This site is aimed at supporting World-class Commissioning of cancer services across the NHS by making information on cancer care in England freely available. It includes a range of high-level indicators, as well as a number of links to more detailed information, right across the patient’s journey: from prevention and screening through referral and treatment to living with and beyond cancer, as well as end of life care.
Following a 12 week consultation, from 4 November 2008 to 27 January 2009, the Department of Health has now published final guidance on NHS patients wishing to pay for additional private care, alongside a Government response to the consultation. This follows the publication on 4 November 2008 of Professor Mike Richards’s report Improving access to medicines for NHS patients, and the Secretary of State’s announcement of a package of measures in response, designed to make more drugs available to NHS patients free of charge on the NHS. These measures, such as the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence’s introduction of greater flexibility into its appraisal of more expensive drugs for end of life conditions, should minimise the number of patients who will ever want to pay for additional private care.
Published March 2009, 15 pages
Effective Care - Effective Communication: Living and Dying with COPD
National Audit Office Report on End of Life care: patients should die at home, not in homes
Transfer of Learning Disability SC Funding and Commissioning from the NHS to Local Government
Children and young people in mind: the final report of the National CAMHS Review
The purpose of this document is to support commissioners in their work with local service providers and education providers as they develop workforce plans to ensure the development of children’s palliative care services. In commissioning for quality and choice, there are likely to be a diverse range of potential services and a mix of approaches to provide palliative care services for children and their families. This document aims to provide a framework in accordance with the Children's Workforce Development Strategy to ensure a workforce to provide children's palliative care that:
North West Specialised Commissioning Team (NHS Net Link)
Dying patients given greater choice to die at home at no extra cost to the NHS, King’s Fund report concludes
Integrated Drug Treatment System for Prisons (IDTS): allocations for 2008/09
Putting prevention first - vascular checks: risk assessment and management
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of disability, morbidity and mortality in old age. Patients with advanced stage COPD are most likely to be admitted three to four times per year with acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) which are costly to manage.
Health Management Specialist Library: Demand Management, referral from primary to secondary care
NHS Costing Manual: 2006-07
The National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care
Focus On Commissioning - End of Life Care: A Commissioning Perspective
Estimating health and productivity gains in England from selected interventions
Dental Commissioning and Contract Monitoring - General Commissioning
Practice Based Commissioning (PBC) Bulletin 5 – Pharmacy and PBC
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