These pages are written for commissioners of long term conditions, particularly those who may not have a detailed knowledge of respiratory disease, and also service providers who wish to understand more about the commissioning process. The IMPRESS documents that they introduce include sufficient detail to commission a respiratory service from a low knowledge base, but also include "stretch" elements for those commissioners that want more.
February 2011
NHS London has included two CQUINs on its pick-list for local negotation. One incentivising the use of a CLARHC designed COPD Discharge Bundle and the other incentivising stop smoking support for all smokers in a hospital bed for more than a day. Their website includes the background thinking as well as the CQUINs themselves.
November 2010: new support for GP commissioners:
Royal College of GPs and Kings Fund: an online resource to support GP practices forming federations.
NHS Alliance and Humana commissioning academy
National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) and KPMG GP Commissioning Academy
October 2010 - The Strategic Commissioning Development Unit (SCDU) of the Department of Health, England, has produced a commissioning pack on cardiac rehabilitation. This, plus definitions such as "case for change", and links to procurement templates are available here. This unit will be producing a COPD commissioning pack in 2011.
September 2009 - IMPRESS response to the Health Select Committee Inquiry into Commissioning.
September 2009 - latest on Your health, your way (previously the patients prospectus). Communcations toolkit available here.
World class commissioning IMPRESS page
July 2009: the DH has published a new World Class Commissioning support and development website.
Here are IMPRESS pages on these themes:
Needs Assessment
Service Specification
Workforce Standards
Procurement
Practice-based Commissioning
Pathways
Quality & Productivity (QIPP)
Spirometry
Oxygen