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Read the article by Anne Gray about the future of the Handbook in Health Libraries Group Newsletter, December 2011, p6-7

Clinical Commissioning Groups - a collection of CCG websites

See 3.1 Clinical Commissioning Groups 

Search strategy on mental health cluster packages and pathways

For more information on this search, please contact Rosalind McNally, Outreach Librarian, Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust at Rosalind.McNally@mhsc.nhs.uk.

See 8.2 Examples of search strategies

Latest additions:

Assessment of evidence for clinical and cost effectiveness - one of the seven competencies described in Competency framework for local decision-making groups (NPC March 2012) to support local decision making around medicines and treatments but could be extrapolated across commissioning. Each competency includes an outline of the skills and underpinning knowledge and abilities needed which could be used by librarians to support their role in the process.

See 02 2 The roles and information needs of those involved in commissioning  and 12 1 Professional development for commissioners for a  full list of the competencies.

Informing the design of the new Public Health England portal: A survey of information needs to establish priorities

Report of a study by the National Heart Forum on behalf of the Public Health England Transition Team, providing evidence of information needs that face public health practitioners in England. 

See 02 2 The roles and information needs of those involved in commissioning

SPH - Solutions for Public Health 

A not-for-profit NHS public health organisation which works across a broad range of areas including outcomes, health intelligence and commissioning.

See 11 Organisations that support commissioners

PREview Planning Resources - a set of planning resources from ChiMat to help commissioners, managers and professionals to target preventive resources, in particular around the Healthy Child Programme, where they are most needed. PREview is based on evidence identifying the factors in pregnancy and infancy that are associated with outcomes for children at five years.

See 07 2 Commissioning for specific populations

NHS; Public Health and Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework  - a briefing by NHS Derby City reviewing these three outcomes frameworks, their purpose and alignment.

See 07 1 Commissioning in priority areas

Neuro Numbers - one of the useful publications from Neurological Alliance listing the neurological conditions and how many people suffer form them in the UK. (not dated)

See 07. 3 Commissioning for specific diseases or conditions

Length of stay in care homes PSSRU Discussion Paper -  an accurate picture of how long people live in care homes before they die.

See 07 2 Commissioning for specific populations

Reports to support North Wales maternity and child health review,  a set of literature reviews on maternity, neonatal and paediatric services from Public Health Wales

See 07 2 Commissioning for specific populations

Every Child Matters - resources now available on the National Archive pages.

See 07 2 Commissioning for specific populations

Value for Money Tool – online tools from the NSMC to calculate the value for money of social marketing and behaviour change programmes.

See 04 1 Assessing needs

Unscheduled care – Presentations from London Health to support development of unplanned care services including Quality indicators, Unscheduled care commissioning model, Urgent care centres delivery model.

See 07 4 Commissioning for specific service sectors

Commissioning Strategy for Substance Misuse 2012/2015  - Includes needs analysis, gap analysis and commissioning intentions

See 07 2 Commissioning for specific populations

Doncaster Primary Care Trust Business Case Toolkit -a description of the stages involved in developing an idea into a mainstreamed service as well as tools and techniques.

See 02 2 The roles and information needs of those involved in commissioning