Themes and programmes
Resources
Corporate literature
- An Introduction to the Improvement Foundation in 2008/9
- Guy Rotherham Award - 2008 Flyer
- Improvement Foundation Achievements 2000 - 2008
- Improvement Foundation Programmes 2008/9
- Improvement Foundation Support Packages for PCTs 2008/9
Local best practice documents
Commissioning healthcare services
Advanced commissioning course - supporting world class commissioning
Course material
- Advanced Commissioning Course - 2008/9 - Frequently Asked Questions
- Advanced Commissioning Course - 2008/9 - Participant Case Studies
- Advanced Commissioning Course - 2008/9 - Prospectus
World class commissioning programme
Event presentations
Webcasts
Practice based commissioning development programme
Event presentations
- PBC & Pharmacy - Feb 2008 - Clare Kerr & Donal Markey - Heart MOT
- PBC & Pharmacy - Feb 2008 - David Cartwright - Boots optometry
- PBC & Pharmacy - Feb 2008 - Gianpiero Celino - PBC plenary
- PBC & Pharmacy - Feb 2008 - Glynn Williams - Boots chlamydia screening
- PBC & Pharmacy - Feb 2008 - Michelle Webster - Service redesign
- PBC & Pharmacy - Feb 2008 - Richard Balcon - Management of obesity
- PBC & Pharmacy - Feb 2008 - Shane Gordon - PBC practical experience
- PBC & Pharmacy - Feb 2008 - Tim Jones - Commissioning for today
- PBC Webcast Presentation: An Overview of PBC Guidance and the DES
- PBC Webcast Presentation: Exploring the Potential of Community Pharmacy Through PBC
- PBC Webcast Presentation: PBC - Developing a GP Consortium
- PBC Webcast Presentation: PBC - What's In It For Me?
- PBC Webcast Presentation: Understanding Payment by Results (PbR) and Developing Practice Plans
Guides
- 'At a Glance' Guide - What is PBC
- 'At a Glance' Guide to Care and Resource Utilisation
- 'At a Glance' Guide to Choice and Contestability
- 'At a Glance' Guide to Commissioning Procurement Overview
- 'At a Glance' Guide to Corporate Governance & Performance Management
- 'At a Glance' Guide to Information for PBC
- 'At a Glance' Guide to Payment by Results
- PBC Assessment Framework
- PBC Consortia Guide
- Pharmacy PBC week virtual expert panel Q&A
- Practice Based Commissioning: A practical guide
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society PBC guide for community pharmacists
Local best practice documents
- London Centre - Application Form for New Provider Organisations from Sutton and Merton PCT
- London Centre - Approval Pathway Chart from Hillingdon PCT
- London Centre - Business Case Checklist from Hillingdon PCT
- London Centre - PBC Implementation Report 2007
- PBC Communications: Commissioning Issues for Allied Health Professionals
- PBC Communications: Improving the Health of Patients Through PBC
- PBC Development Programme: Clinical Service Redesign Initiatives
- PBC Finance: Bedfordshire PBC Incentive Scheme
- PBC Finance: Bradford PBC Incentive Scheme
- PBC Finance: Cambridgeshire PBC Budgets Brief
- PBC Finance: Colchester Budget Control Incentive Scheme
- PBC Finance: Durham Dales Example Practice Budget
- PBC Finance: Durham Dales Summary of PBC Practice Budget Information
- PBC Finance: Huntingdonshire PBC Incentive Scheme
- PBC Governance: Commissioning for Patient Safety
- PBC Governance: Dartford, Gravesham & Swanley PBC Governance and Accountability Framework
- PBC Governance: Hammersmith and Fulham Balanced Scorecard
- PBC Governance: HuntsComm Consortia Proposal Document
- PBC Governance: PBC Compact Between Practices and PCTs
- PBC Governance: South Gloucestershire Governance Arrangements
- PBC Information: Coventry List of PCT Provided Services
- PBC Information: Guidance on Data Validation
- PBC Information: How to View Data Using Dr Foster Tool
- PBC Information: Payment by Results - Information for Practices
- PBC Information: Uttlesford Data GP Query Form
- PBC Information: Uttlesford Data Validation Template
- PBC Planning Tools: Bedfordshire Heartland PBC Business Plan Template
- PBC Planning Tools: Chiltern & South Bucks PCT Invest to Save Template
- PBC Planning Tools: Chiltern & South Bucks PCT Practice Plan Template
- PBC Planning Tools: Coventry Teaching PCT Business Planning Tool
- PBC Planning Tools: Durham Dales PCT Business Case for Alternative Provision
- PBC Planning Tools: North Eastern Derbyshire PCT Business Case Template
- PBC Strategy: Hammersmith & Fulham PCT Approach to PBC
- PBC Strategy: Somerset PBC Framework
- PBC Strategy: South Hams & West Devon Commissioning Strategy
- PBC Strategy: Uttlesford Strategic Framework for PBC
Links
- British Medical Association
- Dr Foster Intelligence
- Health Foundation
- King’s Fund
- NHS Alliance
- NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA)
- NICE Commissioning Guides
- Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee
- Primary Care Contracting website
- Royal College of Nursing
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Webcasts
- An overview of PBC guidance and the DES
- Exploring the potential of community pharmacy through PBC
- PBC - Developing a GP consortium
- PBC - What's in it for me?
- Understanding Payment by Results (PbR) and developing practice plans
Unique care - integrated care for people with complex needs
Local best practice documents
Other
Long-term conditions
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Local best practice documents
Unique care - integrated care for people with complex needs
Local best practice documents
Other
Reducing admissions to hospital
Local best practice documents
Other
Raising boys' achievement in schools
National education breakthrough programme
Course material
Leadership development and quality improvement training
Advanced commissioning course - supporting world class commissioning
Course material
- Advanced Commissioning Course - 2008/9 - Frequently Asked Questions
- Advanced Commissioning Course - 2008/9 - Participant Case Studies
- Advanced Commissioning Course - 2008/9 - Prospectus