Primary Care Management 2006
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Programmes
Mix and match. Choose any session from the 5 conference streams:

> Commissioning
> Fitness for Purpose
> Working with Alternative Providers
> Practice Based Commissioning
> Achieving Financial Stability

 
Commissioning Programme

9.00 Chairman’s opening remarks
Dr Michael Sobanja Chief Officer, NHS Alliance


9.05 Keynote Address
Lord Warner of Brockley Minister of State for Reform (Invited)

9.40 Session 1a
The DoH Commissioning Framework – Making Commissioning Real
• Commissioning – the key to reform
• Making commissioning a reality – the Framework
• Commissioning for health and well-being
• Commissioning – where next?
Bob Ricketts Head of Demand Side Reform, Department of Health

10.20 Session 1b
A practical look at implementing the commissioning framework – featuring 2 PCT pilot sites
• Developing the commissioning role of PCTs and Practices in line with the framework
• Examples of success
• Examples of challenges
Steve Peacock Department of Health
Helen Fentimen Chief Executive, SE Sheffield PCT
John Wilderspin Chief Executive, East Hants and Fareham & Gosport PCT

10.45 Exhibition and Coffee

11.30 Session 1c
Guide to Specialist Commissioning
• Commissioning structures & ways of working
• Commissioning levers and opportunities
• Involving patients and the public
• Monitoring performance
• The attributes of successful commissioning
Peter Spilsbury Director of Health Policy & Strategy, Birmingham and Black Country SHA

12.10 Session 1d
A practical guide to using information for effective commissioning

• Getting the best from the information available
• How to use information to inform service re-design
• Is random validation of hospital data good enough?
• Developing skills to interpret information to support commissioning decisions
Sandy Briddon Project Director, Thames Valley PCTs

12.45 Exhibition and Lunch

1.35 Session 1f
Developing your commissioning skills

• Managing information
• Finance skills for the non-finance manager
• Partnership working
• Thinking outside the box
• Team work
• Supporting decision-making
Nicola Easey NHS Alliance Modernisation & Commissioning Lead

2.15 Session 1g
Strategic commissioning in a financially challenged environment

An interactive session, offering case studies and examples from around the country
Led by: Dr Mo Dewji National Clinical Director for Primary Care Contracting, Improvement Foundation

2.50 Exhibition and Tea

3.30 Session 1l
Commissioning in primary care – support from NICE

• The essence of good commissioning
• Relevance of NICE guidance
• NICE commissioning guides – content, format and topics
• Next steps
Dr Gillian Leng Implementation Systems Director, NICE
Tim Riley Chief Executive, Trafford North PCT & Trafford South PCT

3.30 Session 1j
Developing PCT commissioning capacity and capability

• How should commissioners prepare for their new roles?
• What can we learn from other sectors?
• What might the future hold?
Dr. Richard Lewis Acting Director of Policy, The King’s Fund

4.15 Panel Discussion

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