Thames Valley & Milton Keynes Strategic Clinical Networks commissioning guidance

Thames Valley & Milton Keynes Strategic Clinical Networks have produced commissioning guidance with recommendations for action and best practice case studies for cancer, cardiovascular health, children, end of life care, long term conditions, maternity, mental health and neurological conditions. Although locally focused, the guides may have wide spread interest. 

Access the guides here.

Supplement case studies: So how efficient are you?

"Trusts up and down the country are finding out where they stand in diagnostics – and starting to make improvements."

Supplement case studies: So how efficient are you?
C Reed
Health Service Journal
October 2015

Read more here.

Health service review - Dorset Vision

Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group have a website detailing the extensive review of their services which have been taking place.

It can be access at: www.dorsetsvision.nhs.uk

Two particular documents of note on the website are:

• The Compendium of clinical evidence combines quality standards and clinical evidence to form recommendations for changes in practice and service delivery.
• The Case examples on models of care outlines examples of models of care which are delivering improved services.

Good practice in ambulance commissioning

"The National Ambulance Commissioners Network (NACN), which is part of NHS Clinical Commissioners, brings together individuals from across the country with an interest in ambulance commissioning to share learning, provoke discussion and work together to find solutions. As part of that we have collected and brought together a number of good practice examples to contribute to the ongoing debate on finding new approaches to the provision of emergency services, and the role that clinical commissioners can play in driving those new approaches forward."

Good practice in ambulance commissioning
The National Ambulance Commissioners Network
NHS Clinical Commissioners
June 2015

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“Conversation Ready”: A Framework for Improving End-of-Life Care

"This white paper describes the Conversation Ready framework, the changes associated with the framework’s five principles that can be implemented to improve end-of-life care, examples of changes tested by organizations, and suggested measures to guide improvement."

“Conversation Ready”: A Framework for Improving End-of-Life Care (IHI White Paper)
K McCutcheon Adams, A Kabcenell, K Little, L Sokol-Hessner
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
June 2015

Read more here.

Sexual health commissioning in local government

"This resource describes how public health in a number of councils has started to build on the opportunities of a local government setting to improve sexual health and wellbeing. The case studies were chosen because they show a range of ways in which public health in councils is approaching the commissioning of sexual health services."

Sexual health commissioning in local government: building strong relationships, meeting local needs
Local Government Association
June 2015

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The NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) programme: progress review

"The NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) programme supports the development of innovative medical technologies for patient benefit...The evaluation aimed to identify outputs and impacts to date, and to examine the factors influencing performance and progress. "

The NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) programme: A review of progress and contributions to innovation in healthcare technologies
S Marjanovic, J Krapels, S Sousa, S Castle-Clarke, V Horvath, J Chataway
RAND Corporation
June 2015

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Knowledge exchange in health-care commissioning

"The aim of this research from 2011 to 2014 was to study knowledge exchange between these external providers and health-care commissioners to learn about knowledge acquisition and transformation, the role of external providers and the benefits of contracts between external providers and health-care commissioners."

Knowledge exchange in health-care commissioning: case studies of the use of commercial, not-for-profit and public sector agencies, 2011-14
L Wye, E Brangan, A Cameron, J Gabbay, J Klein, C Pope
Health Services and Delivery Research  2015;3(19)

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How five UK trusts built quality improvement capability at scale within their organisations

"The report provides an insight into how and why the trusts embarked on their improvement journeys; the steps they took at each stage; the impact they achieved; and the challenges they encountered along the way." 

Building the foundations for improvement: How five UK trusts built quality improvement capability at scale within their organisations
B Jones, T Woodhead
The Health Foundation
February 2015

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The future is now: The innovations of today that point to better health care tomorrow

"Uncertainty and unpredictability will be an intrinsic part of the challenges facing our future health service. New technology will undoubtedly change the way we approach health and care – it already is. But as well as the gadgets we use, change will be as much about different ways of working and relating to each other."

The future is now: The innovations of today that point to better health care tomorrow
C Ham, A Brown
The King's Fund
February 2015

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Acute hospitals and integrated care: From hospitals to health systems

"This report explores the role that acute hospitals can play in integrated care, drawing on learning from five case study sites in England where acute hospital providers have engaged actively with the integration agenda."

Acute hospitals and integrated care: From hospitals to health systems
C Naylor, H Alderwick, M Honeyman
The King's Fund
March 2015

Read more here.

Personalised Care & Support Planning Handbook

"The handbook is aimed at commissioners and care practitioners (i.e. not just health and care professionals, but also other non-clinical and volunteer roles), and is intended to set out what personalised care and support planning is, and how to deliver it. It will show how personalised care and support planning fits within the wider context of person-centred care and can be used as a system enabler to help provide more proactive and coordinated care for people with long-term conditions and better support for self-management."

NHS England: Personalised Care & Support Planning Handbook
Coalition for Collaborative Care, NHS England
January 2015

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Community Pharmacy - Helping provide better quality and resilient urgent care

"This document takes examples of innovative practice from around the country and makes the tools available to help others to adopt these services to meet local need or help to manage demand. We encourage Service Resilience Groups and local commissioners to work together to make best use of community pharmacy locally."

Community Pharmacy - Helping provide better quality and resilient urgent care 
NHS England
November 2014

Read more here. Access the tool kit here.

Best practice in Memory Services

"With the increase in the interest in dementia and the need for high quality services, memory services have an important role to play in the assessment, diagnosis and management of people with suspected dementia."

Best practice in Memory Services: Learning from across England
A Burns, A Wilkinson, S Peachey
NHS England
December 2014

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Capitation: a potential new payment model to enable integrated care

"Capitated payment can offer significant benefits to patients but there are some risks. For the approach to deliver its full potential benefits to patients and to the health system as a whole, commissioners and providers need to agree on mechanisms for mitigating the risks."

Capitation: a potential new payment model to enable integrated care: A supporting document of ‘2015/16 National Tariff Payment System: A consultation notice’

Monitor, NHS England
November 2014

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Personalised health and care 2020

"Better use of data and technology has the power to improve health, transform the quality and reduce the cost of health and care services."

Personalised health and care 2020: Using Data and Technology to Transform 
Outcomes for Patients and Citizens - A Framework for Action 
National Information Board
November 2014

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How CCGs are driving integration for their patients and local populations

"Through a series of case studies – drawing on the work of CCGs across the country – a picture emerges of organisations committed to developing a more coordinated system. It is a system focused on wellbeing as well as illness, and one that places a premium on the needs and preferences of patients and carers. And while it may not be the sole solution to the NHS’s cost savings challenge, it is an important contributor."

Leading local partnerships: How CCGs are driving integration for their patients and local populations
NHS Clinical Commissioners
October 2014

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Sport and Exercise Medicine: A Fresh Approach in Practice

"The diverse range of sport and exercise services in this document highlights the opportunities to commission new services to positively improve health and health economics in the NHS." 

Sport and Exercise Medicine: A Fresh Approach in Practice: a National Health Service information document
Weiler R, Jones N et al.
Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine
July 2014

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Investigating time lags and attribution in the translation of cancer research

"The aim of the case studies was to help to examine and analyse two key assumptions used in estimating the internal rate of return – the elapsed time and attribution – as well as to contribute to the qualitative understanding of how research investments lead to health gain. " 

Investigating time lags and attribution in the translation of cancer research: A case study approach
by Susan Guthrie, Alexandra Pollitt, Stephen Hanney, Jonathan Grant
RAND Europe
2014

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NICE local practice case studies

"The NICE Local practice collection includes shared learning examples showing how NICE guidance and standards have been put into practice, and quality and productivity case studies outlining quality improvement initiatives which have also helped cut costs and save money."

The Local Practice collection combines case studies from the Quality and Productivity collection (formerly QIPP) and the Shared Learning collection.

Find out more and access the case studies here.