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Improving Children and Young People’s Health Outcomes - A System Wide Response. Flora Goldhill Director for Children, Families & Maternity and Health Inequalities, Department of Health. Our System Wide Pledge.
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Improving Children and Young People’s Health Outcomes- A System Wide Response Flora Goldhill Director for Children, Families & Maternity and Health Inequalities, Department of Health
Our System Wide Pledge We are committed to improving the health outcomes of our children and young people so that they become amongst the best in the world We all have a part to play in promoting the independence of the health of our children and young people
The health outcomes that matter most Actions taken New outcomes indicators Data – 5 year age bands • Work underway • Developing new outcome measures • Commitments made • Surveys • Disaggregating data by inequalities & equalities • PHE Atlas of Variation for Children and Young People
Leadership, accountability & assurance Clear and accountable system leadership Children and Young People’s Health Outcomes Forum & Board CQC thematic reviews Accountability for safeguarding
At the heart of what happens • Listening to the voice of children and young people to improve health outcomes NHS Constitution – accessible and relevant Healthwatch
Acting early and intervening at the right time Providing the best start in life Improving health across the life course Reducing health inequalities Improving outcomes for vulnerable children (including looked after children and young people)
Integration and partnership New health system – duties to support integration of care Partnership board on children and young people’s health Sharing information Joint working
Safe and sustainable services Strategic clinical networks, local networks & partnerships Service reconfiguration to meet the needs of children and young people Reporting and reducing drug errors
Workforce, education and training • Safe & sustainable workforce for children & young people • Health Education England • Lead LETB for children and young people • Centre for Workforce Intelligence – future work • General practice workforce • Named medical & nursing lead • Common competency framework • Adequate training
Knowledge and evidence Electronic health records Health intelligence network for children and young people Quality standards for children and young people New national maternity, child and CAMHS dataset
Incentives for driving service improvement National tariff: DH, NHS CB and Monitor working closely to manage transition CQC’s use of data to target regulatory activity Strategic work on pricing NHS CB and Monitor
Working with the voluntary sector • What are the opportunities? • What are the priorities? • How best to engage the voluntary sector?