Health Management and Policy Alert

Draft NHS Standard Contract 2021/22: a consultation

NHS England - 
This consultation document describes the main proposed changes tot he NHS Standard Contract for 2021/22. Comments from stakeholders on the proposals, along with any other suggestions for improvement, will be accepted up until 5 February 2021.

• Consultation documents
• Respond online

Specialised supported housing: guidance for local government and NHS commissioners

Local Government Association -
Supported housing is typically defined as a housing service where housing, support and/or care services are provided to help people to live as independently as possible. This is guidance for local government and NHS commissioners about a category of supported housing referred to as ‘Specialised Supported Housing’ (SSH), particularly lease-based models of SSH.

• Guidance

NHS oversight framework – CCG year end assessment 2019/20: methodology manual

NHS England -
This document summarises the methods used in the production of indicators and ratings for the year end assessment of clinical CCGs, using the NHS Oversight Framework. The framework includes a set of 65 indicators, of which 60 relate to CCGs. At the end of the financial year, there is a process to derive an overall year-end assessment for each CCG using these measures.

• Guidance
• NHS England - publications

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