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title: Inside Government Health Latest News, Blog and Insights
description: The IG Health Blog is the go-to place for the latest news, content and insights for the UK health sector
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[![Ockenden-review](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/Improving-Maternity-Safety-Standards-and-Quality-of-Care-Online-Training.jpg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/ockenden-review-what-you-need-to-know)

[Patient Safety](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/patient-safety)

### [The Ockenden Review: What You Need to Know](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/ockenden-review-what-you-need-to-know)

[![fall prevention](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/Optimized-AdobeStock_350984046-1.jpeg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/multifactorial-falls-risk-assessment-a-cost-effective-new-approach-to-fall-prevention)

[NHS](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/nhs)

### [Multifactorial Falls Risk Assessment: A Cost-Effective New Approach to Fall Prevention?](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/multifactorial-falls-risk-assessment-a-cost-effective-new-approach-to-fall-prevention)

[![NHS falls prevention programme](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/Optimized-AdobeStock_123144794-1.jpeg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/the-nhs-falls-prevention-programme-reducing-the-risk-of-falls-in-the-elderly)

[Health and Wellbeing](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/health-and-wellbeing)

### [The NHS Falls Prevention Service: Reducing the Risk of Falls in the Elderly](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/the-nhs-falls-prevention-programme-reducing-the-risk-of-falls-in-the-elderly)

[![fall prevention strategies](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/Optimized-AdobeStock_111456688-1.jpeg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/fall-prevention-strategies-for-local-councils)

[Local Gov.](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/local-gov)

### [Fall Prevention Strategies for Local Councils](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/fall-prevention-strategies-for-local-councils)

[![senior citizen looking at bills](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/Optimized-AdobeStock_195851118-1.jpeg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/guide-to-nice-delirium-diagnosis-prevention-and-management)

[Health and Wellbeing](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/health-and-wellbeing)

### [Guide to Nice: Delirium Diagnosis, Prevention and Management](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/guide-to-nice-delirium-diagnosis-prevention-and-management)

[![adult social care outcomes framework](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/Optimized-AdobeStock_233168983-1.jpeg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/the-adult-social-care-outcomes-framework-what-it-means-for-your-council)

[Local Gov.](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/local-gov)

### [The Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework: What It Means for Your Council](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/the-adult-social-care-outcomes-framework-what-it-means-for-your-council)

[![NICE guidelines hip fracture management](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/Optimized-AdobeStock_291455431-1.jpeg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/hip-fracture-management-in-adults)

[NHS](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/nhs)

### [Guide to NICE: Hip Fracture Management in Adults](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/hip-fracture-management-in-adults)

[![Preventing elderly falls and the NICE guidelines](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/Optimized-AdobeStock_37119432-1.jpeg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/nice-guidelines-a-guide-to-preventing-elderly-falls)

### [Falls in Older People: A Guide to the NICE Quality Standards](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/nice-guidelines-a-guide-to-preventing-elderly-falls)

[![](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/Karl%20one%20slide.jpg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/nhs-england-nhs-estates)

### [NHS England - National NHS Estates Conference Presentation](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/nhs-england-nhs-estates)

[![nursing-workforce](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/pexels-photo-3881247.jpeg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/the-nursing-workforce-following-covid-19)

[Workforce](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/workforce)

### [The Nursing Workforce Following Covid-19](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/the-nursing-workforce-following-covid-19)

[![falls-prevention](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/pexels-emre-kuzu-2385569-640x240.jpg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/falls-prevention-5-key-things)

[Patient Safety](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/patient-safety)

### [Falls Prevention: Why are Older People More Prone to Falls and How Can We Help?](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/falls-prevention-5-key-things)

[![Understanding and Measuring Patient Experience](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/doctor%20handshake%20with%20a%20patient%20at%20doctors%20bright%20modern%20office%20in%20hospital.jpeg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/understanding-patient-experience)

[Performance and Strategy](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/performance-and-strategy)

### [Understanding and Measuring Patient Experiences of Care](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/understanding-patient-experience)

[![NHS Integrate Care Systems (ICSs)](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/Old%20sick%20lady%20lying%20in%20hospital%20bed.jpeg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/nhs-integrated-care-systems)

[Social Care and Community Health](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/social-care-and-community-health)

### [NHS Integrated Care Systems – Introducing Change with Patients in Mind?](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/nhs-integrated-care-systems)

[![Hospital Health Inequalities](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/Mid%20section%20group%20of%20young%20doctors%20in%20a%20meeting%20at%20hospital.jpeg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/hospitals-tackle-health-inequalities)

[Social Care and Community Health](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/social-care-and-community-health)

### [What Hospitals Can Do to Help Tackle Inequalities in Health and Care](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/hospitals-tackle-health-inequalities)

[![Urgent and Emergency Care Conference](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/Homepage-New-Creative-1903x1100px-03-1.jpg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/same-day-emergency-care-nhs-111)

[Performance and Strategy](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/performance-and-strategy)

### [Same Day Emergency Care: Direct Booking From NHS 111](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/same-day-emergency-care-nhs-111)

[![falls-prevention](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/IG%20Health%20Blog%20Images.png) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/blog/falls-prevention-cameron-swift)

[Patient Safety](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/patient-safety)

### [Falls Prevention with Professor Cameron Swift, King's College London](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/blog/falls-prevention-cameron-swift)

[![](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/pexels-vlada-karpovich-4050298.jpg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/starting-a-smarter-working-journey)

[Estates and Facilities](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/estates-and-facilities)

### [Starting a Smarter Working Journey, by NHS Property Services](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/starting-a-smarter-working-journey)

[![BAME Groups](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/f89d00_9efc830e808a48958c623e9d246fe622_mv2.jpg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/covid-19-bame-groups)

[Social Care and Community Health](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/social-care-and-community-health)

### [Why Is COVID-19 Disproportionately Affecting the BAME Populace?](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/covid-19-bame-groups)

[![](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/NHS%20building%20Estates.jpg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/nhs-alliance)

[Social Care and Community Health](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/social-care-and-community-health)

### [An Interview with Heather Henry, Chair of New NHS Alliance](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/nhs-alliance)

[![](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/shutterstock_1022274595%20(2)-1.jpg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/health-tech-communications)

[Performance and Strategy](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/performance-and-strategy)

### [Health Tech, NHS IT PR & Communications during COVID-19](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/health-tech-communications)

[![](https://content.thriveglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/images-4-1.jpg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tech-to-help-mental-health-practitioners)

[Performance and Strategy](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/performance-and-strategy)

### [How Mindwave & Thalamos use Tech to Help Mental Health Practitioners](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tech-to-help-mental-health-practitioners)

[![NHS Text Service](https://digital.nhs.uk/binaries/content/gallery/covid19-text_centered.jpg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/nhs-covid-19-text-service)

[Social Care and Community Health](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/social-care-and-community-health)

### [Introducing the NHS’ COVID-19 Text Service to Support the Vulnerable](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/nhs-covid-19-text-service)

[![nhs-covid-19](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/online-marketing-hIgeoQjS_iE-unsplash.jpg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/covid-19-nhs-frontline)

[Performance and Strategy](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/performance-and-strategy)

### [COVID-19 from the NHS Frontline](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/covid-19-nhs-frontline)

[![CAMHS](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/hubfs/Capture.jpg) ](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/blog/community-solutions-to-camhs)

[Performance and Strategy](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/tag/performance-and-strategy)

### [CAMHS - Community Solutions to Supporting Mental Health Issues](https://blog.insidegovernment.co.uk/health/blog/community-solutions-to-camhs)