World class commissioning programme
Gary Belfield, director of commissioning, Department of Health has written to PCTs and SHAs to make a brief progress report on the world class commissioning (WCC) programme covering assurance, support and development, practice-based commissioning and integrated care.
Text of the letter is here.
Commissioning for children and young people with speech, language and communications needs
The Department of Health is inviting applications from commissioning pathfinders to test ways of improving how services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs are commissioned with particular emphasis on outcomes.
Read the full story here.
HSJ publishes league table of PCT WCC assurance scores
The Health Service Journal reports on results of the first year of world-class commissioning assurance. In a generally upbeat report, it notes that 27 PCTs achieved green lights for strategy, board governance and finance. The article expresses concern about PCTs' performance in the area of market development, where only a handful of PCTs scored higher than 1, the baseline for achievement.
The HSJ article includes a table ranking PCTs in order of their scores.
Read the full story here.
Access to psychological therapies announcement
The government has announced a package of measures to combat stress and anxiety during the credit crunch, including speeding up access to psychological therapies.
More information is available here.
Commissioning for quality and innovation
The Department of Health has published a set of frequently asked questions on the commissioning for quality and innovation (CQUIN) payment framework. These are available on the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement website along with examples of CQUIN schemes that are being developed across the country.
Compact commissioning guidance
Compact, the agreement between government and the voluntary and community sector in England, recently published new implementation guidance on commissioning. This publication highlights where and how the Compact can be applied by commissioners in local authorities, primary care trusts and government departments and agencies. The guidance is designed to facilitate better working relationships between commissioners of services and third sector organisations. Download a copy of the publication from the Compact website, order hard copies by phoning 0121 237 5905 or email info@thecompact.org.uk.
Updated information resources for tackling health inequalities
The Health Poverty Index (HPI) is a web based tool that allows geographical areas and different ethnic groups to be compared in terms of their health poverty.
A group's health poverty is a summary measure of both their present state of health and future health potential or lack of it. The latest update of the HPI was released in conjunction with a new HPI workbook, which guides the user through some of the features of the tool and demonstrates how the index can be used to provide a single visual summary of an area's health poverty.
More information is available here.
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