Skills, capabilities and organisational development

See also, in this section:

Documents and links which to support the development of commissioners and commissioning organisations.

Department of Health - PCT Fitness for Purpose and PCT Development Programme
PCT Fitness for Purpose comprising

Organisational Assessment Tool coveringGovernance, Operating framework, Strategy, Financial assessment, Emergency planning and Relationship management
Commissioning Diagnostic Tool covering Strategic planning, Care pathway management, Provider management, and Monitoring
PCT chief executive competency framework
Board development tool

Improvement Foundation (formerly NPDT)
Practice Based Commissioning Development Programme (see Improvement Foundation Practice Based Commissioning pages for more details)

CIPFA

Practice-Based Commissioning – The Essential Guide to Practical Implementation (2006)
Price:£ 95.00 "....of particular benefit to executives and non-executives at primary care trusts, professional executive committee (PEC) members, PBC leads, project managers and finance managers. Equally, the publication will be of great use to practice-based commissioners – both practitioners and practice business managers."

CSIP/ DfES

Industry techniques and inspiration for commissioners
A resource for those with responsibility for commissioning services for children, young people and maternity services through children’s trusts. Insights into the way business and industry tackles challenges which are comparable to those of the Every Child Matters programme. It does so by summarising a range of techniques and approaches that have been developed in the private sector and that appear to have the potential for being applied to the tasks faced by children’s trusts.

Institute of Public Care

Part of Oxford Brookes University aims to enhance the quality of services received by users of public welfare organisations through applied research and consultancy , management practice and development, dissemination of knowledge and specialist software design
The IPC Network Commissioning and performance resource network for community, primary care and children’s services

NHS Appointments Commission/Dr Foster Intelligence

The intelligent board Feb 2006
"Effective boards depend on having the right information at the right time. That information needs to be focused on the right issues, pitched at the right level of detail and presented clearly. These may be obvious truths, but they are nevertheless very significant challenges for the new NHS and I firmly believe we must take action now to meet them. This report seeks both to provoke debate and offer practical proposals. What we seek to offer is not a prescription, but a starting point for discussion and development." From Sir William Wells' Foreword

NatPaCT - National Primary and Care Trust Development Programme, Commissioning Archive

Commissioning:Initial Competencies (2003)
The Commissioning Friend for PCTs (2004)
Focuses specifically on the role of the PCT in Whole Systems Commissioning of Acute Services, including specialist commissioning.
The Commissioning Friend for Mental Health Services (2005)
A Resource Guide for Health & Social Care Commissioners

NHS National Workforce Projects and the Workforce Review Team

NHS Healthcareworkforce portal
Provides one-stop access to NHS healthcare workforce planning information, knowledge, intelligence and practical tools.

Newchurch Ltd

Working in Partnership Programme

Working in Partnership Programme (WiPP) identifies, develops and signposts effective ways to manage workload in general practice.