Primary Care Management 2007

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

Developing PCT Provider Services

9.30 Chairman’s opening remarks

9.45 – Session 4a
A New Direction for PCT Provision

• Exploring the government vision for developing new forms of provision
• Understanding the challenges
• An outline of the options
• An update on system management and regulation
Helen Fentimen OBE Provider Development Directorate, Department of Health

10.20 Question Time

10.25 – Session 4a (continued)
Understanding your market and developing a strategy to move forward in developing PCT provider services

• Understanding current service provision
• Assessing what services the PCT should provide and those it should divest
• Working with current providers to develop innovative models
• Developing a culture based on old NHS values but incorporating commercial acumen
• Managing workforce implications following transition
• Governance and accountability
• Working with market forces
Mike Farrar CBE Chief Executive, NHS North West

10.55 Question Time
11.00 Coffee and Exhibition

11.25 – Session 4b
Dissecting the cost of moving care closer to home

• Can primary care provide services more cheaply than secondary care?
• How to count and cost what you provide in the community
• Can primary care ensure that the quality of care is at least as good as secondary providers?
• Will there be transparency in reporting costs and performance or will these changes be another example of “faith based” policy making?!
• The future and consequences of a community tariff?
Prof. Alan Maynard Professor of Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York

11.55 Question Time

12.00 – Session 4b (continued)
Choosing what organisation form to pursue

• Role of the board
• Key elements of the process
• Choosing the right organisational model
• Appraisal criteria for providers
Helen Parker Senior Fellow, Health Services Management Centre, Birmingham

12.30 Question Time
12.35 Lunch and Exhibition

1.15 – Session 4c
7 steps to separation

• PCT corporate development of commissioner and provider services
• Governance framework for public service reform – from hierarchical statutory ownership to supply chain contract management
• Function, integration and form – drivers, options and opportunities for PCT commissioners and provider services
• PCT transition governance – 7-step guide to separation of commissioner and provider services
Christian Dingwall Partner, Hempsons

1.45 Question Time

1.50 – Session 4c (continued)
Restructuring the provider market – Public transport: a parallel from the past and lessons for the future

• The commissioner/provider split
• Quality control over quantity control
• Transition to a contestable market
• Changing governance and ownership of providers
• Building a sustainable future
Ross Griffiths Partner, Cobbetts

2.20 Question Time

2.35 – Session 4d
Social Enterprise: The learning so far

• Social enterprise – the world movement
• Scale – does size matter?
• Lessons from pathfinders
• Commissioning – Are PCTs and GPs ready?
• Opportunities for staff, users and the community
Julie Dent Senior Policy Advisor, Social Enterprise Coalition

3.05 Question Time
3.10 Tea and Exhibition

3.30 – Session 4d (continued)
Community Foundation Trust developments: The Learning so far

• Development group programme
• Challenges faced to date – finance & governance
• Challenges ahead
• Are we on track?
• Lessons from the journey to date
John Pope Programme Lead Department of Health – New Forms of Care Team

4.00 Question Time

4.05 – Session 4d (continued)
Marketing your services – First lessons

A brief overview of marketing and its value in practice. Touching on: Marketing and the Marketing Process, Pre-requisites for Marketing,
Market Analysis, Marketing Positioning Models, Marketing Mix – and the place of promotion.
Nicky Spencer Managing Consultant, accomplice

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