Next steps towards primary care co-commissioning

"This document aims to provide clarity and transparency around co-commissioning options, providing CCGs and area teams with the information and tools they need to choose and implement the right form of co-commissioning for their local health economy."

Next steps towards primary care co-commissioning

NHS England, NHS Clinical Commissioners

November 2014

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Estimating NHS and social care spend: a tool for commissioners

"This Excel-based tool aims to help NHS commissioners by approximating how their local care economy spends its money by age group, patient group and care settings, and how this may evolve over time. By filling in some basic variables, commissioners can create a quick, indicative patient segmentation for their locality."

Estimating NHS and social care spend: a tool for commissioners
Monitor
September 2014

Access the tool and find out more 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.

Cost benefit analysis guidance for local partnerships

"This document outlines a methodology for a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) model originally developed by New Economy, local authorities and other public sector agencies across Greater Manchester (GM). It is designed to simplify and to lower the cost of performing CBA in the context of local programmes to improve public services where analytical and research resources may be relatively limited." 

Supporting public service transformation: cost benefit analysis guidance for local partnerships
HM Treasury, Public Service Transformation Network, New Economy
April 2014

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'Any town' toolkit for Clinical Commissioning Groups

"NHS England has produced a toolkit called ‘Any town’, which using high level health system modelling, allows clinical commissioning groups to map how interventions could improve local health services and close the financial gap."

The toolkit includes five modules accessible as PowerPoint presentations:

1 -  Methodology guide
2 -  Urban model module
3 -  Suburban model module
4 -  Rural model module
5 -  Further information guide (containing additional case study information)

Any Town
NHS England
January 2014

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Patient and public engagement - still an aspiration?

"Local health economies have so far not been successful in engaging with patients and the public."

Patient and public engagement - still an aspiration?
Tea Break Debates
Primary Care Commissioning, People Matters Network
July 2013

Read more here.