PCT Strategies
See also, in this section:
Documents from Commissioning from Foundation Trusts Network
- Commissioning, Payment by Results and SUS User Support Arrangements (ppt, 138KB)
Presentation by Balvinder Atwal, Health and Social Care Information Centre - Creating a Patient-Led NHS: Commissioning - Fit with system Reform (ppt, 144KB)
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Improving Purchasing of Clinical Services (ppt, 235KB)
Contracting and Procurement Strategy, national work - presentation by Martin Wakeling from Price Waterhouse Cooper - Presentation by Keith Boughen (ppt, 71KB)
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Service Specification and Quality Assurance (Word, 238KB)
Paper by Eugene Lavan and Pat Phillips -
Service Specification and Quality Assurance: West Cheshire Approach (ppt, 23KB)
Presentation by Eugene Lavan -
Service Specification and Quality Assurance: A Proposed Approach for Comment (Word, 67KB)
Paper by Tim Ryley -
System Reform: Commissioning (Word, 224KB)
Detailed paper by Miles Ayling June 2005
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Levels of Care: A New Language for Service Planning and Design has been published by the National Diabetes Support Team to provide a new vocabulary in order to make discussions about any service more straightforward. The new language introduces four different ‘levels of care’. Each level represents a different perspective from which services can be described and discussed.Word version (550KB) -
Strategic commissioning: a state of readiness assessment - maternity services, and children's and young people's services Working drafts being shared to inform planning, design of new commissioning structures, and for comment
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Commissioning and Providing Comprehensive Mental Health Services Preliminary discussion paper
}N Morris, May 2006 Principles which relate to most long term conditions and support 'Our Health, Our Care, Our Say' -
Early lessons in implementing practice based commissioning
(Jun 2006 Audit Commission) Key areas to focus on for success and key questions for primary care trusts' boards to consider -
Early lessons from payment by results (Oct 2005 Audit Commission)
- Commissioning in the reformed NHS:policy into practice
Health Services Management Centre with NHS Alliance, March 2006 - Future Commissioning Arrangements in Kent & Medway System Reform & Commissioning Final Report August 2005 Tribal Secta
- A Review of the Effectiveness of Primary Care-led Commissioning and Its Place in the NHS
Health Services Management Centre commissioned by The Health Foundation - Evidence based commissioning for primary care trusts a directory (2003)
This DH Directory lists various programmes being taken forward to improve the way health care services are provided across the NHS to deliver better services for patients. Each of the programmes listed is supported by analysis and examples of good practice that are available in publications or via the Internet.
Integrated Planning and Benefits Realisation:
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Delivering quality and value: focus on productivity and efficiency June 2006
(NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement) focus on nine key areas where the NHS can improve productivity and efficiency. - Productivity metrics June 2006
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How successfully are you delivering change? and ISIP Roadmap for Transformational Change
NHS Integrated Service Improvement programme June 2006 -
Quality And Value Supplement
Quick Wins: How the Productive Time Programme is Cutting Costs and Advancing Care (April 2006 Health Service Journal) -
Commissioning eBook
A resource to improve commissioning of community services -
Better commissioning learning improvement network
Draws its membership from commissioners in social care, health and housing bodies as well as the full range of independent providers -
Partnerships for Older People Projects (POPPs)
Council-based partneships' innovative pilot projects providing person-centred and integrated care for older people, and encouraging preventative approaches
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NHS Market Futures Exploring the impact of health service market reforms
September 2005 King's Fund Analyses the government's market reforms, considering whether they can meet the core aims of the NHS, looking at the challenges they present, and exploring options for meeting those challenges. -
The Future of Primary Care Meeting The Challenges Of The New NHS Market November 2005 King's Fund Examines the potential impact of these changes and the role of primary care in the new NHS market, outlining some of the main challenges and suggesting possible ways forward.
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Supporting NHS Commissioning
Jonathan T. Lord, MD Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer Humana Inc April 2006 -
Purchasing to Improve Quality and Reduce Costs: Lessons from U.S. Managed Care
Leonard D. Schaeffer, Founding Chairman & CEO, WellPoint April 2006