A year on since the Act became law, Successful Commissioning for Health and Social Care will provide you with a timely opportunity to examine and understand the results and challenges to-date, reflect on the successes, share best practice, and to discuss and debate where improvements and developments in clinical commissioning can be made. This course will enable delegates that work within or with the health sector to get a greater understanding of the current commissioning regime across the NHS and understand on a practical level what the current arrangements means for them and the future of their service provision.
Those in attendance will:
- Understand how the commissioning structure is arranged
- Examine what the current commissioning arrangements mean for you and your organisation
- Have a comprehensive understanding of how to successfully plan and implement services that meet the needs of your area
- Gain a deeper knowledge of the practical aspects of GP consortia
Key questions to be explored on the day include:
- Following implementation: commissioning services and measuring outcomes, has the authorisation process for CCGs produced robust, successful organisations, as envisaged by the Health and Social Care Act?
- How effective is the Commissioning Outcomes Indicator Set proving in measuring the qualityand outcomes of healthcare commissioned by CCGs, and in holding them to account?
- What impact is the Quality Premium having on CCGs and, with 37.5% of the Premium to be decided locally, what effect will this have on variation of services?
- How can CCGs successfully commission to reduce avoidable emergency admissions?
- What support should be provided to CCGs if they have to pick up legacy debts from Primary Care Trusts?
- What measures should be put in place to ensure the financial sustainability of providers if CCGs get into trouble?
- What are the best practices in ensuring grassroots GPs, nurses and other healthcare professionals are influential in the process of commissioning?
- With a recent survey showing that 1 in 3 CCG members has a financial interest in a private provider, does anything further need to be done to address possible conflicts of interest?
- How effective are CCGs finding their commissioning support?
- How well are CCGs working alongside other new health service bodies such as NHS England, Clinical Senates, Health and Wellbeing Boards, and existing ones such as Local Medical Committees?
- What steps need to be taken to further integrate services, and how are the new bodies working towards this?
- What impact has the restructuring of commissioning had on providers?
- How can public health professionals and CCGs work together effectively to reduce health inequalities and to deliver the locally determined priorities of the Quality Premium?
- How have the relationships between the NHS England Local Area Teams and CCGs developing?
- What are the most promising approaches to ensuring that patients are involved in the current commissioning landscape?
Speaker:
David Colin-Thomé - Director, DCT Consulting Ltd and Former National Clinical Director, Primary Care, Department of Health
David Colin-Thome, OBE, M.B.B.S., FRCGP, FFPH, FFGDP (Honorary), FRCP, FQNI. Was a GP from 1971 at Castlefields Health Centre Runcorn, retiring March 2007. The practice has been leading-edge nationally over the last 15 years or so of my working life, pioneering systematic management of long-term conditions employing managed care techniques.
Prior to being appointed as National Clinical Director, director of primary care at the Department of Health's London Regional Office (1998-2001), and senior medical officer at the Scottish Office NHS Management Executive (1997-1998). Formerly a member of Halton Health Authority, Cheshire Family Health Services Authority and a Halton Borough Councillor (1979-1990). Awarded the OBE in 1997.
Appointed as National Director for Primary Care and medical adviser to commissioning and system management directorate, DH 2007 retired December 2010. Now an independent health care consultant from January 2011.
Author of papers 2011;
‘The Primary care Home’ - a community population based integrated care organisation with a devolved budget to ‘make or buy’
‘A new commissioning’ - needing a different approach to provision
‘Health and wellbeing boards’ - a commissioner but without a statutory budget
Educated at Hutton Grammar School in Preston, and the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Medical School. Married to Christine, father to Mark and Jill, grandfather to Amber, Jacob, Luca, Ryan, Beth and Zachary.