A Guide to Commissioning Health and Wellbeing Services
By Amanda Hughes
Published
Sep 19, 2024Page count
272 pagesISBN
978-1447371915Dimensions
216 x 140 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Sep 19, 2024Page count
272 pagesISBN
978-1447371922Dimensions
216 x 140 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Sep 19, 2024Page count
272 pagesISBN
978-1447371922Dimensions
216 x 140 mmImprint
Policy Press
A Guide to Commissioning Health and Wellbeing Services
Are you a health and social care commissioner navigating the ever-changing commissioning landscape? With challenges such as limited funding, changing demands and global pandemics, we need to be clear on why, what and how we commission effectively.
This book offers you a warm welcome into the often-complex world of healthcare commissioning. Amanda J. Hughes shares personal insights from her commissioning career and practical guidance that will demystify the commissioning cycle and ease the journey as you strive to achieve the best outcomes for the population.
This book will help you to ensure valuable resources are directed to those with most need, that care is fair and accessible and that the solutions you put into place are sustainable for the longer term.
“Commissioning can often feel like an impossible and thankless task, a never-ending mountain to climb. This book provides a practical and uplifting guide for anyone navigating how to commission for better health in the most challenging of times. A must-buy. This will become a well-thumbed ‘how to’ guide.”
Katy Saunders, Social Finance
Amanda J. Hughes has worked in commissioning since 2009 and has extensive experience commissioning within a locality and as a national commissioner for NHS England. She is currently a consultant for health and social care.
1. Introduction
2. Understanding Commissioning
3. England’s Health Commissioning Model
4. Using Data and Intelligence
5. Collaborative Service Design
6. Contracts
7. Funding Approaches
8. Evaluating Impact
9. Health inequalities
10. Personalised Care
11. Commissioning for the Future
12. A Model of Outcomes-Based Commissioning
Appendix 1: Personalised care in service specifications
Appendix 2: Personalised care in context: a hypothetical example
Appendix 3: NHS Constitution
