Applying Health and Social Care Strategies and Policies in practice: case studies

This week’s topics

Applying Health and Social Care Strategies and Policies in practice: case studies

1. Case analysis
2. Linking theory to practice
3. Evaluating evidence
4. Advancing Equity across the Cancer Care Continuum From Evidence to Implementation and Back again
5. The Changing Behavioral Health Care Landscape: The Need for Evidence-Based Practice

What you will be able to do

• 1.3 Assess how policy formation is influenced by funding in a national context.
• 1.4 Critically evaluate health and social care policy in own country.
• 1.5 Evaluate practical and political responses to a current international issue.
• 2.1 Analyse the significance of external and internal environmental analysis.
• 2.2 Analyse how competitively relevant strengths and weaknesses can be used to suggest appropriate strategic actions within a chosen health and social care context.
• 2.3 Analyse policy solutions in relation to one aspect of health and social care.
• 3.1 Justify best strategic choice after strategic analysis to implement strategy
• 3.3 Evaluate the business plan, making recommendations for improvement.
• 4.2 Analyse the role of health promotion in determining health care service demand in a national setting.
• 4.3 Evaluate the impact of international campaigns and national policies on the demand for healthcare.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Case-study workshop: apply the unit’s concepts to a real or realistic case and evaluate the outcome.

Study materials

Videos

• Advancing Equity across the Cancer Care Continuum From Evidence to Implementation and Back again · YouTube · Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies · 53 min · for registered students
• The Changing Behavioral Health Care Landscape: The Need for Evidence-Based Practice · YouTube · University of California Television (UCTV) · 60 min · for registered students
• KT Social Care Project Seminar: Mind the Gap - Getting Research Into Policy and Practice · YouTube · LSE · 89 min · for registered students
• Steven Pleasant and Su Long: delivering the Greater Manchester health and social care strategy · YouTube · The King's Fund · 6 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry (Francis Report, 2013) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
• Transforming care: a national response to Winterbourne View Hospital (DH, 2012) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
• Health and social care integration: joining up care for people, places and populations (2022) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students