Text of Empowering and enabling charities to become trusted partners in the commissioning process
1. Empowering and enabling charities tobecome trusted partners
in the commissioning process Charlie Peel Project
ManagerAffiliate:
2. Neurological CommissioningSupport A unique partnership of
three neurological organisations:a broad commitment to effective
commissioning MS Society Parkinsons UK MND Association Work extends
to other conditions 2011 - affiliate partnership with Epilepsy
Society Ad hoc partnership work in locality projects A consultancy
service to health and social care Wide expertise customise services
and transfersolutions
3. Neurological CommissioningSupport Enabling commissioners to
have access to core resourcesfor neurology commissioning Empowering
professionals, volunteers and service users ata local level to work
together for the benefit of theneurological community Promoting
cross-sector working and partnerships Highlighting areas where
serviceimprovement and efficiencies could be made Redesigning
services for better quality andvalue BUT from a service user
perspective
4. NCS Reactive as consultancy to commissioners wanting help to
redesign neurology services Proactive in areas of poor performance
providing solutions for engagement with commissioners Demonstrating
innovation with DH IESD grants
5. Discussion What do you think of when someone
sayscommissioning? Is it a familiar concept to your organisation,
or not? What, if anything, haveyou done within servicedevelopment,
influencingor commissioning in the past? Do you feel up to speed
withthe changes in health and socialcare commissioning?
6. We help commissioners throughthe maze of
commissioningneurology services
7. What we provide Time limited consultancy Service redesign
thatfor H&SC commissioners might include de- JSNA with local
public commissioninghealth department Unbundling neurology Mapping,
audit and gap spendanalysis based on user Project management
toopinionfacilitate change Interpretation of findings All from a
service user Mining data andperspectiveinterpretation of
finding
8. Case study: CornwallUn-united States of Care Can-do
IslandFrom thisTo this
9. Case study: CornwallGaining understanding:Inputted into by:
QN audit of services CAN-DO local service user group Examination of
data Health and social care Unbundling of spend professionals Local
and national voluntary sector Existing evidence of
serviceefficacyResulting in: Educational events atPrompting
furthercapacity investigation: Design and rollout of info Use of
telehealth for neurobookletpatients Appointment of 2 x Neuro care
In-depth NICE audit for epilepsyadvisors Get it on Time audit for
Jointly commissioned service Parkinsons re medicationfor
Huntingtons management in acute Targeted exercise programmes Neuro
hub on Isles of Scilly
10. Case study: SurreyGaining understanding: QN audit of
services Examination of data Unbundling of spendPrompting further
investigation: Identification of complex patients andusing
telehealthResulting in: In-depth NICE audits for Parkinsons
Development of JSNA for and epilepsyneurology Design of integrated
plans forpeople living with MND JSNA sets out: Level of need
juxtaposed with available services Evidence base what works and
what doesnt Areas of unmet need At risk groups within demographic
Key recommendations for further investigation Key recommendations
for commissioning
11. The toolsof our trade
12. Voluntary sector innovation Headway Cornwall set up a
rehabilitation programme dramaticallyaiding recovery Diabetes UK
have produced an simple app to help people log levelsof blood
glucose, carbohydrates and calories The James Parkinson Centre in
Cornwall is enabling self care andbetter access to information
Voluntary organisation Gloucestershire Neurological Alliancecreated
a booklet that captures all local neurology serviceinformation in
one place An intervention from Epilepsy Society has significantly
reducedseizure rates. The PSP Association have researched and
created a care pathway,guide and educational material for PSP and
are rolling out amasterclass to improve professional
understanding
13. Voluntary sector innovation The Mental Health Strategic
Partnership, a collaboration of anumber of mental health charities
has produced a series of leafletsfor the different bodies involved
in localised commissioning: No Health without Mental HealthThere
are leaflets for each of thefollowing: Clinical Commissioning
Groups Directors of Public Health Health and Wellbeing Boards Local
Authorities Local Healthwatch Overview and Scrutiny Committees
14. VSCS programme Voluntary sector has so much experience and
expertisecurrently untapped Not used effectively in health and
social care commissioning in the past Shift towards localised
commissioning provides real opportunity to change that NCS
historically worked ad hoc with individual charities VSCS programme
designed to provide (individual/partnering)charities Mentoring and
shadowing Support and training Resources and guidance on tool
creation Professional links and opportunities
15. VSCS projectsIndividual charities:Groups of charities: The
Rheumatology Commissioning Support Alliance The Spinal Injuries
Coalition
16. Why do it? People affected by a given condition are the
trueexperts Giving service users choice and control over their
owntreatments and consulting them in decision-makingleads to
improved outcomes and greater serviceefficiency Charities are: one
of the strongest vehicles to service userinvolvement Repositories
of qualitative data, best practiceevidence and innovative
ideas
17. So what do you have to offer? What are the different
groups/bodies you could engage with How could you engage with them
what do you have tooffer? Are there other voluntary sector
agenciesyou could partner with to increase yourinfluence either in
a formal or informalarrangement? Do you have a commissioning
toolkitor tools which could be geared towardscommissioners?What
will be your first step into commissioning?
18. Thank [email protected] 07803 504125For more
information on the VSCS programme, and to access ourresources visit
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