- Commissioning guides : service for the treatment and management of schizophrenia in adults
Summary: NICE commissioning guide
- Practice-based commissioning budget guidance for 2010/11
Summary: PCTs are responsible for ensuring that practices receive an indicative budget that reflects the needs of their population as accurately as possible. This allows a practice to access a 'fair share' of the resources available to the whole of the PCT for its patients. The Department of Health has updated the toolkit that can be used to determine weighted capitation indicative budgets at practice level.
- Improving the psychological wellbeing and mental health of children and young people: commissioning early intervention support services
Summary: This guidance aims to pull together good practice and provide guidelines for local authorities, PCTs, government offices and SHAs to support the delivery of quality advice, support and guidance for joint commissioning of early-intervention support.
- Informatics planning 2010/11
Summary: The operating framework 2010/11 confirms that informatics will be included in operational plans and this document provides guidance on the informatics components of these plans.
- Cancer commissioning guidance - second edition
Summary: The cancer commissioning guidance announced as part of the Cancer Reform Strategy has been developed to support world-class commissioning of cancer services across the NHS. This guidance sets out, in an easy-to-use format, key issues and questions that commissioners and cancer network teams will want to take into consideration when assessing health needs, reviewing services, developing their contract service specifications and monitoring performance.
- World class commissioning: an introduction
Summary: This guide provides a brief introduction to world class commissioning.
- Specification for the commissioning of peritoneal dialysis pathway
Summary: This specification is written for commissioners and providers of Renal Services. For commissioners, it provides a comprehensive guide to best practice Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) with outcome measures applicable at each stage. It aims to encourage benchmarking, encourage commissioners to look at and challenge variability in service provision and ensure an appropriate number of patients on home dialysis therapies. For renal units, it offers a patientcentred approach to PD provision. Outcome measures will assist in driving forward service improvements where necessary and the tender framework will inform procurement contracts.
- Publisher: NHS Kidney Care
- Publication Type: Service Guidance
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2009
- World class commissioning assurance handbook
Summary: World class commissioning assurance – launch of Year 2
- Commissioning Guide: Needle and syringe programmes
- Publisher: NICE
- Publication Type: Service Guidance
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2009
- Rheumatology nursing: results of a survey exploring the performance and activity of rheumatology nurses
Summary: This report provides preliminary data about the work and activity of nurses working in the rheumatology field. It identifies the scope and breadth of nursing activity, while enabling nurses to compare their skills and competences against other specialists in their field of practice. The guidance also provides an important resource for commissioners, who are seeking to understand and plan the provision of the specialist support and workforce needs.
