Primary Care Management 2007

Programmes
4 conferences – ‘Mix and Match’ to create your own programmes:

> Practice Based Commissioning Supported by: Assura Group
> Commissioning Supported by: Bupa Commissioning
> Market Development
> Developing PCT Provider Services

 

Practice Based Commissioning

Supported by: Assura Group

9.30 Chairman’s opening remarks


9.45 – Session 1a
Keynote Address: Practice Based Commissioning is here to stay

• How PBC sits at the heart of World Class Commissioning
• Critical success factors of PBC explained: The need for excellent information and analysis, Developing and sustaining engagement with clinicians, patients and users, Making PBC real – establishing real partnerships between PCTs, practices and consortia
• Real examples of PBC and how it is changing lives
• Results of the PBC practice survey
Gary Belfield Commissioning Capabilities Director, Commissioning Directorate, Department of Health

10.20 Question Time


10.25 – Session 1a (continued)
What does good PCT support of PBC look like?
• Engaging all stakeholders in the commissioning process
• Understanding and overcoming key barriers to implementation
• How to move PBC from planning to implementation
• Delivering improved services across primary and secondary care
• Examples of PBC support Structures
• Examples of how service redesign has been facilitated
Michelle Webster Assistant Collaborative Director, IF & Marc Davis Locality Commissioning Director, South West Essex PCT

10.55 Question Time
11.00 Coffee and Exhibition


11.25 – Session 1b
Case Study: Pathway redesign through PBC
• How we developed relationships and worked in collaboration with the acute trust
• The ‘do’s and don’ts’ of setting up your project team
• How we involved the wider GP community
• Making it easy for practices to deliver change – using primary care systems
• The PCTs experience
•The clinicians experience
PCT and PBC representatives Gynaecological infertility pathway redesign/Diabetes pathway redesign, Central Manchester PBC hub, Manchester PCT

11.55 Question Time


12.00 – Session 1b (continued)
Practice Based Providing… giving PBC its Provider Arm

• PBC as a tool to commission high quality, cost effective, local services
• The need for practice based providing to support care closer to home and PBC
• Separating commissioning and provider functions
• Ensuring local clinicians are able to answer commissioning questions timely & professionally
• Supporting the development of providers
• Partnership working with the independent sector
Dr Ian Wiles Business Development Director, Assura Group


12.30 Question Time
12.35 Lunch and Exhibition

1.15 – Session 1c
Case Study: The Development of Stockport Managed Care Commissioning Company

• The importance of PBC in ensuring general practice thrives in the future
• How we developed a successful working relationship with the PCT
• The importance of developing effective relationships with hospital and community providers
• Key lessons and successes
Dr Ranjit Gill GP and Chair, Stockport Managed Care Commissioning Company


1.45 Question Time


1.50 – Session 1c (continued)
Managing the potential conflict of interest between the GP as a commissioner & provider

• Practice based commissioners as providers – getting the accountability right
• Opportunities and pitfalls of a merged commissioner/provider role
• Creating vertically integrated organisations
• The role of the PCT as regulator of the local market
• Models of public accountability
Dr Richard Lewis Senior Fellow, The King’s Fund


2.20 Question Time


2.35 – Session 1d
Case Study: Utilising compelling data to influence the behaviour of practice based commissioners

• The role of the PCT in providing compelling data
• Prioritisation of measures
• How to target measures to influence outcomes, rather than measuring targets
• Statistical process control charts
• Engaging clinicians and influencing their behaviour
• How to support information driven decision making
Jim Hayes Associate Director of PBC and Health Outcomes, Lincolnshire PCT


3.05 Question Time
3.10 Tea and Exhibition

3.30 – Session 1d (continued)
Patient and Public Involvement in Practice Based Commissioning: When and how to engage with local people in service redesign

• Conceptualising Patient and Public Involvement
• Patient and Public Involvement in primary care – room for improvement
• Introducing Local Involvement Networks (LINks)
• The role of LINks in commissioning
• A values-based approach to commissioning
Professor Jonathan Tritter Chief Executive, The NHS Centre for Involvement


4.00 Question Time


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