Case studies and examples to support trusts to reduce their impact on air pollution. London suffers from high levels of air pollution. Air pollution acts as a trigger for many children and young people with asthma, contributing to ED and intensive care admissions, and possibly some asthma deaths. To provide support for this, we have […]
This guide has been developed in collaboration with the Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) London & South East Learning Collaborative. It looks at outcome measures that may be meaningful and realistic for commissioners of children ang young people mental health services. Many national key performance indicators currently focus on access and waiting times but these are […]
This is a practical guide to help school staff and those who support younger children to have an awareness of asthma as a medical condition and the needs of pupils during the school day. This document aims to enable schools to effectively manage children and young people with asthma in a school setting. The following […]
A guide to available datasets and reports for children and young people on mental health and wellbeing. The guide signposts the information and resources we believe will be helpful to commissioners, hospital trusts and others. The ability to measure the work that we do and what we achieve for and with our patients is an […]
This document is intended to enable schools to manage children and young people with epilepsy effectively in an early years or school setting. Recommendations and guidelines contained within are derived from clinical practices and from contributions from stakeholders across London. The Children and Families Act 2014 introduced a legal duty on schools to look after children […]
Guidance for providing out-of-hospital care for London’s children and young people. Out-of-hospital care describes any care that is not undertaken in a traditional hospital setting. This could include healthcare in the community, at the patient’s home, school or workplace, or at a GP practice. This document is for London’s commissioners and providers of out-of-hospital healthcare […]
Indemnity presents issues that are preventing staff from working across organisational boundaries. It is another challenge highlighted as preventing employees from working across organisational boundaries within new models of primary care. This guide was delivered in partnership with NHS England and the Department of Health, and included engagement with all the Medical Defence Organisations (MDO’s), NHS England, […]
