Category: Commissioning

Costing the Walking for Health programme

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date August 16, 2012

By The Rand Corporation (2012)

Walking for Health is a physical activity intervention with the primary purpose of making a positive difference to people’s physical health. This report presents research into the economic costs of delivering the Walking for Health programme. These include financial (or accounting) costs and opportunity costs, which are the values of the foregone costs that could have been dedicated some other objective, based on a small sample of schemes representative of the variety across the programme as a whole.

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Maternal mental health pathway

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date August 16, 2012

By Department of Health (2012)

This guidance provides a structured approach on common issues associated with maternal mental health and wellbeing, from pregnancy through the early months after the birth. It focuses on the role of the health visitor but also recognises the contributions of partners in midwifery, mental health, general practice and the third sector. It aims to strengthen the consistent provision support and care through enhanced partnership working.

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The engagement cycle

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date August 13, 2012

By NHS Institute for Innovation & Improvement (2012)

This free web based resource is available to help you engage patients, carers and public in decisions about healthcare provision.

Refreshed for a new NHS landscape, it offers a structured framework with online access to information, resources and case studies.

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The new structure of the NHS in England

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date August 8, 2012

By The Nuffield Trust (2012)

The Health and Social Care Act (2012) introduced far-reaching reforms to how the NHS in England is organised, many of which are now underway. This slideshow details the main changes to management, accountability and funding structures resulting from the Act.

The first slides show the old and new structure in overview, together with a slide detailing the current transitional arrangements. Further slides compare the earlier arrangements that were in place for funding, regulation and monitoring, advice and performance management, and patient and public participation, with the new system at both the national and local level. The final slide outlines the new medical education and training arrangements

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The way forward: strategic clinical networks

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date August 8, 2012

By NHS Commissioning Board

The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has set out its plan for a small number of national networks to improve health services for specific patient groups or conditions. Called strategic clinical networks, these organisations will build on the success of network activity in the NHS which, over the last 10 years, has led to significant improvements in the delivery of patient care.

Strategic clinical networks, hosted and funded by the NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB), will cover conditions or patient groups where improvements can be made through an integrated, whole system approach. These networks will help local commissioners of NHS care to reduce unwarranted variation in services and encourage innovation.

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Quality profiles

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date August 7, 2012

By Quality Intelligence East

Quality Profiles are a summary of Indicators, benchmarked so that organisations can compare their performance against the national and regional averages. These profiles are used by both commissioners and providers in helping them identify and understand where improvements need to be made.

The three key areas of quality – patient safety, clinical effectiveness, and patient experience. There are many indicators and the profiles do not include everything. We are working hard to refine and improve the profiles both in terms of presentation and what is included.

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Health and social care reform: making it work for mental health

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date August 7, 2012

By the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health

This report is the result of a year long inquiry and expresses concerns about the future of mental health services in the reformed NHS. It highlights four key areas of concern in commissioning; local decision making; integrated care; and personalisation and patient choice. It makes recommendations to CCGs, health and wellbeing boards, government and MPs in order to overcome any challenges which the reforms might present.

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The functions of clinical commissioning groups

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date August 7, 2012

By Department of Health (2012)

This document is an update to ‘The Functions of GP Commissioning Consortia: A Working Document’ published in March 2011, to reflect the final content of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, and act as a helpful summary to which busy GPs and emerging CCGs can refer.

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Securing excellence in primary care commissioning

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date August 7, 2012

By NHS Commissioning Board (2012)

This document outlines the single operating model for the commissioning of primary care services within the NHS. It describes the system by which the NHS Commissioning Board will use the £12.6bn that is spent on commissioning primary care to secure the best possible outcomes for patients.

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Clinical commissioning in action

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date August 6, 2012

By NHS Clinical Commissioners (2012)

This publication shares learning from CCGs around England in the form of case studies. Each case study illustrates an example of successful outcomes and service provision.

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