Supporting world class commissioning
PCTs are no longer simply the providers of healthcare services, they are local leaders of the NHS. The 11 organisational competencies within the World Class Commissioning (WCC) assurance process set out the knowledge, skills, behaviours and characteristics you must achieve in order to be World class commissioners.
Competency 5 underpins WCC and is the one you need to master in order to deliver high quality services for local people. It examines how well your organisation manages knowledge and undertakes regular needs assessments that establish a full understanding of current and future local health needs and requirements.
We provide access to a variety of essential information services to support competency 5.
Our commissioning cycle will guide you through the range of services we have - providing you with data to assess the health needs of your local population.
The Commissioning Cycle
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Monitoring and Evaluation
To measure the effectiveness of your commissioning, you can utilise:
World Class Commissioning Data Packs
A range of indicators to support your organisation through the World Class Commissioning Assurance process.
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NHS Comparators
Appraise local in/outpatient disease area activity, costs, outcomes, and identifying prescribing activity.
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Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)
Resourcing healthcare based on practice-level prevalence data.
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Patient Record Outcome Measures (PROMs)
Measuring quality from the patient perspective.
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Social care user experience surveys
An important measure of social care is what the service users themselves think of the care they have been given.
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National Clinical Audit Support Programme
Compare clinical conditions and treatment received for cancer, heart disease, diabetes and renal services.
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Health Survey for England
Annual snapshot of the nation's health and health needs.
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Over 120 health and social care publications
Comprehensive insight into disability, older people, screening, eye care, maternity, general practice, and mental health.
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NASCIS (The National Adult Social Care Information Service)
Access to a suite of tools, which enable effective and timely analysis of social care data
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Indicators for Quality Improvement (IQI)
A resource of robust indicators to help local clinical teams select indicators for local quality improvement
Strategic planning
To assess public needs, review the services you provide, and identify priorities for delivery, you can utilise:
Joint strategic needs assessment (JSNA)
JSNA core dataset focussing on a list of indicators, cross-tabulated against Vital Signs and the National Indicator Set.
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World Class Commissioning Data Packs
A range of indicators to support your organisation through the World Class Commissioning Assurance process.
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Compendium of Public Health Indicators
How are you performing against over 250 public health indicators?
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Health Poverty Index
Compare the indicators that influence health inequalities between different areas.
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Social care publications and statistics
A range of social care topics are covered. Browse the resource by topic and specialist area.
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National Diabetes Audit
The NDA is considered to be the largest annual clinical audit in the world. It provides an infrastructure for the collation, analysis, benchmarking and feedback of local clinical data.
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NHS Comparators
Supports practice-based commissioning by understanding local activity, costs, and outcomes.
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Lifestyle publications
Insight into alcohol consumption, obesity, smoking, drug misuse, and specialist surveys relating to young people.
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Programme budgeting
Plan budgets using NHS Comparators and Compendium of Public Health Indicators.
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NASCIS (The National Adult Social Care Information Service)
Access to a suite of tools, which enable effective and timely analysis of social care data
Procuring services
To inform your procurement activity, you can utilise:
iView Workforce
Online resource enabling NHS workforce planning, using statistics on NHS staff numbers, earnings, turnover, and vacancies.
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World Class Commissioning Data Packs
A range of indicators to support your organisation through the World Class Commissioning Assurance process.
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Mental Health Minimum Dataset (MHMDS)
Contains record level data about NHS services delivered to over a million people with severe and enduring mental health problems each year between 2003 and 2008.
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Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs)
HRG is a major revision that introduces HRGs to new clinical areas, to support the Department of Health's policy of Payment by Results (PbR).
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Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)
Records of all admissions to NHS hospitals in England.
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18 Weeks Reporting Tool
Informs resourcing based on tracking of patient progress through 18 week treatment pathways.
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NHS Comparators
Appraise local in/outpatient disease area activity, costs, outcomes, and identifying prescribing activity.
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General practice, dentistry & optometry
Statistics providing insight into earnings, expenses, levels and types of activity.
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The Secondary Uses Service (SUS)
Identifies the cost of provider activity against the national tariff highlights coding activity, ensuring accuracy in provider payments.
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Estates & facilities management
The Estates and Facilities data collects annual data from trusts covering areas such as age and asset value of buildings.
Patients/Public
GP Patient Survey
Insight into patient satisfaction on quality of care delivered by GPs.
