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Health Inequalities Bulletin

Issue no. 38 April - May 2013
About this Bulletin: Aims to draw attention to some of the key documents and reviews of research in health inequalities that have been published in the two previous months. Where possible, links to the full text documents are included. If the article is in a journal, NHS and Public Health staff in Stoke and North Staffordshire can contact the Health Library for a copy. Link to request form: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/usingthehealthlibrary/interlibraryloans/#d.en.27437 [A charge of 2 per request is payable for most copies] If you need further assistance in obtaining any of the resources listed in the bulletin or have other information needs, please contact the Outreach Librarians or the Health Library, details below. The bulletin can be e-mailed to colleagues who may also find it useful. A list of websites that are checked in the production of this bulletin is given on the first page. Please suggest others that may be useful. Feedback is welcomed to inform future issues of the bulletin.

Contact information
Bulletin produced by NHS Outreach Librarians Tel: 01782 679564 or 0300 123 1535 ext/FeatureNet 8429 E-mail: clareh.powell@northstaffs.nhs.uk Health Library Tel: 01782 679500 E-mail: health.library@keele.ac.uk

Topics reviewed in this issue: Health Inequalities Bulletin ..................1 Children and Young People ....................2 Ethnicity ..................................................3 Environment............................................3 Gender ....................................................3 Housing and Homelessness ...................3 Human Trafficking................................... 4 Inequalities.............................................. 4 Mental Health.......................................... 5 Multiple Inequalities ................................ 5 Offender Health ...................................... 6 Older people ........................................... 6

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Sources checked for this bulletin Please suggest further sites that should be monitored in the production of this bulletin CRD Centre for Reviews and Dissemination http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/crdweb/ - DARE (Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects) - NHS Economic Evaluation Database Daily Health Bulletin http://www.sheffield.nhs.uk/healthbulletin/ Department of Health http://www.gov.uk/dh Department of Health bulletins http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Bulletins/ Social Care Institute for Excellence http://www.scie.org.uk/ Inside Government local government alerts https://www.gov.uk/government/email-signup Joseph Rowntree Foundation http://www.jrf.org.uk/ Kings Fund http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/ Better Health http://www.better-health.org.uk/ NICE http://www.nice.org.uk SIGN http://www.sign.ac.uk/new.html Children and Young People Child well-being in rich countries UNICEF This report compares child well-being in 21 different countries. http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/Publications/Report-Card-11-Child-well-being-in-richcountries/ Children and Young People's Health Outcomes Forum: Recommendations to improve children and young peoples health results Department of Health https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-experts-set-outrecommendations-to-improve-children-and-young-people-s-health-results Changes in Childrens body mass index between 2006/7 and 2011/12 Public Health England Report shows that children from deprived areas are almost twice as likely to be obese than those in affluent areas http://www.noo.org.uk/uploads/doc/vid_17929_NCMP_Changes_children.pdf Measuring National Well-being - Children's well-being, 2013 Office for National Statistics http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/wellbeing/measuring-national-well-being/children-s-wellbeing/art-children-s-well-being.html NICE Quality Standards Health and Wellbeing of Looked-after children and young people (QS31) This quality standard covers the health and wellbeing of looked-after children and young people from birth to 18 years and care leavers (including young people planning to leave care or under leaving care provisions) http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG159

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Ethnicity High quality healthcare commissioning: Obstacles and opportunities for progress on race equality Evidence and Ethnicity in Commissioning (EEIC) This paper highlights the obstacles and opportunities for healthcare commissioning to enhance access, experiences and outcomes for minority ethnic people. http://www.betterhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/briefings/downloads/High%20quality%20healthcare%20co mmissioning-%20format2.pdf

Environment Working with Communities, Developing Communities: Guidance for Primary Care RCGP Centre for Commissioning The guide puts forward both a financial case and health case as to why investing resources in Community Development is beneficial for local populations, primary care practitioners and CCGs. http://www.rcgp.org.uk/news/2013/april/essential-commissioning-guidance-launched-onworking-with-local-communities.aspx Gender Birth Ratios in the UK: A Report on Gender Ratios at Birth in the UK Department of Health This analysis of gender ratios at birth in the UK is published following a request from the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gender-birth-ratios-in-the-uk A need to belong: What leads girls to join gangs Centre for Mental Health This report follows the largest study of its kind, analysing risk factors related to offending from more than 8,000 young people screened as part of the newly developed youth point of arrest health sc reening initiative. Entrants to the youth justice system were screened for 28 different risk factors and health issues including histories of poor mental health, family conflict, homelessness and victimisation. http://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/a_need_to_belong.aspx?ID=669 Housing and Homelessness Homeless Hospital Discharge Fund Department of Health The DOH has published an application form, guidance and criteria for voluntary sector organisations working in partnership with the NHS and local authorities to apply for funding to improve hospital discharge arrangements for the homeless. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homeless-hospital-discharge-fund-2013-to2014

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The Links between Housing and Poverty Joseph Rowntree Foundation This report explows how housing can mitigate or exacerbate the impact of poverty on people's lives http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/poverty-housing-options-full.pdf Human Trafficking Identifying and Supporting Victims of Human Trafficking: Guidance for Health Staff Department of Health This guidance provides information that will help staff identify potential victims of trafficking and advises on how to respond in a way that will not put the potential victim in further danger. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/identifying-and-supporting-victims-of-humantrafficking-guidance-for-health-staff
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Inequalities Adult safeguarding: statement of government policy Department of Health This updated policy statement covers safeguarding adults who are vulnerable to abuse and neglect. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-safeguarding-statement-of-governmentpolicy-10-may-2013 Geographic Patterns of Cancer Survival in England, Patients followed up to 2011 Office for National Statistics These statistics include one-year and five-year net survival estimates for adult patients diagnosed with one of eight cancers in England. Results are presented by Region, Strategic Health Authority and Cancer Network. http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/cancer-unit/cancer-survival-by-gor--sha-and-cancernetwork/patients-followed-up-to-2011/index.html Rights, risks and responsibilities in service redesign for vulnerable groups RCN This guidance contains some general principles for service redesign. It then looks at service redesign for specific groups, including older people, and children and young people. http://www.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/518099/004378.pdf Social justice: transforming lives: one year on Department for Work and Pensions This progress report considers how social justice principles influence service delivery in government and across the private and voluntary sectors. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-justice-transforming-lives-one-year-on

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Wage Inequality and Employment Polarisation in British Cities The Work Foundation This study investigates the geography of wage inequality and employment polarisation in British cities, their determinants and implications. http://www.theworkfoundation.com/Reports/334/Inequality-and-employment-polarisationin-British-cities
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Mental Health Independent investigation into the healthcare and treatment of Ronald Dixon NHS North East Strategic Health Authority The published findings of an independent investigation into the healthcare and treatment of Ronald Dixon are now available. Dixon, who was receiving care from Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation trust (Mental Health Services) killed Charity support worker, Ashley Ewing when she visited his home in Newcastle, in 2006. http://www.england.nhs.uk/2013/05/28/indep-invest-ronald-dixon/ NICE Clinical Guidelines Social anxiety disorder: recognition, assessment and treatment of social anxiety disorder (CG159) http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG159
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Multiple Inequalities Troubled Families: progress information on the number of families worked with in year 1 Department for Communities and Local Government These figures are provided by local authorities. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/troubled-families-progress-information-on-thenumber-of-families-worked-with-in-year-1 Troubled Families: progress information at March 2013 and families turned round at January 2013 Department for Communities and Local Government These figures are provided by local authorities and capture the progress they have made on the troubled families programme. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/troubled-families-progress-information-atmarch-2013-and-families-turned-round-at-january-2013

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Offender Health Guidance for commissioners of forensic mental health services Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health This guide is about the commissioning of high, medium, and low secure forensic mental health services for working-age adults. http://www.jcpmh.info/resource/guidance-for-commissioners-of-forensic-mental-healthservices/ Older people Older people with high support needs in housing with care Joseph Rowntree Foundation This Round-up covers key messages and practice examples from JRF studies into three aspects of HWC: promoting supportive and positive relationships; boundaries of roles and responsibilities; and affordability, choices and quality of life. http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/older-people-high-support-needs-housing-care
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