Its purpose is to show commissioners how they can provide personalised services, promote heath and well being, prevent ill health, and work in partnership to reduce health inequalities.
Emphasis is on:
- a shift towards services that are personal and sensitive to the individual’s needs while maintaining independence and dignity
- a strategic shift towards promoting health and well being, investing up front to reduce the cost of future ill health
- a stronger focus on commissioning services and interventions to achieve better health, with the health service and local government working together to promote inclusion and tackle health inequalities.
The eight steps to effective commissioning describe how this can be achieved:
- putting people at the centre of commissioning by giving people greater choice and control over services and treatment, and access to good information and advice
- understanding the needs of populations and individuals by undertaking joint assessments
- sharing information more effectively in order to make the most appropriate decisions when commissioning
- assuring high quality providers for all services by developing strong, effective partnerships with service providers and engaging them in needs assessments
- recognising the interdependence between work, health and well being by improving employee health and well being, and helping people into employment
- developing incentives for commissioning health and well being services for example, encouraging PCTs and practice based commissioners to be more flexible in using NHS funds
- making it happen: local accountability by developing a single, national health and social care vision
- making it happen: capability and leadership by developing commissioning leadership and capability.
Read more
No comments:
Post a Comment