Resources and briefings

Details of current consultations and NAVCA's responses to previous consultations can be found on the consultations page.

Resources

Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS

The NHS White Paper, Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS, sets out the Government's long-term vision for the future of the NHS. The vision builds on the core values and principles of the NHS - a comprehensive service, available to all, free at the point of use, based on need, not ability to pay.

A Vision for Adult Social Care: Capable Communities and Active Citizens

The Government has published its plans for adult social care services - A Vision for Adult Social Care: Capable Communities and Active Citizens.

Think Local, Act Personal: Next Steps for Transforming Adult Social Care

Think Local, Act Personal brings together leading organisations across health and social care to support the contribution that individuals, families, carers and communities make in providing care and support - both to those who are publicly funded and those who pay for support themselves.

Recognised, valued and supported: next steps for the Carers Strategy

The Government has published a cross-Government Carers Strategy. This sets out the Government's priority areas for the next four years to ensure the best possible outcomes for carers and those they support.

Healthy lives, healthy people White Paper: Our strategy for public health in England

The Government recently published Healthy lives, healthy people White Paper: Our strategy for public health in England. The white paper sets out the Government's long-term vision for the future of public health in England. The aim is to create a 'wellness' service (Public Health England) and to strengthen both national and local leadership. There are also a number of consultations for this white paper

NHS Outcomes Framework

The government recently published their response to consultation on the NHS Outcomes Framework. Following that they published the Framework itself.

Government response to the 'Transparency in outcomes - a framework for the NHS' consultation.
The NHS Outcomes Framework This follows from the consultation 'Transparency in outcomes - a framework for the NHS' and supports the NHS White Paper's vision of achieving health outcomes that are amongst the best in the world.

Mental Health Outcomes Strategy

The cross-government Mental Health Outcomes Strategy was launched on Wednesday 2 February. Its stated aim is to improve the population's mental health and wellbeing and to improve outcomes for people with mental health problems through high quality services that are accessible to all. The strategy will enable more decisions to be taken locally, with people having more choice and information to meet their individual needs.

Briefings

Influencing the New Health System in a Local Area (PDF, 379kb)

This briefing, published in September 2011, helps local voluntary and community groups make sense of upcoming changes in health and social care commissioning.

NAVCA Briefing on the health white paper, Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS

This is a NAVCA briefing on the health white Paper; Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS. The briefing has been written to outline the most significant elements of the white paper for NAVCA members and to help them understand the implications of the proposals.

Where next for JSNA - NAVCA briefing for the Department of Health (July 2010)

NAVCA was invited to produce this briefing for the Department of Health, to make recommendations about how Joint Strategic Needs Assessments should incorporate the knowledge and experience of voluntary organisations and local communities.

The NHS commissioning environment: A guide for organisations in the third sector (March 2010)

This is a handy guide published by the Department of Health for understanding NHS structures and an overview of how to engage with commissioning processes.