Guide for World Class Commissioners
Promoting Health and Well-Being: Reducing Inequalities Royal Society for Public Health | accessed 8 January 2010 To improve the health of local populations requires World Class Commissioning that is relevant, sensitive and accessible. This Guide has been developed by the Royal Society for Public Health in partnership with the National Social Marketing Centre, with funding from the English Department [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Integrated Care Network – An Introductory Guide
Department of Health | accessed 26 October 2009 (pdf) The programme of Integrated Care Pilots (ICP) is a two-year Department of Health (DH) initiative. Its purpose is to explore different ways of providing health and social care services to help drive improvements in local health and wellbeing. The programme of Integrated Care Pilots (ICP) is [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )World class commissioning – an introduction
Department of Health | Guidance | 15 October 2009 World class commissioning is about delivering better health and wellbeing for the population, improving health outcomes and reducing health inequalities. In partnership with local government, practice based commissioners and others, Primary Care Trusts (PCTs),supported by Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs), will lead the NHS in turning the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The NHS as preferred provider
Department of Health | Dear Colleague Letter | 13 October 2009 The Secretary of State’s recent speech at the King’s Fund focused on putting quality at the core of the NHS. He assured ‘the NHS is our preferred provider’. The attached letter shares with NHS Chief Executives how we propose to move this policy forward [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Andy Burnham’s preferred bidder pledge questioned
Health Service Journal | BY REBECCA EVANS | 24 September 2009 Questions have been raised over the implications for competition and world class commissioning of health secretary Andy Burnham’s statement that the NHS is the “preferred provider” of services. Previous Department of Health policy had been that “any willing provider” should be considered when commissioningservices. But in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )World class commissioning: efficiency made a core competency
Health Service Journal | By Steve Ford | 23 September 2009 Assessing how effectively NHS commissioners spend their funding receives greater importance in the latest government guidance on world class commissioning. The revised version of the world class commissioning assurance handbook says competency number 11 – ensuring efficiency and effectiveness of spending – will be assessed as [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Mark Britnell quits NHS for private sector
Health Service Journal | BY RICHARD VIZE | 11 June 2009 HSJ understands Mark Britnell, NHS director general for commissioning and system management, is to join consultancy KPMG. He is on gardening leave from the Department of Health. He is expected to play a leading role in KPMG’s European health practice. Mr Britnell has been the [...]
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