PBC: Personalise your Improvement with the No Delays Achiever

The No Delays Achiever from the NHS Institute now offers (from 29 February 2008) Practice Based Commissioners the ability to select their PBC groups and examine their patients’ 18 week journeys. The No Delays Achiever is a web-based tool that creates Referral to Treatment pathways. Once you have registered on the No Delays Achiever site you can create a personalised Cluster view for your PBC network, selecting individual GP practices based either on PCT affiliates or from further afield. You can then analyse patient journeys from trust level all the way down to HRG and (anonymised) consultant level. You can learn more about how to use the tools in the No Delays Achiever from a commissioning perspective using the Commissioner’s Guide.

(You must first register with this site to use this tool)

No Delays: Commissioning

Dental Commissioning and Contract Monitoring - Tendering, Procurement & Contracting

Hints and tips procurement paper; This briefing note sets out some of the key lessons learned by a number of PCTs that have undertaken procurement exercises for NHS dental services. Competitive tendering exercises have been highly successful in several respects in primary care dentistry as they have: enabled PCTs to re-commission lost services; secured improved access in specific localities (or for specific types of population) in line with local oral health needs assessment; improved quality; tested the local market and securing improved VFM, as measured by the PCT’s average £/UDA before and after the exercise. PCTs felt they had achieved improved value for money without a reduction in quality.

(Published February 2008, 4 pages)

Evaluation of One-Stop Shop (Oss) Models of Sexual Health Provision

In 2001, the Government published the National Sexual Health and HIV Strategy and one of the recommendations is the provision of more comprehensive and integrated sexual health services. One of the commitments in the strategy was to undertake an evaluation of different models of One Stop Shops.

This report, which has just been published provides valuable findings and information for PCT commissioners and service providers considering an integrated approach as well as those already providing integrated services.

(Published February 2008, 250 pages)

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies implementation plan

This document provides SHAs, PCTs, training providers and service providers with an overview of what is needed to deliver the implementation of IAPT. The additional funding from the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 will pay for the major training programme that provides the necessary number of suitably trained therapists and enables progressive expansion of NICE-compliant local Psychological Therapies services.

(Published February 2008, 32 pages)

National Infarct Angioplasty Project (NIAP) interim report

NIAP is a feasibility study looking at how far primary angioplasty can be rolled out as the main treatment for heart attack in place of clot-busting drugs. This interim report covers findings based on the first year of data from seven pilots and is being published for information.

(Published February 2008, 56 pages)

Practice-based commissioning : tips for preparing and pitching a proposal

Practice-based commissioning has been the focus of several recent pieces of guidance for pharmacists in England as well as the subject of an awareness week last year organised by national pharmacy bodies. The aim of a Dragons' Den style meeting, organised by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Local Pharmaceutical Committee [LPC] last week, was to gain some practical experience of preparing a business case and pitching for a service.

Pharmaceutical Journal 2008; 280 (7488): 153

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Strategic commissioning for older people

Whole system strategic commissioning for older people is undeveloped; however it is now rising up the agenda. This paper looks first at the development of a systematic approach to strategic commissioning. It then goes on to examine what is happening on the ground to develop a whole system approach to strategic change, particularly across social care, healthcare and housing, but also linked to a wider wellbeing approach. Finally, it examines the structures and processes that are being developed to support whole system strategic commissioning.

Journal of Care Services Management, January 2008, vol. 2, no. 2, p. 154-166

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Apply for Beacon Status

The Beacon Scheme, now entering its tenth successful year is looking to be the biggest and brightest round of all. Ministers have announced 12 themes that will be officially launched for application in early March 2008; including strategic commissioning.

Other documents and conferences

Department of Health Seminar on Mental Health Commissioning 7 May 2008

Conference: Transforming PCT Provider Services 30th April 2008

Book: More responsive public services? A guide to commissioning migrant and refugee community organizations

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