Information resources on commissioning in specific service sectors, plus case studies that illustrate how libraries support work in this area.

 

Tips on searching the web: acute / "partnership trust" / "primary care" / "secondary care" / "community care" / "social care" / "foundation trust" 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 Specialist Library

This is a one-stop shop, providing timely and efficient access to high quality information resources for all those involved in commissioning for specific populations. The Library endeavours to include the best available evidence, examples of good practice, policy and data to support world class commissioning. 

Health promotion and disease prevention services

 

 

Primary care services

Practice Based Commissioning 

Resources on Practice-based commissioning including news, legislation and guidance, shared learning and other support.

[SR 260908]

 

Preliminary practice based commissioning toolkit

The aim of the toolkit is to assist PCTs in the early planning and implementation process of Practice based Commissioning in a local context.

[SR 260908]

 

Invest to save - guidance for commissioning primary prevention : a good guidance pack for PbC Commissioners

The Cheshire and Mersyside Public Health Network have released an updated version of their guidance for Practice-based Commissioners in commissioning preventative services. It includes information on commissioning for: Stop smoking services, Alcohol harm reduction, Management of blood pressure, Increase physical activity, Weight-loss programmes, Sexual health, Medicines management.

[AG 021008]

 

 

Exceptional Treatment Panels

Every PCT in England will operate and manage decision-making panels to deal with requests for the funding of exceptional cases, normally involving clinicians requesting a form of treatment for their patient falling outside those usually funded or approved by NICE. Often the requests handled by these panels involve patients with advanced or end-stage cancer, requesting drugs which are not routinely prescribed. There is no standard naming to describe Exceptional Case panels but other common names include 'Priority', 'Clinical Exception' and 'Non-Contractual Intervention' panels.  Where librarians are involved in the process, it is to undertake literature reviews for the panel to provide the evidence to inform their decision making.  In the East Midlands, librarians in Derbyshire County and Nottingham City supply the evidence in advance of the panel meeting and also attend the panel meetings.

 

Good practice guidance on managing the introduction of new healthcare interventions and links to National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) technology appraisal guidance

 

Priority setting: managing individual funding requests

This report, the 3rd in a series of publications that aims to help organisations review their current priority-setting processes and, if needed, provide a reference document for PCTs who still have to develop a comprehensive priority-setting framework.

 

PCT decision making in Priorities Panels - A review of the literature and management of decision making processes in resource allocation for commissioning treatments: recommendations for PCTs and SHA

 

The London Health Observatory is sharing information on clinical exceptions in London at:

http://www.lho.org.uk/viewResource.aspx?id=10256 

[DC/DW 171108]  

 

 

Community and domiciliary care services

Transforming Community Services enabling guidance

Written to help PCTs move the relationship between direct provider and commissioner to a purely contractual one, and consider what type/s of organisations will best meet the future needs of patients.

[SLB/SR 220109]

 

Resource pack

Sets out the principles of good practice when commissioning community services with case studies of good practice in six clinical areas, and signposts commissioners to the most pertinent and relevant information.

[SLB/SR 220109]

 

 

Acute medical and surgical services

Toolkit for Commissioning Secondary and Tertiary Care Services 

Focuses on the development of medicines management arrangements with secondary and tertiary care services.

[SR 260908]

 

 

Emergency and urgent care

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Planned care

Map of Medicine

The map of Medicine is used with many Commissioners within planned care as a starting point to review services.

[KD 280809]

 

 

Specialist and tertiary services

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Residential care services

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Prison services

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Third sector

Enterprising Healthcare: A Guide for Social Enterprises and PCT Commissioners

Recent moves to increase public service delivery by social enterprise organisations have been exemplified in the health sector. The creation of a Social Enterprise Unit in the Department of Health has heralded comprehensive plans to build capacity in both third sector organisations and procurement bodies to allow social enterprise to realise its full delivery potential.

[SR 260908]

 

Understanding commissioning for voluntary and community organisations

This report will be of interest to third sector organisations that are looking to:

• Understand more about the current focus on them as providers of services.
• Understand more about the policy context that is driving this change
• Reflect upon the readiness of their organisations to respond.

It will also be of use to commissioners of health and care services who are interested in understanding the needs in the small to medium sized third sector market, including recommendations for how it can be stimulated.

[AG 191208] 

 

Independent sector

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