Commissioning Support Lead Provider Framework

"NHS England has developed a new framework agreement for commissioning support services – the Lead Provider Framework (LPF). It enables Clinical Commissioning Groups(CCGs), NHS England and other customers to source some or all of their commissioning support needs"

Commissioning Support Lead Provider Framework
NHS England

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Psoriasis: support for commissioning

"This document reviews the potential cost impact and implications for commissioners and service providers of the NICE quality standard for Psoriasis."

QS40 Psoriasis: support for commissioning
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
August 2013

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Transforming patient experience

"This guide is for anyone with designated responsibility for improving patient experience – either as a provider of services, or as a commissioner."

Transforming patient experience: the essential guide
NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
February 2012

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Quality governance in the NHS

"This guide considers how to govern for quality, both in terms of driving continuous improvement across the organisation and ensuring that the essential levels of quality and safety are met."

Quality governance in the NHS - a guide for provider boards
National Quality Board
March 2011

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The medium-term sustainability of organisational innovations in the National Health Service

"The study will involve research in four case-study sites around England, each of which was successful in sustaining its new model of service provision beyond an initial period of pilot funding for new genetics services provided by the Department of Health."

The medium-term sustainability of organisational innovations in the National Health Service
GP Martin, G Currie, R Finn, R McDonald
Implementation Science, 2011 6:19

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How health systems make available information on service providers

"This report reviews information systems that report on the quality or performance of providers of healthcare in seven countries to inform the use and further development of quality information systems in the English NHS."

How health systems make available information on service providers: experience in seven countries
M Cacace, S Ettelt, L Brereton, J Pedersen, E Nolte
RAND Corporation
2011

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