Commissioning

Activities

• Advanced Training Programme (ATP)

  The Advanced Training Programme (ATP) provides support for health system leaders to deliver integrated care on the QIPP agenda.

• Good governance for clinical commissioning groups: An introductory guide

  Written for the NAPC and KPMG, this introductory guide to good governance for clinical commissioning groups aims to help them take their first steps towards authorisation.

• Nick Goodwin on case management

  Nick Goodwin introduces the key findings from our case management paper, and considers its role in an integrated care system. (Audio-slideshow)

• Case management: What it is and how it can best be implemented

  This paper looks at the core components of a successful case management programme and considers how it can be used to deliver high-quality integrated care.

• The King's Fund's successful bid for the national support framework for clinical commissioning groups

  The King’s Fund is delighted to announce that it has been selected to deliver the national support framework for clinical commissioning groups. (Leadership news)

• Ailsa Claire: Meeting the information needs of clinical commissioning groups

  Ailsa Claire examines how to meet the infromation needs of clinical commissioning groups at our NHS Information Revolution conference. (Audio-slideshow)

• Think tanks work together to support integrated care for patients

  The King's Fund and Nuffield Trust have been asked by the Department of Health to support the development of a national strategy for the promotion of integrated care at scale and pace in local communities. (Press release, 20 Oct 2011)

• Anna Dixon and Nicholas Mays: Understanding New Labour market reforms of the English NHS

  Anna Dixon and Nicholas Mays discuss the findings of their new book, Understanding New Labour's market reforms of the English NHS.

• Commissioning integrated care in a liberated NHS

  Nuffield Trust's publication, Commissioning integrated care in a liberated NHS, focuses on the role of commissioners in promoting integration.

• Social care and clinical commissioning for people with long-term conditions

  Written by SCIE, in conjunction with The King's Fund, this paper looks at social care and clinical commissioning for people with long-term conditions.

• Leadership development: A whole system approach to commissioning care services

  We talked to some GPs about the challenges of leading change and our whole systems approach to help with clinical commissioning. (Article, 30 Aug 2011)

• Reality lags behind the rhetoric of creating the ‘largest social enterprise sector in the world’

  Though early evidence suggests that health care providers have benefited from becoming social enterprises, they still face many challenges. (Press release, 4 Aug 2011)

• Survival of the fittest: will social enterprises thrive in the new world?

  Rachael Addicott asks if social enterprises will be able to compete with the big players in health care in her blog.

• Social enterprise in health care: Promoting staff engagement

  Will social enterprises be able to manage the risks and establish themselves as viable organisations in an increasingly competitive health care market? (Publication, Rachael Addicott)

• Making shared decision-making a reality: No decision about me without me

  Angela Coulter and Alf Collins give evidence for the benefits of shared decision-making and practical support in implementing it for clinicians. (Publication, 28 Jul 2011)

• Health and wellbeing boards: Making them work

  This project will work with two local authorities to gain insight into how they are implementing health and wellbeing boards in the context of NHS reforms. (Project)

• Changes to the Health and Social Care Bill: Local authorities and health and wellbeing boards

  Will changes to health and wellbeing boards, suggested in the new reforms to the Health and Social Care Bill, improve commissioning of care in local areas?

• Changes to the Health and Social Care Bill: Structural changes

  What changes will be made to the structure of the NHS and functions of NHS organisations after the Future Forum's reform recommendations?

• Changes to the Health and Social Care Bill: Commissioning and primary care

  How has local, GP and clinical commissioning changed in the Future Forum's reforms to the Health and Social Care Bill? What is still missing from these NHS reforms?

• Chris Ham: Response to the NHS Future Forum recommendations

  Chris Ham gives his initial response to the recommendations set out by the NHS Future Forum, including what the next steps will be and what was missing from the report. (Video, 13 Jun 2011)