Simple Telehealth

"This website will help you to address your learning needs about Technology Enabled Care Services (TECs) whether you are a clinician, or commissioner or manager. Consider what competences and capabilities you or the teams you work with need."

Simple Telehealth (Digital Health SOT) 
NHS Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Group
2014

Access the website here.

Cardiovascular disease commissioning for value focus pack

"National benchmarked data for heart disease and stroke used to understand variation across the pathway for each Clinical Commissioning Group in England to help improve cardiovascular disease commissioning"

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Commissioning for Value focus packs
Public Health England
May 2014

Access the packs and all the resources here.

Medicines in Commissioning Toolkit

"This toolkit will help ensure that high quality, cost effective, accessible medicines management services are commissioned and provided within new and redesigned patient services."

Medicines in Commissioning Toolkit
NHS East & South East England Specialist Pharmacy Services
April 2013

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Making recovery a reality in your community

"Building recovery in your local community should be a focus for local strategies both because it is the right thing to do and because it is smart and cost effective commissioning."

Making recovery a reality in your community: a briefing for commissioners of mental health, drug and alcohol services
Alcohol Concern, DrugScope, Centre for Mental Health
August 2013

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Over 150 potentially low-value health care practices

"A total of 5209 articles were screened for eligibility, resulting in 156 potentially ineffective and/or unsafe services being identified for consideration."

Over 150 potentially low-value health care practices: an Australian study
AG Elshaug, AM Watt, L Mundy, CD Willis
Medical Journal of Australia, 2012, 197(10):556-560

Read more here.