By National Council for Palliative Care et al. (2012)
This guidance aims to provide commissioners with the key information that they need to help them commission specialist palliative care, as a specific component of the whole spectrum of palliative and end of life care service provision.
By NHS Commissioning Board (2012)
These information packs set out key data at local authority and CCG level to inform the local position on outcomes. The local authority level packs present high level comparative information on the NHS, the adult social care and the public health frameworks. The CCG level packs provide a more detailed analysis of NHS outcomes and other relevant indicators.
By The Nuffield Trust (2012)
This report highlights the funding challenges facing the NHS and social care system in England over the next decade. It focuses on the portion of the total NHS budget in England that is currently spent by PCTs on commissioning services for the population of England, which makes up around 80% of the total budget for the NHS in England. It also examines funding pressures on social care services, and examines options for achieving the current QIPP challenge of £20 billion in productivity savings by 2014/15.
By NHS Commissioning Board (2012)
This operating model sets out how a single, national system will ensure patients are offered consistent, high quality services across the country. Alongside the specialised intentions document, it signposts a clear move away from regional commissioning to a single national approach to both commissioning and contracting.
By Policy Research Unit (September 2012)
This report presents the findings from a study of developing Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in England. It explores the early experiences of emerging CCGs as they set themselves up as ‘pathfinders’ and moved towards authorisation, investigating the factors that had affected their development and looking at lessons for the future. The specific research questions addressed in this report cover: the experiences of pathfinder CCGs over the past year; factors which have affected progress and development; and approaches taken to being a membership organisation, developing external relationships, and commissioning and contracting.
By Mental Health Network NHS Confederation (November 2012)
This paper reports findings from a study which found that people with autism or learning disabilities can suffer double the amount of setbacks if they need mental health support. It calls on providers and commissioners of mental health services to better accommodate the mental health needs of people with autism or learning disabilities.
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.
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.
By the Institute for Innovation & Improvment (2012)
The Better Care, Better Value Indicators have been updated to include GP practice level data for the commissioning indicators.
The tool includes:
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.