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Evidence Submission: Self-Referral to Physiotherapy

This report, from the University of Bristol, discusses the evidence to support Self-Referral to Physiotherapy, a policy first introduced by the previous Labour government in its White Paper, ‘Our Health, Our Care, Our Say’. Self-referral aimed to enable patients to refer themselves directly to a physiotherapist without having to see …

Information prescriptions

Evidence Submission: Information Prescriptions

Information Prescriptions were launched under the previous Labour government as a way to give patients or service users better information about their condition, treatment options and support networks. They aimed to give more support to people with long term needs, to tackle inequalities, improve access to services, provide choice and …

wheelchair (personal budgets) use

Evidence Submission: Individual Budgets

Individual Budgets (IBs) aimed to give  social care users more choice and control over their own support arrangements, by giving them cash payments to spend  so they can tailor their care to their personal needs and not just to what is offered. Individual Budgets were piloted by the previous Labour …

Nurse and elderly man spending time together

Evidence Submission: Care Closer to Home

The previous Labour government developed the Care Closer to Home initiative in response to a need to move health and social care out of institutions such as hospital, and into community settings. The programme aimed to reduce demand on acute hospital services, whilst also improving patient choice and convenience. It …

Health is Global – UK Global Health Strategy

“Health is Global” the United Kingdom’s (UK) Global Health strategy was launched in September 2008 because, in today’s globalised and inter-dependant world, health has become a global issue.1 A recently launched outcomes framework focuses on three areas: global health security; international development; and trade for better health.2 Global health security …