Health Management and Policy Alert

Health and social care needs: assessment of adults under probation service supervision in the community - a guidance document

Public Health England -
This document provides guidance for commissioners about doing a health and social care needs assessment for adults under probation service supervision in the community. It provides a structure for the process, summarises where to find the best available data and gives examples of local practice. This guidance can be used by commissioners of health and social care services in: local authorities; clinical commissioning groups; and NHS England and NHS Improvement.

• Guidance
• Public Health England - publications

CPCF in 2020/21: frequently asked questions

Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) - 

To accompany the announcement of arrangements for the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) in 2020/21, PSNC has set out responses to a number of questions to help to answer queries that community pharmacy contractors may have.

• Briefing
• More detail

Thinking differently about commissioning: learning from new approaches to local planning

The King's Fund -
This report examines the approach being taken by some CCGs and local systems where traditional notions of commissioning are no longer guiding their way of working.

• Report
• The King's Fund - publications

Evaluating digital health products

Public Health England -
Digital health products can take different forms – for example, a service, campaign or other intervention. They might be provided through an app or website. These resources can help with evaluations for all digital health products. They aim to help demonstrate what impact a product has and how the costs compare to the benefits. They can provide information about how to make services better, including what works and what doesn’t. They can also help demonstrate the value of a product to commissioners.

• Resources

 

The older adults’ NHS and social care return on investment tool: final report

Public Health England -
These return on investment resources were designed to help local commissioners in designing and implementing services to support older people's healthy ageing. The tool can be adapted to local conditions and presents results showing the economic benefits of each intervention.

• Report
• Public Health England - publications

Collaborative commissioning for sexual health, reproductive health and HIV: a review of 4 areas

Public Health England - 

In 2016, Public Health England (PHE) and partner agencies undertook a survey of sexual health, reproductive health and HIV commissioning and published an accompanying action plan. One of the key actions was to support two pilot areas in developing collaborative approaches. PHE has undertaken an evaluation of these two areas and two other areas that had adopted a collaborative approach to commissioning. This review provides a summary of the evaluation and the existing frameworks that can support collaborative working. The slide set details the methodology and findings from this qualitative evaluation.

• Review
• More detail

NHS public health functions agreement 2019-20: public health functions to be exercised by NHS England

Department of Health and Social Care -
This agreement sets out the arrangements under which the Secretary of State delegates responsibility to NHS England for certain public health services. The services currently commissioned in this way are: national immunisation programmes; national population screening programmes; Child Health Information Services; public health services for adults and children in secure and detained settings in England; and sexual assault services.

• Guidance
• Department of Health and Social Care - publications

Opportunities to embed sexual and reproductive healthcare services into new models of care: a practical guide for commissioners and service providers

Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare -
More than 50 strategies and operational plans were reviewed for this audit, with results showing that few areas have explicitly recognised the opportunity to embed sexual and reproductive health care services in their plans. Other areas of sexual and reproductive health such as psychosexual services and menopause were not present in the majority of plans.

• Report
• Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - news

Government outsourcing: what has worked and what needs reform?

Institute for Government - 

This report ranks which have been outsourced successfully and which need reform. The report also shows that consecutive governments have overstated the benefits of outsourcing. Senior politicians regularly claim outsourcing can still deliver 20–30 per cent savings but there is no evidence to support this.

• Report
• More detail

Healthy Living Pharmacy: holding a health promotion event/campaign

Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee -
To achieve and to maintain Healthy Living Pharmacy Level 1 status, pharmacy teams are required to meet 27 quality criteria. Holding health promotion events/campaigns and documenting details of these are a way for pharmacy teams to demonstrate that they meet several of these criteria. This briefing provides guidance for community pharmacy contractors and their teams on holding a health promotion event/campaign.

• Briefing
• Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee - news