HSJ Commissioning supplement: The right services at the right time

"Commissioning within the NHS is being shaped by a variety of factors, ranging from technology to the third sector. This week’s supplement, produced in association with Skills for Health, IMS Health and the British Red Cross, looks at:

• workforce planning 
• gaining value from data 
• benefitting from third sector organisations" 

HSJ Commissioning supplement: The right services at the right time
How data, workforce planning and the voluntary sector are shaping NHS commissioning
September 2015

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Voluntary organisations experiences of local health organisations

"In March 2014 NAVCA published three research briefings exploring local charities and voluntary organisations attitudes and experiences of local health organisations. The three reports explore the extent to which they feel able to influence Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNA) and the nature of their relationship with local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and local Healthwatch."

Find out more and access the reports here.

Free access to special issue of Journal of Integrated Care

This special issue of Journal of Integrated Care focuses on commissioning and the third sector, and can be freely read until 14th December 2013 by visiting Emerald Publishers using the following login details:
username: integrated
password: emerald2013

Articles include:

• Evaluating a third sector community service following stroke
• Co-producing care services in rural areas
• Singing from the same hymn sheet? Commissioning of preventative services from the third sector

Role of the voluntary sector in providing commissioning support

"There are some areas of commissioning support where the voluntary sector offers particular expertise, including needs-assessments, business intelligence, service re-design, and public and patient engagement."

Role of the voluntary sector in providing commissioning support
H Holders
Nuffield Trust
November 2013

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Strengthening partnerships between the NHS and the voluntary sector

"NHS and voluntary sector providers have a key role to play in delivering the priorities set out in the NHS Mandate, alongside commissioners and others in the wider health and care system."

Working together to deliver the Mandate: strengthening partnerships between the NHS and the voluntary sector
R Addicott
The King's Fund
July 2013

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Influencing local commissioning for health and care

"This paper examines how voluntary and community organisations (VCOs) can work with and influence joint local commissioning in the new system."

Influencing local commissioning for health and care: guidance for the voluntary and community sector
Regional Voices
January 2013

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A clinical commissioner's guide to the voluntary sector

"This guide sets out a vision for the voluntary sector’s role in tackling some of the major challenges
commissioners will face."

A clinical commissioner's guide to the voluntary sector
M Girach, H Hardisty, A Massey
NHS Alliance
September 2012

Read more here.