the potential victim in further danger and the action to take if they suspect a person is a
victim of modern slavery. To have access to the document, please click here.
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EVENTS AND TRAINING
The Chief Nursing Officer for England’s Summit 2015 – The Chief Nursing Officer for
England’s Summit (CNO Summit) 2015 has brought together the most senior leaders from
across the nursing, midwifery and care professions to help shape future direction and equip
leaders to motivate, inspire and mobilise the workforce with new ideas, ways of working
and shared learning. The Summit was held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole hotel
between 1 and 2 December 2015. For more information, please visit the NHS England
website.
Finance Planning for your Organisation, 10 December 2015 – This training uses practical
exercises to focus on your organisation and the financial documents you need. The course
will give you the knowledge and tools to understand and develop your understanding of
balance sheet, cashflow forecast and profit and loss accounts. The training also gives you
the skills to create the documents needed in the financial sections of a business plan,
calculate your breakeven point and ensure full cost recovery. To register for the training
please click here.
NEWS
What does the Spending Review mean for NHS – Check out this simple infographic
produced by Nuffield Trust that breaks down numbers for the Review to show what they
mean for health services.
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