Health Management and Policy Alert

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
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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
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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

How to become a Healthy Living Pharmacy Level 1

Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee -
This briefing provides an overview of how to become a Healthy Living Pharmacy (HLP) Level 1 via the self-assessment route. The briefing gives details of the HLP framework, describes the role of HLP's in the health and care system, and outlines the ways in which contractors can achieve HLP Level 1 status.

• Briefing
• Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee - news

Primary medical care commissioning internal audit ratings for delegated clinical commissioning groups as of 31 June 2019

NHS England - 
This document is the first cohort of new ratings on delegated CCGs, highlighting where internal audits are finding CCGs are performing delegated primary medical care commissioning really well, but also helping to identify where improvements can be made.

• Report

CCG 360 stakeholder survey 2018/19

NHS England - 
A central part of the CCG assessment process is the CCG 360 Stakeholder Survey, the findings of which are presented in this report. A key aim of the survey is to enable NHS England to assess whether CCGs are operating effectively in partnership with key organisations in the local health system to commission safe, high quality and sustainable services.

• Report

Community commissioning shaping public services through people power

New Local Government Network - 

This report argues that if there is to be a move to a preventative system in public services, communities need to take on more responsibility for their own health and well-being. The commissioning of public services is one of the most important functions of the public sector but also one that is deeply embedded within the institution. The report makes the case for why the process needs to be led by citizens and service users not public sector professionals. Importantly, it also explains in detail how this shift is happening in practice.

• Report
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The changing face of clinical commissioning

NHS Clinical Commissioners -
This report is based on interviews with leaders from nine CCGs in England, highlighting the work that is taking place across the country to drive through innovations and improvements across health and social care – often in partnership with other organisations. It argues that the perspective brought by clinical commissioners – the clinical expertise, collaborative working with provider colleagues, and an understanding of the population’s needs in the system in which they operate – are essential components to developing integrated services that are fit for purpose and get the best value for each NHS pound.

• Report
• NHS Clinical Commissioners - news