11 November 2009

COMMISSIONING

Joint Guidance on Development of Local Protocols between Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services and Local Safeguarding and Family Services (3rd November 2009)
This guidance is intended to help commissioners and providers meet existing commitments by providing the latest information and highlighting good practice.
Guidance


Evaluation: Top Tips for Commissioners and Practitioners (October 2009)
This paper, from Greater Manchester Public Health Practice Unit, aims to give commissioners and service providers a framework to enable a more efficient method of carrying out evaluation. It explains the purpose of evaluation, types of evaluation with examples, and discusses service user involvement and engagement
Document

Outline Service Specification: Personalised Care Planning for People with Long Term Conditions (3rd November 2009)
This Outline Service Specification (OSS) has been developed to assist NHS commissioners to put in place appropriate arrangements to ensure people with long-term conditions have informed choice of, and access to, services that best enable them to manage their condition.
Document

Meeting the health needs of children and young people a guide for commissioners (3rd November 2009)
Healthcare for London has published new NHS guidance on improving healthcare for children and young people in London.

The guide recommends:
  • establishing paediatric assessment units in all hospitals that have an A&E department to ensure children get the right care as quickly as possible
  • healthcare be delivered in the home where appropriate or as close to home as possible reducing unnecessary visits to hospital
  • creating multidisciplinary teams of health professionals to deliver care more locally and making best use of specialist skills in the right setting.
Guide

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