The Department of Health has published a very useful presentation of how the is NHS spending its money – how much is allocated to different organisations from the Department of Health, and how money is allocated to CCGs. Interesting reading as … Continue reading
Category Archives: Health News
This research into decision making around public health in local authorities demonstrates an interesting parallel to decision making in NHS commissioning processes in CCGs. Evidence-based medicine meets democracy: the role of evidence-based public health guidelines in local government M.P. Kelly … Continue reading
“As commissioners we are influenced by a vast range of competing factors…research evidence is one of those factors which I value highly, but it doesn’t always help us out as commissioners.” This blog post by a CCG commissioner describes the … Continue reading
I have just rediscovered the NHS Improvement website. Not Monitor /TDA, but the Quality Improvement website with all those great resources which closed in 2013. It is archived here and their publications are listed here. … Continue reading
Hi all One of the themes of Evidence Live 2016 is on the use of evidence in commissioning – Theme 5. Translating Evidence into Better-Quality Health Services Commissioning health services based on evidence remains a priority for affordable health-care that does … Continue reading
The NICE website has been updated – http://www.nice.org.uk/ The Standards and Indicators page guides you to the Quality Standards, QOF indicators and CCGOIS (Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set) for all NICE guidelines. Find the learning and educational resources on … Continue reading
A couple of resources supporting quality improvement which have been added recently: Quality Standards: Care of Adults with Acquired Brain Injury, July 2014, West Midlands Quality Review Service. (Please note the copyright statement on page 2.) Added to the Page … Continue reading
One of the obvious changes resulting form the organisational changes which took place on 1 April, are the changes to government websites. A number have been taken down, and many others are changing. Here are some of the changes most … Continue reading