- Commissioning guides : service for the treatment and management of schizophrenia in adults
Summary: NICE commissioning guide
- 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.
- PALS in prison: a toolkit and good practice guidance for implementing Patient Advice and Liaison Services in a secure setting
Summary: Toolkit and good practice guidance covering the implementation of the Patient Advice and Liaison Service in a secure setting. It has been designed to be read by commissioners and providers of healthcare in the criminal or youth justice sectors.
- Mainstreaming the commissioning of local services to address violence against women and girls: consultation
Summary: This consultation seeks views on draft guidance to help local commissioners develop the best approach to commissioning services to prevent violence against women and girls, protect victims and potential victims and provide services to victims and perpetrators in local areas.
- Publisher: Home Office
- Publication Type: Service Guidance
- Publication Date: 22 Dec 2009
- Your health, your way: a guide to long-term conditions and self care: information for social care professionals
- Promoting health and well-being: reducing inequalities
Summary: This Guide has been developed to assist Commissioners to make the most of the best methods of promoting health, using the latest understanding of how they can support people to make healthy choices as individuals within the social and environmental contexts in which they live. The Guide will also be of value to Providers in giving insight into the Commissioning process.
- The Commissioning Friend for Mental Health Services
Summary: This guide is designed to support primary care trusts and local authorities and assist them in developing their mental health commissioning practice. It covers mental health services across England, will act as a reference tool and up to date "friend" on key issues to support commissioners to carry out their day to day work.
- Preventing suicide: a toolkit for mental health services
Summary: The toolkit, originally published in 2003, has been amended to reflect recent policy changes and has had input from key stakeholders, service users, carers and experts.
- Emergency Services Review
- Use of resources in adult social care: a guide for local authorities
Summary: This guide is to stimulate discussion and debate for local authorities on how to commission and shape services by making best use of resources.
