This guidance, published by the the Department of Health, explains the duties and powers of Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNAs) and Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies (JHWSs). Read more »
It is important to commission case management where care pathways (the set of services encountered by a patient) involve more than one provider. Read more »
It is important to commission services that are sustainable in the three areas of finance, environment and community. Read more »
This will help you to consider local outcome priorities in the context of the main outcomes that represent the issues across health and care that matter most to all of us. Read more »
This will help you to understand about commissioning services to help prevent patients waiting until they have very severe or complex conditions. Read more »
From April 2013 commissioning responsibilities will reside with Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). It is essential that CCG leaders have sufficient expertise to improve mental health and wellbeing. Read more »
You can improve outcomes by encouraging new ideas and different ways of providing services. Read more »