By Carers Trust (2013)
This resource was developed to ensure that support for carers is prioritised by CCGs. It makes the case that supporting carers’ wellbeing can reduce overall spending in the NHS and will help commissioners to meet their required outcomes.
By The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (July 2013)
This paper provides practical guidance for commissioners of older people’s services on the range of models and approaches available for supporting older people with high support needs. It describes the options that are available, what makes them successful and beneficial, and suggests five priorities for commissioners.
By The King’s Fund & The Nuffield Trust (July 2012)
This week we published new research into the early development of clinical commissioning groups, the cornerstone of the coalition government’s NHS reforms. The report focuses on six CCGs and reveals that many GPs don’t currently have a strong sense of ownership of their local CCGs. This is the first output from our three-year partnership with the Nuffield Trust.
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By The King’s Fund (July 2013)
At a time when policy-makers in England have made a commitment to bring about closer integration of care both within the NHS and between health and social care, what can the health and social care system in England learn from the experiences of the other countries of the United Kingdom?
By Department of Health (March 2013)
This document:
From April 2013, local authorities will commission most sexual health services, but Clinical Commissioning Groups and the NHS Commissioning Board will also have a role. Support will be provided to these bodies by Public Health England.
By Royal College of General Practitioners (2013)
This guidance aims to highlight key areas for commissioners to address as local strategies are developed and services commissioned, including: inappropriate A&E attendances; prenatal and adolescent mental health issues; neonatal feeding problems; children with chronic and long term illness; school issues; and safeguarding and the needs of looked after children. It also places strong emphasis on accountability, encouraging all stakeholders to take responsibility for local care through an agreed annual delivery plan within key delivery areas.
By Monitor (March 2013)
Commissioner requested services are services which local commissioners believe should continue to be provided locally if any individual provider is at risk of failing financially. This framework sets out an end-to-end process that guides commissioners from initiating the work of designating services as commissioner requested services through to deciding which services should be defined as location specific services in the event that a provider fails financially. In addition to this guidance, an interactive toolkit has also been developed to guide commissioners through the framework and to provide a mechanism to record the evidence used and the thinking underlying a decision to designate or not.
By NHS Improvement (March 2013)
This guide brings together information about all of the diagnostic modalities to inform decisions about commissioning diagnostic services. The resources have been developed by national clinical directors for endoscopy, imaging, pathology and physiological diagnostics in conjunction with NHS Improvement and the services that they have worked with.
By The Nuffield Trust (March 2013)
This report highlights the findings of an in-depth study of commissioning, funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research (NIHR HS&DR) Programme.
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By Regional Voices (January 2013)
This guidance is intended to support the voluntary and community sector in understanding and influencing health and wellbeing boards. It gives an overview of health and wellbeing boards, joint strategic needs assessments and joint health and wellbeing strategies and the role of the voluntary sector.