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Intermediate care – benchmarking and evidence

There are few good resources for commissioners around intermediate care. The National Audit of Intermediate Care from NHS Benchmarking is available to non subscribers to the service and includes case studies and a systematic review of the evidence around the … Continue reading →

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Anne Gray
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PHE National Intelligence networks

Public Health England Health Intelligence Networks have been developed to deliver information, data, best practice, evidence and predictive models to support strategic decision making. The following have been added to the Commissioning Handbook page on specific diseases or conditions National Cancer Intelligence … Continue reading →

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Anne Gray
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Local government – what it does and how it works

A quick guide to local government for health commissioners and providers   Local Government Authority (May 2013) – A clear and succinct guide to the role and scope of local government from what they do and how they work to spending and funding. This has … Continue reading →

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Anne Gray
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NSF and care strategies outlined on NHS Choices

NHS National service frameworks and strategies This page on NHS Choices outline the National Service Frameworks (NSFs) and strategies for care across a range of conditions – currently Cancer, CHD, COPD, Diabetes Quality Standards, Kidney Care, Long term conditions, Mental … Continue reading →

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Anne Gray
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General practice consultation data since 2009

I posted recently about the HSCIC publication “Trends in consultation rates in General Practice 1995-2009” and the fact that this data is no longer collected. However I have found a Centre for Health Economics (CHE) report which extrapolates data from the GP … Continue reading →

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Anne Gray
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Analysis of variation in diagnostic services

Reduction in unwarranted variation is one of the keys of the governments savings healthcare policies. RightCare have published a series of themed atlases in its Variation in Healthcare series, graphically presenting variation in health services across CCGs, (and former PCTs) and … Continue reading →

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Anne Gray
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Health experiences of BME communities – briefings from Better Health

Better Health briefing papers are written by experts to provide the latest evidence on the health experiences of black and minority ethnic communities. The papers identify good practice examples, and include detailed references to help practitioners explore the evidence further. Topics … Continue reading →

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Anne Gray
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Some new resources – eye conditions, sexual health services, COPD, dementia

Some new commissioning resources around diseases/conditions have been added to the Commissioning for specific diseases or conditions page of the Commissioning Handbook for Librarians Guidance for commissioners on low vision, urgent eye care, AMD and glaucoma from the College of … Continue reading →

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Anne Gray
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Analysis of patterns in preventable emergency admissions

Focus on preventable admissions: Trends in emergency admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions, 2001 to 2013. Ian Blunt, QualityWatch October 2013. This QualityWatch  study examined the pattern of admissions across England for people with ACS conditions over the 12-year period … Continue reading →

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Anne Gray
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Consultation rates in General Practice

According to Trends in consultation rates in General Practice 1995-2009, the average patient had 3.9 consultations each year in 1995 rising to 5.4 consultations each year by 2008,  and over the same time the estimated number of consultations for a … Continue reading →

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Anne Gray
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