Fast track to setting up a QIPP business case

Health and social care workers can acquire new skills needed to develop a QIPP business case and implementation plan, from September this year. 

The JIP, NHS West Midlands and ADASS, have funded the Integrated Care Development Programme which will help individuals from GP commissioning, community health, adult and children’s services, to plan and deliver integrated health and social care services and to work together in multi-disciplinary teams.  Emphasis is on improving results for service users and reducing costs.

The JIP is the strategic link between local authorities in the region. QIPP is one of the partnership’s priorities to be worked on over the next two years. 

The 10 day fast track programme is designed to meet three objectives:

·        efficiency savings released through the development of a high quality  evidence-based business case

·        increased staff competence in collaborative commissioning

·        stronger partnerships across primary and community care in health and social care.

The programme runs from September 2011 at the University of Birmingham over a series of individual days, and ends in February 2012.

It is open to group applications from local teams of two to four participants who:

·        are senior practitioners, clinicians or managers (social care or health), who is the lead person for QIPP

·       have previous experience of designing new services, or developing a business case

·        expect to remain in their current role until March 2012.

Teams must include at least one person from social care and one from health.

The programme will be delivered by the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham with Finnamore Ltd.

Deadline for submitting applications is July 15 2011.

Further details and the application form are available from Ann Thomas, telephone: 0121 414 7058, email: a.d.thomas@bham.ac.uk .