Commissioning - useful links

Guidance and commentary

• Reports and recommendations of the NHS Futures Forum, an independent group set up to 'pause, listen and reflect' on the content of the existing Health and Social Care Bill, published on 13 June 2011:
  
  NHS Future Forum recommendations to Government
  
  Second phase published January 2012:
  
  NHS Future Forum recommendations to Government - second phase

• Useful Department of Health and other national guidance documentation and web links:
  
  National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) – Commissioning Resources

• NHS Confederation commentary and publications on the new commissioning landscape:
  
  NHS Confederation – The new commissioning landscape

• The General Practitioners Committee series of guidance notes for the profession, on the principles of GP commissioning:
  
  British Medical Association (BMA): Guidance for GPs – NHS Reform

• News articles, analysis and commentaries on commissioning at GP Online.com:
  
  GP Online: commissioning

• Department of Health map of pathfinder clinical commissioning groups shows where all the pathfinders are located:
  
  Map of pathfinder clinical commissioning groups

• Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) centre for commissioning created in conjunction with the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, aiming to equip GPs, practices and GP consortia with the skills, competencies and expertise required to deliver effective healthcare commissioning:
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  The RCGP Centre for Commissioning

• The King’s Fund publications, comments and analysis, and events related to commissioning:
  
  The King’s Fund: Commissioning

• Updated guidance to support GP Practices, Commissioning Consortia, PCTs and SHAs to help them understand how to establish that the information being shared through the SCR is fit for sharing:
  
  Information fit for sharing through SCR

• Document produced by Dr Foster Intelligence and an independent reference group of experts from the NHS and associated organisations:
  
  The Intelligent Board 2011: Clinical Commissioning

• A series of guides with commissioning and benchmarking tools to support local implementation of NICE clinical guidelines, public health guidance, NICE technology appraisals and achievement of NICE Quality standards through commissioning:
  
  NICE Commissioning Guides

• Collaborative website aiming to support the development of NHS clinically-led commissioning of healthcare services, overseen by NHS Alliance, and funded by Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Limited. All editorial content is created & maintained by NHS Alliance alone.
  
  Achieving Commissioning Excellence (Requires Registration to access content)

• PCC summary of information sources and analytical tools available to support planning and decision making.
  
  Essential tools to support commissioners

• NHS Commissioning Board resources for emerging clinical commissioning groups Includes guidance and process documents, toolkits and other information around authorisation, governance, establishment and commissioning support.
  
  Resources for clinical commissioning groups

Policy and legislation

• Department of Health (DH) (2010) Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS

• DH (2010) Liberating the NHS: Commissioning for patients

• DH (2010) Liberating the NHS: Legislative framework and next steps

• Health and Social Care Bill 2010-2011

• DH (2010) Liberating the NHS an information revolution