Understanding the commissioning cycle
Commissioning is akin to a relay race, with colleagues from different disciplines, Directorates and organisations, needing to deliver on their part of the process and hand on the baton at the appropriate stage. Multidisciplinary 'task and finish groups' may be brought together at different points of the work.
Tips on searching the web:
- "commissioning cycle"
- COMBINED WITH terms to describe any specific topic areas you are focusing upon.
- To limit to NHS papers, try combining your results with: (pct OR "primary care trust" OR nhs)
- You can search for terms such as "board paper" / "strategy" to help to locate Trust papers
Also have a look at our summary of tips on searching the web and visit the Commissioning Specialist Library - a one-stop shop, providing timely and efficient access to high quality information resources for all those involved in commissioning.
Useful keywords for searching HMIC: Commissioning combined with Collaboration, Contracting Out, Contraction of Services, Efficiency, Health Priorities, Health Service Management, Needs Assessment, Performance Management, Priorities, Purchasing / Joint Purchasing; Quality, Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Strategy.
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The NHS Information Centre website boasts an excellent, interactive diagram of the Commissioning Cycle, on which you can click, section by section, to access all their online resources. The cycle covers three stages: Strategic Planning, Providing services, and Monitoring and evaluation.
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The stages of the commissioning cycle are:
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NICE commissioning guides
These are topic-specific, web-based resources that signpost and provide information on key issues clinical and service-related to be considered during the commissioning process. Each guide contains a commissioning tool, which is an interactive resource that can be used to estimate and inform the level of service needed locally as well as the cost of local commissioning decisions.
NICE commissioning guides:
- support general commissioning decisions on potential service reconfiguration in England
- support the commissioning of evidence-based care for patients
- assist financial modelling and costing by offering a commissioning tool to calculate and cost local service provision
- assist with the preparation of a business case
- provide a framework for investment decisions
- highlight and support relevant national priorities
- signpost NICE guidance and other relevant supporting information.
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The Commissioning Patient Pathways Guide supports commissioning managers by creating a structured approach to exploring the activities required to commission planned care pathways. The guide is a map of key points and good practice to help commissioners deliver the key activities, wherever they are in the commissioning cycle. Registration to the NHS Institute website required.
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