17 September 2008

COMMISSIONING

Improving outcomes in children and young people with cancer: guidance on commissioning services for young people (8th September 2008)
Letter containing the document Key messages for commissioners of cancer services for teenagers and young adults, developed by the National Cancer Action Team (with advice and support from an expert working group) at the request of the Children and Young People Improving Outcomes Guidance (CYPIOG) Advisory Group to support the implementation of National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance, Improving outcomes for children and young people with cancer.
Guidance

World Class Commissioning - August update (8th September 2008)

Monthly progress report on the World Class Commissioning Programme.
Update

Commissioning Specialist Library (15th September 2008)

The pilot Commissioning Specialist Library went live on 15 September 2008. The library is free, and aims to be a one-stop shop providing timely and efficient access to high quality information resources for all those involved in commissioning for health and wellbeing. It endeavours to include the best available evidence, examples of good practice, policy and data to support world class commissioning.
Resource

NHS PCC Primary Care Service Frameworks for Commissioners (September 2008)
PCC has published a number of Primary Care Service Frameworks to support PCTs and Practice Based Commissioners covering the areas of Alcohol Services, Obesity, Long Term Conditions, Support for Self Care, and Sexual Health. Further frameworks are currently being developed in partnership with the Department of Health.
Frameworks

Commissioning Safe and Sustainable Specialised Paediatric Services - A Framework of Critical Inter-Dependencies (16th September 2008)

This report provides a unique approach to the commissioning of specialised paediatric services. The work has been led by an independent Steering Group with access to a specialist Clinical Advisory Group. The project as a whole has been chaired by Dr Edward Baker, Medical Director and Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist at Guys and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. It has the support of the appropriate Royal Colleges. The results will be of particular interest to those involved in commissioning or delivering specialised paediatric services, but it has broader implications. It provides for the first time a clinically agreed system for representing the nature of the relationships between specialised services. It sets out which services need to be delivered from the same location and which do not. This will be of real significance to anyone assessing the configuration of paediatric services and indeed any services that relate to them - both wider children’s services and services to adults.
Report

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