Category: Planning

The NHS under the coalition government: part one: NHS reforms

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date March 25, 2015

By The King’s Fund (2014)

The 2010–15 parliament has been a parliament of two halves for the NHS. The first half was dominated by debate on the Health and Social Care Bill (which was largely designed to devolve decision-making, put GPs in control of commissioning, and extend competition and choice). The second half was taken up with limiting the damage caused by the Bill, with less emphasis on competition and greater efforts to strengthen the regulation and quality of care and prioritise patient safety.

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Community General Practice Licensing Patient Satisfaction Planning Secondary Care

Moving services out of hospital: joining up General Practice and community services?

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date March 25, 2015

By Policy Research Unit in Commissioning and the Healthcare System (PRUComm) (2014)

This report summarises the findings of a rapid review undertaken by PRUComm of the available evidence of what factors should be taken into account in planning for the closer working of primary and community health/care services in order to increase the scope of services provided outside of hospitals. This report was commissioned by the Department of Health to provide background evidence to support policy development on primary and community health care integration.

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CCGs Commissioning General Practice Licensing Planning

Risk or reward: the changing role of CCGs in General Practice

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date March 3, 2015

By The King’s Fund & Nuffield Trust (2015)

This report, written jointly with the Nuffield Trust, finds that CCGs risk becoming unsustainable without changes to the way they attract leaders and adequate funding to help them expand their remit. The report also highlights concerns that changes to the way primary care is commissioned in England; waning levels of engagement from GPs with a formal role in CCGs; and cuts to CCG management budgets means these bodies risk becoming unsustainable.

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Diabetes Licensing Planning Self-Management

State of the nation: challenges for 2015 and beyond

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date February 11, 2015

By Diabetes UK (2015)

This report argues that diabetes healthcare in England is leading to avoidable deaths, record rates of complications and huge costs to the NHS. The findings of this research show that there has been very little overall improvement in diabetes healthcare in the past year, with 40 per cent of people with diabetes still not getting the NICE recommended checks that they need to manage their condition. It calls for CCGs to set themselves performance improvement targets and implement diabetes action plans.

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Children Commissioning CYP Healthcare Finance Licensing Local Government Planning Public Health Advice to NHS Commissioners

Transfer of 0-5 children's public health commissioning to local authorities

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date January 27, 2015

By Department of Health (2014)

The document sets out the proposed funding allocations for local authorities for the commissioning of children’s 0-5 public health services from 1 October 2015 to 31 March 2016.

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Evidence Based Guidance Library Licensing Planning

Evidence for success: the guide to getting and using evidence

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date October 8, 2014

By The Knowledge Translation Network (August 2014)

This guide offers easy to follow, step-by-step guidance and resources to support organisations to use evidence to influence policy and practice. It also provides guidance on the use of evidence to influence funding and commissioning decisions and highlights other key resources.

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Children Commissioning CYP Healthcare Guidance Healthy Child including NCMP & CDO Infant Mortality Licensing Planning Public Health Advice to NHS Commissioners

Commissioning of public health services for children

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date August 11, 2014

By Department of Health (2014)

From 1st October 2015, the responsibility for commissioning children’s public health services, including health visitors, will transfer from NHS England to local authorities. These documents aim to help support local authorities and stakeholders through the transition. The documents identify 6 areas where health visitors have the most impact on children’s health and wellbeing. Local authorities should use this information to ensure that health visiting services are commissioned effectively.

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Accident Prevention Community Safety CVD Good Practice Health Protection (Emergency planning Licensing Liver Disease including NHS Health Checks Minority Groups Planning Public Health Advice to NHS Commissioners Respiratory Disease seasonal mortality)

Promising practice: enabling better access to primary care for vulnerable populations: examples of good local practice

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date May 30, 2014

By Inclusion Health (2014)

This report includes examples of good primary care that improves registration and access to care. It outlines what makes good practice and explains why the chosen approaches are successful in improving access to primary care.

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Care of the Elderly General Practice Guidance Integrated Care Licensing Long-Term Conditions Planning

Transforming primary care: safe, proactive, personalised care for those who need it most

Post author By Sarah Woodhall
Post date May 28, 2014

By Department of Health (2014)

This guidance sets out plans for more proactive, personalised and joined up care, including the Proactive Care Programme, providing the 800,000 patients with the most complex health and care needs with a personal care and support plan; a named accountable GP; a professional to coordinate their care; and same-day telephone consultations. The plan builds on the role of primary care in keeping patients well and independent. It explains how professionals across the healthcare system can work together to transform care to become more proactive and tailored to patients’ individual need.

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