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

 

Commissioning

Supported by: Bupa Commissioning

9.30 Chairman’s opening remarks


9.45 – Session 2a
Strategic Commissioning ‘vs’ PbC: How to ensure PBCs goals are aligned with the wider PCT strategic commissioning agenda

• Developing commissioning vision
• Strategic and tactical commissioning
• The contributions of Practice-based commissioners, PCTs, and SCGs
• Managing these contributions effectively
• ‘Micro-commissioning’ – involving front-line staff, patients & carers
• Aligning needs assessment, goals and accountabilities
• Implications for commissioners
Bob Ricketts Head of Demand-Side Reform, Department of Health

10.20 Question Time


10.25 – Session 2a (continued)
Developing World Class Commissioning Capabilities
• Commissioning – The Future
• The Commissioning Cycle
• Focusing on the right issues
• Planning, Executing and Managing
• Engaging with providers
• Investing in Wellness
Ian Wooton Partner & Sue Forster – Assistant Director, PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers)

10.55 Question Time
11.00 Coffee and Exhibition


11.25 – Session 2b
A practical guide to tendering
• When to go to tender
• When not to go to tender
• When to pursue any willing provider
• Guidance around the challenges of PBC
• Creating a level playing field for all providers
Alan Miller Primary care contracting advisor, Primary Care Contracting

11.55 Question Time


12.00 – Session 2b (continued)
Developing and managing contracts to ensure quality and value for money

• Using output/outcome service specifications
• Contracting Terms
• Establishing robust performance management
• Measuring contracts equally
• Incentives and Penalties as a management lever
• Sustaining positive relationships with providers
• Ensuring value for money
Ruth Smith Partner – Head of Procurement Health, Bevan Brittan


12.30 Question Time
12.35 Lunch and Exhibition

1.15 – Session 2c
Delivering successful health consultations: How to get clinicians, patients and the wider world involved and on board for change

• Laying the groundwork
• Working in partnership
• Engaging clinicians and patients right from the start
• Being original – catchy communications strategies
• Handling political pressure and managing the media
• Keeping it legal – complying with statutory requirements and guidelines on best practice
• The appeals process – judicial review and the Independent Reconfiguration Panel
Celia Gaze Director of Service Reconfiguration, North East Greater Manchester PCTs


1.45 Question Time


1.50 – Session 2c (continued)
Case Study: Commissioning for Quality – The NHS North West Pay for Quality Pilot

• The challenge of commissioning for quality
• The NHS North West scheme to reward improvements against distinct clinical pathways
• Establishing quality as a core system value
• The potential impact of Pay for Quality on system behaviour
• The mechanics of change
• The Pay for Quality pilot explained
Joe Rafferty Director of Commissioning and Performance, NHS North West


2.20 Question Time


2.35 – Session 2d
Keynote Address: Commissioning for Quality

Prof. Paul Corrigan Director of Strategy and Commissioning, NHS London


3.05 Question Time
3.10 Tea and Exhibition

3.30 – Session 2d (continued)
Maximising care and resource utilisation through effective commissioning. How to:

• Use integrated care pathways to understand demand and capacity across your local health economy
• Implement measures to match demand and capacity
• Manage referrals appropriately
• Deliver care closer to home
• Increase the efficiency of local community health provision
Dr Henriette Coetzer Medical Director, BUPA Commissioning


4.00 Question Time


4.05 – Session 2d (continued)
Capturing and utilising data for effective commissioning and service redesign

• Effectively capturing and utilising non PbR data
• Determining the financial information to capture, utilise and to manage PBC
• Linking information requirements to “18 week” commissioning pathways and other initiatives that drive service redesign
John Gurnett Bowe Watts Clargo


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