Commissioning

Meeting the health needs of children and you people: guide for commissioners
Healthcare for London
November 2009

Why commissioners should know about procurement
Department for Children, Schools and Families
August 2009

Key principles of procurement
Department for Children, Schools and Families
August 2009

Commercial and procurement skills
Department for Children, Schools and Families
November 2009

Emergency Services Review: emergency access algorithm
K Prior, P Baker
NHS Interim Management and Support
June 2009
This algorithm can help commissioners and providers to improve their understanding ofaccess pathways into emergency care systems and potential solutions to improve emergency care access and reduce delays across the whole health and social care system.

Emergency Services Review: good practice guide for ambulance services and their commissioners
J Brotherton
Office of the Strategic Health Authorities
August 2009

The Opportunity Locator
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has produced an Opportunity Locator, which is a data tool to support the commissioning priorities of local health communities.

Commissioning local breastfeeding support services
Department of Health
6th October 2009

Thinking big
Dr Donal Hynes
Pulse Today Focus On…, 2009, November
This month’s Focus On… features ways to get practice-based commissioners to step back and look at the bigger picture of what PCTs are trying to achieve.

National Practice Based Commissioning Clinical Leaders Network
The objective of this new network is to embed PBC into every day practice in primary care by:

• Collecting and sharing the best examples of clinical commissioning good practice.
• Supporting the development of commissioning tools such as accountability agreements.
• Clarifying the relationship between clinical commissioning and the Transforming Community Services agenda.
• Working with the Care Quality Commission in developing assessments of quality in PBC service redesign.
• Acting as an expert resource for SHAs in supporting workshops and dispute resolutions.
• Exploring links with secondary care to enable development of more effective care pathways.

Outline service specification: personalised care planning for people with long term conditions
Primary Care Commissioning
3rd November 2009

Co-operation and competition
The Kings Fund
11th November 2009