Many local, regional and national services work to support the physical and mental health of people who are experiencing homelessness, including support with finding emergency housing and protecting anyone at risk of abuse, harm or neglect. NHS staff can support patients who are currently homeless by signposting them to services or putting patients in touch […]
This report tells the stories and experiences of healthcare from the perspective of people who are currently homeless across London. The findings of the report are presented in chapters relating to different areas of healthcare delivery. Many of the topics highlighted, and stories told, do however have cross cutting themes that can apply to other […]
This commissioning guidance, revised April 2019, aims to support commissioners in London’s clinical commissioning groups to improve health services for people who are homeless. It outlines 10 commitments for improving health outcomes for homeless people in London. Commissioners can use these commitments as guiding principles in their work to improve services. Each commitment includes ideas […]
This document provides formal standards for paediatric assessment units in London. The standards have been developed by our Children and Young People’s Paediatric Assessment Unit Task and Finish Group. They have been created in order to reflect the urban requirements of the capital in providing effective care for children and young people in London. This […]
These standards have been developed by tour Children and Young People’s Critical Care Pathway Group. It supplements the revised Paediatric Intensive Care Society (PICS) Standards (2010). It provides formal standards for Paediatric Critical Care Level 1 and 2 specifically within a district general hospital (DGH) environment and once implemented, will address the inequalities across London in service provision. This […]
These standards bring together a number of children’s standards into one document. In the first instance, it was developed by the London Children and Young People’s Strategic Clinical Network. This document is aimed at commissioners and providers of acute care services for children and young people. It has brought together information and standards of care into one place to […]
Around two million people are living with or beyond cancer England at the moment. When we talk about people living with and beyond cancer, we are referring to the phase of the cancer pathway extending from the point of diagnosis through treatment to cure or living with indolent or advanced disease. This part of the […]
Treatment summaries improve communication between acute cancer services and primary care. At the end of patient’s primary treatment for cancer, treatment summaries help ensure their ongoing health needs are optimised. Our cancer team has produced this briefing on treatment summaries for primary care cancer leads. The aim is to support GPs and cancer managers in their discussions […]
Information and resources to support primary and community healthcare professionals meet number 23 and 28 of the standards Asthma reviews Doing a thorough asthma review takes at least 20 minutes and should be a combination of clinical assessment and patient education. The child’s asthma plan should be reviewed and inhaler technique should be checked. The […]
More information to support workforce development for pharmacists in London Pharmacists play a key role in providing quality healthcare particularly in the area of medicines optimisation. Development of a pharmacy workforce that is fit for the future will be will be key in supporting the implementation of the standards. Please find useful workforce related guidance […]