Category: Commissioning

The Mandate: a mandate from the Government to the NHS Commissioning Board: April 2013-March 2015

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date December 12, 2012

By Department of Health (November 2012)

This mandate is the first between the government and the NHS Commissioning Board. It sets out the ambitions for the health service for the next two years. It will be used to measure the NHS on key objectives, including: better standards of care for elderly patients; better diagnosis, treatment and care for people with dementia; more personalised care for women throughout pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period; gathering of patient feedback through the friends and family test; online booking and other GP services by 2015; and greater transparency around the performance of local NHS services.

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Standards for members of NHS boards and clinical commissioning group governing bodies in England

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date December 4, 2012

By Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (November 2012)

These standards, which apply to NHS England, cover three domains: personal behaviour, technical competence, and business practices, and put compassion and respect at the heart of NHS leadership.They were developed through extensive engagement with NHS board members, experts in leadership and management, and patients and the public. We also spoke to many organisations with an interest in the work, such as NHS Employers, the Institute for Healthcare Management, and the King’s Fund.

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Integrated ambulance commissioning in the new NHS

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date November 27, 2012

By NHS Confederation (2012)

This briefing explains how ambulance commissioning currently works for clinical commissioners who may be new to this area. It is designed to support the smooth and efficient transition of ambulance commissioning responsibilities from PCTs to CCGs.

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Commissioning Public Mental Health

A guide to interpreting and engaging with local change

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date November 22, 2012

By British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (2012)

This report argues that NHS funding arrangements encourage acute hospitals to admit patients to hospital to service high fixed costs for staff and property rather than trying to treat patients at a community level or in the home. It also finds that by international standards patients in England with chronic diseases are more likely to be admitted to hospital and stay much longer once admitted.

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Diabetes transition: assessment of current best practice and development of future work programme to improve transition processes for young people

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date November 20, 2012

By NHS Diabetes (2012)

NHS Diabetes has published the above report, which summarises the work by a number of small groups looking at transition in diabetes care and includes examples of good practice as well as principles for future consideration.

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Open public services: experiences from the voluntary sector

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date November 20, 2012

By The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (2012)

This report published by NCVO and 14 partner organisations, highlights examples of innovation in practice where the voluntary sector has worked in new ways with statutory authorities to develop specialist services. It argues that there needs to be greater openness and flexibility in commissioning services to capitalise on the contribution from charities. It also highlights new opportunities emerging from social investment and open data which could ease contract risks and make services more accountable to their users if adopted. It is aimed at those involved in improving services: government; local authorities; voluntary organisations; and social investors.

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No health without mental health: guides for local services

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date November 12, 2012

By Centre for Mental Health (2012)

A partnership of leading mental health charities has launched a series of briefings to help develop better local mental health services. Following the publication of the implementation framework for the Government’s mental health strategy, these briefings set out the steps that local authorities and NHS commissioning groups can take to improve mental health care, treatment and support. The briefings explain in practical terms the ways that the new local structures and organisations can make sure that there are good quality mental health services in their local area as well as improving mental health and wellbeing for everyone in the community.

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