• Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Commissioning Toolkit
• CSIP Better Commissioning programme
• New NICE Commissioning guides: Cognitive behavioural therapy and Faecal continence service
• West Kent PCT: World Class Commissioning strategy and delivering a commissioning model
• National Cancer Intelligence Network
• Commissioning Specialist Library: Have you say
• A resource to help primary care pharmacists in England involved in PBC
• Revised guidance: primary care dental contracts Advice on managing end of year issues
• Other documents, websites and conferences

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It was fairly inevitable that the new piece of CAS Post It Notes would turn into a podcast!

• Updated Child Health Promotion Programme
• Towards World Class Commissioning Competency
• Education Commissioning Briefing
• National Dementia Strategy
• More strategic, timely information needed in primary healthcare
• Putting you in the picture
• Choice at referral
• Refocusing the care programme approach: Policy and positive practice guidance
• National Primary Care Research & Development Centre: Practice Based Commissioning
• Other documents and conferences

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We got asked to pull some current awareness together for our clinical reference group who wanted to keep up to date with policy etc.  We could have pointed them here but they might have found it a bit rambling.  The result was Post It Notes on Letterpop.

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In this Issue 

In this issue
Carlos Alvarez-Dardet and John Ashton
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 281. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Aphorism of the Month 

“There is more than one way to skin a cat”
JRA
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 283. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Speakers Corner 

Welfare regime types and global health: an emerging challenge
Haejoo Chung and Carles Muntaner
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 282-283. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.057778 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Public Health Past and Present 

Debates about cervical screening: an historical overview
L Bryder
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 284-287. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.059246 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Evidence-based Policy and Practice

Neighbourhood environment as a predictor of television watching among girls
K E MacLeod, G C Gee, P Crawford, and M C Wang
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 288-292. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.061424 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Home ownership and mortality: a register-based follow-up study of 300 000 Finns
M Laaksonen, P Martikainen, E Nihtilä, O Rahkonen, and E Lahelma
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 293-297. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.061309 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Tackling inequalities in health: evaluating the New Deal for Communities initiative
M Stafford, J Nazroo, J M Popay, and M Whitehead
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 298-304. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.058628 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Correlates of hepatitis C virus seropositivity in prison inmates: a meta-analysis
M F Vescio, B Longo, S Babudieri, G Starnini, S Carbonara, G Rezza, and R Monarca
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 305-313. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.051599 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Using national health weeks to deliver deworming to children: lessons from Mexico
A Flisser, J L Valdespino, L García-García, C Guzman, M T Aguirre, M L Manon, G González-González, and T W Gyorkos
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 314-317. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.066423 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Meaningful differences in maternal smoking behaviour during pregnancy: implications for infant behavioural vulnerability
K E Pickett, C Wood, J Adamson, L DeSouza, and L S Wakschlag
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 318-324. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.058768 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Social inequality in fetal growth: a comparative study of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in the period 1981–2000
L H Mortensen, F Diderichsen, A Arntzen, M Gissler, S Cnattingius, O Schnor, G Davey-Smith, and A-M Nybo Andersen
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 325-331. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.061473 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Job loss from poor health, smoking and obesity: a national prospective survey in France
F Jusot, M Khlat, T Rochereau, and C Serme
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 332-337. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.060772 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

When does work stress hurt? Testing the interaction with socioeconomic position in the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study
N Wege, N Dragano, R Erbel, K-H Jockel, S Moebus, A Stang, and J Siegrist
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 338-341. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.062315 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Physical activity in older women: associations with area deprivation and with socioeconomic position over the life course: observations in the British Women’s Heart and Health Study
M Hillsdon, D A Lawlor, S Ebrahim, and J N Morris
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 344-350. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.058610 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Research Reports

Childhood socioeconomic circumstances and adult height and leg length in central and eastern Europe
E Webb, D Kuh, A Peasey, A Pajak, S Malyutina, R Kubinova, R Topor-Madry, D Denisova, N Capkova, M Marmot, and M Bobak
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 351-357. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.056457 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Perineal use of talc and risk of ovarian cancer
H Langseth, S E Hankinson, J Siemiatycki, and E Weiderpass
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 358-360. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.047894 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Cost effectiveness of the Expert Patients Programme (EPP) for patients with chronic conditions
G Richardson, A Kennedy, D Reeves, P Bower, V Lee, E Middleton, C Gardner, C Gately, and A Rogers
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 361-367. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.057430 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Electronic Pages

Use of surface water in drinking water production associated with municipal Legionnaires’ disease incidence
J W Den Boer, R A Coutinho, E P F Yzerman, and M A B van der Sande
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: e1. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.061598 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Recreational values of the natural environment in relation to neighbourhood satisfaction, physical activity, obesity and wellbeing
J Björk, M Albin, P Grahn, H Jacobsson, J Ardö, J Wadbro, P-O Östergren, and E Skärbäck
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: e2. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.062414 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Apolipoprotein E polymorphism, life stress and self-reported health among older adults
F Zhang, M Lewis, G Yang, J Iriondo-Perez, Y Zeng, and J Liu
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: e3. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.063917 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

The changing regional pattern of ischaemic heart disease mortality in southern Europe: still healthy but uneven progress
L Hirte, E Nolte, E Mossialos, and M McKee
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: e4. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.067637 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Chernobyl exposure as stressor during pregnancy and hormone levels in adolescent offspring
A C Huizink, M Bartels, R J Rose, L Pulkkinen, C J P Eriksson, and J Kaprio
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: e5. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.060350 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Theory and Methods

Measuring the health effects of gender
S P Phillips
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 368-371. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.062158 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Job strain and ischaemic disease: does the inclusion of older employees in the cohort dilute the association? The WOLF Stockholm Study
M Kivimäki, T Theorell, H Westerlund, J Vahtera, and L Alfredsson
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 372-374. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.063578 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Postscript

Placing Health: Neighbourhood Renewal, Health Improvement and Complexity
Ritesh Mistry
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 375. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.067439 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

New malignancies among cancer survivors: SEER cancer registries, 1973–2000
Rajah Supramaniam
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 375-376. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.063560 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Constructive conversations about health: policy and values
Sanjoy Bhattacharya
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 376. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.059527 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Correction
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 376. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

The Commissioner Volume 3 Issue 3 from the North West Primary Care Librarian’s Group was published today with its podcast ( Standard Podcasts [6:22m]) contents are:

• PBC: Personalise your Improvement with the No Delays Achiever

• Dental Commissioning and Contract Monitoring - Tendering, Procurement & Contracting

• Evaluation of One-Stop Shop (Oss) Models of Sexual Health Provision

• Improving Access to Psychological Therapies implementation plan

• National Infarct Angioplasty Project (NIAP) interim report

• Practice-based commissioning : tips for preparing and pitching a proposal

• Strategic commissioning for older people

• Apply for Beacon Status

• Other documents and conferences

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The new edition of The Commissioner is out today.  Now with new added podcast!

• Commissioning NHS primary care dental services: meeting the NHS operating framework objectives
• The Future of Care Funding: Time for a change
• Practice Based Commissioning GP practice survey
• Best practice guidance for joint working between the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry
• New release of NICE commissioning tools
• Mental Health Act Commission’s Biennial Report; Risks, Rights, Recovery
• Implementing practice based commissioning
• Learning from investigations
• Working Across Boundaries for 18 weeks and beyond – registration now live

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A few new pages adorn this blog as of today. Fade Feeds is a list of the key RSS feeds Fade as a library creates as a result of the Another 15 … Minutes Health News from Fade piece of Current Awareness (so if you want to know what the mass media are saying about a particular topic give these a go), the feeds from E-journals we subscribe to and in time will include the feeds we generate for people from Pubmed.

To make the whole business of locating e-journals that Fade subscribe to a whole bunch easier, we’ve added the Fade E-Journals Page.

For fun we’ve also published the Guest Faders page, which will list the sort of stupid question we ask about ourselves in Who’s Who of people we think of as honourary Faders! We will of course include all of our library monitors from Regatta Place along with cult health library people from the North West.

Established to contribute to the national debate about the future shape of social care to meet  the major demographic changes, higher expectations of quality support amongst carers and the strong focus on self-directed care and independent living.  The Standing Commission on Carers will seek new solutions to old problems. It aims to put carers at the heart of policy-making as equal partners in exploring new ways of maximising independence and developing high quality (and cost-effective) services fit for the 2lst century.

Currently their site details membership and terms of reference.

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Volume 3 Issue 1 of the Commissioner is now available with the following content.

• Towards World Class Commissioning Competency
• Practice based commissioning - budget setting refinements and clarification of health funding flexibilities, incentive schemes and governance
• Commenting in response to the publication of the NHS Operating Framework for 2008/09
• Practice and Provider Monitor (PPM) - a common information source for both providers and commissioners
• Collaborative commissioning of National Screening Programmes
• A funding model for health visiting
• A personal approach to public services
• Evidence-based Commissioning Collaboration
• Other documents and conferences

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Volume 2 Issue 12 of The Commissioner contains the following items.

• World Class Commissioning
• Kings Fund Briefing: Practice-based commissioning
• New Commissioner Module for the No Delays Achiever Now Available
• Communities of Practice: Commissioning Patient Pathways
• Putting commissioning into practice
• Kings Fund Briefing: Payment by Results
• PARR case finding tool
• Treatment Centres
• Services for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour/mental health needs
• Valuing People’s Oral Health

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Quick tip of the collective library hat (let us know what style you think would suit us) to the crew at Salford for pointing this out.

The Commissioner 2(11) (link to this months contents) has just been published. You can sign up for the e-mail alert on its blog, contact Katherine Bell its editor to get a mail of the pdf version or just subscribe to its RSS feed using the icon below.

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This month’s contents are:

• Diabetes in the NHS: Commissioning and providing specialist services
• NHS Stop Smoking Services
• Commissioning for Patient Pathways
• Commissioning specialist adult learning disability health services
• Care Outside Hospital
• Delivering the 18 week patient pathway
• Eye care
• Commissioning Roadmap
• Facing the Future
• Report of the High Level Group (HLG) on Clinical Effectiveness
• Other documents

Both yesterday and today the big news in the mass media has been the Healthcare Commission’s report (Investigation into outbreaks of Clostridium difficile at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust). The media coverage can be found in posts for 11th October 2007, 12th October 2007, and 13th - 15th October 2007 on our mass media focused Fade the Blog.

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The new issue of The Commissioner is now available. Contents of Volume 2 Issue 10 are:

• Who pays? Establishing the responsible commissioner
• Two new tools to help diabetes networks develop and improve their services
• Reducing health inequalities for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people - briefings for health and social care staff
• The NHS will require substantially higher levels of funding over next 20 years
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society: Practice Based Commissioning
• Anticipatory case management and practice-based commissioning
• Transferring assets to social enterprises - the perks and quirks
• Other Documents

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The Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCOA), Midwives (RCM), Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), and Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) have published

Safer Childbirth - Minimum Standards for the Organisation and Delivery of Care in Labour

It looks at the staffing requirements, skill mix and teamwork required to provide effective and safe services in this area following concerns from Concerns from the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) and its predecessor organisations the Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy (CESDI) and the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths (CEMD).

If you just want to read a briefing look at the Executive Summary. You can see what the mass media have to say about it direct from yesterdays post from Fade the Blog (which you can susbscribe to as RSS or as a daily email alert).

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