Focus on: Emergency and Urgent Care for Children and Young People - best practice films launched

The NHS Institute has launched a series of 10 case study films focussing on different aspects of whole system working on the emergency and urgent care pathway for children and young people across primary and secondary care (including ambulance services and NHS Direct).
The NHS Institute has been working with 10 health systems nationwide to roll out the best practice set out in the Focus On: Children and Young People Emergency and Urgent Care document.

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Commissioning children's services network is the latest to join NHS Networks

The Commissioning Children's Services Network is the latest addition to NHS Networks, the virtual platform for connecting professionals and stakeholders in healthcare. The stated aim of the network is to "develop and spread expertise around commissioning children and young people's services". It is the latest of around 20 networks directly related to commissioning to have formed on the NHS Networks platform, which also hosts the World Class Commissioning support and development network and PBC Connection the "network of networks" for PCT and practice based commissioners. NHS Networks provides free web space, network management tools and support for collaboration and intelligence sharing. The service was re-launched in February, supports over 600 networks and is adding new networks at the rate of one a day.

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Commercial and procurement skills for commissioners of children's services

It is vital that commissioners of children's services have access to the commercial and procurement skills needed to develop markets and procure services effectively. These guidance documents from the epartment of Health are designed to help commissioners understand and apply commercial and procurement skills in their work. The documents cover the key principles of procurement, an overview of both strategic procurement and the contracting process, an overview of resource mapping and a basic jigsaw tool designed to help commissioners understand the key principles of change management.

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Get the Picture with Social Care TV

Social Care TV programmes aim to bring real world examples to social care staff, managers, commissioners and trainers. Already up on the site are 25 videos covering topics such as dementia, personalisation and safeguarding vulnerable children, with more in the pipeline. Click here to view.

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Young People Invited to Join Mental Health Discussion Group

YoungMinds, a national charity committed to improving the mental health of all children and young people, is calling on five to 25 year olds to join its virtual discussion group. The charity is encouraging young people to sign up to Healthy Heads to give their views on what makes them happy and unhappy and how the charity can help. To sign up, click here.