9.30-10.10am

Registration and refreshments

10.10-10.20am

Welcome and Introductions

Dr Dai Evans, General Practitioner and PRIMIS+ Clinical Director

10.20-11.05am

Session 1

GP Commissioning: Data and information challenges for practices

A perspective of data flows and requirements needed to support GP–led commissioning

Professor Mike Pringle, PRIMIS+ Strategic Director

11.05-11.30am

Break and refreshments

11.30am-12.15am

Session 2

Secondary Care: Data and information challenges for commissioners and practices

This session will focus on the following areas:

• the flow of secondary care data through the NHS

• key elements that contribute to the creation of costs of secondary care activity

• the importance of validation of the data to ensure appropriate payments made to Trusts

• lessons learnt by Contract and Information Shared Services Unit (CISSU) working in this environment during the last four years

Jeanette Davies, Head of Information, Contract & Information Shared Services Unit (CISSU)

12.15-12.30

Session 3

Your business your data

Mike Harris, Implementation Manager Choose and Book, Programme and Operations Directorate, NHS Connecting for Health

12.30-1.30pm

Lunch and networking opportunities including PRIMIS+ stand with CHART and CHART Online demonstrations

1.30-2.10pm

Session 4

Primary Care: Appraising your data for commissioning

How fit is your practice level data for Commissioning? This session will consider an approach to assessing data quality in your practice and across your Commissioning Organisation

Dr John Robinson, General Practitioner and PRIMIS+ Clinical Advisor

2.10-2.50pm

Session 5

Beyond Parr: An appraisal of current & future approaches to high cost patients & frequent attenders

This session will look at some of the organisational data based approaches to assessing the above such as PARR & GP-Combined scores as well as looking at potential developments in the field

Dr Dai Evans, General Practitioner and PRIMIS+ Clinical Director

2.50-3pm

Comfort  break and refreshments can be collected to take into the workshop

3-3.40pm

Workshop

Overcoming the barriers – planning the next steps
This session will provide an opportunity for delegates to share and discuss perceived problems and solutions related to data and information for commissioning. Delegates will be asked to submit questions or issues in advance. PRIMIS+ staff will facilitate group discussions and session speakers will be available to offer support and advice

Please note, there will also be opportunity for questions and answers during the speaker sessions

3.40-4pm

Feedback from groups, evaluation and close