Intelligent Practice-Based Commissioning: Using Patient Journey Data for Healthcare Improvement

A free workshop for GPs in England

If you would like to commission more effectively to ensure the best possible care for your patients, then you can’t afford to miss this half-day seminar.

Specifically designed for practice-based commissioning GPs, the seminar will introduce you to a number of free online data and service improvement tools that will change the way you commission services.

By attending the seminar, you will:
• Learn how the Opportunity Locator and Prioritise Opportunities tools will help you identify your commissioning priorities
• Understand how the No Delays Achiever will enable you to examine patient journeys at different levels from trusts down to individual consultants, from the viewpoint of your PBC cluster

Armed with this information, you will be able to make intelligence-based commissioning decisions that will improve your healthcare delivery and provide a better experience for all your patients.

The seminar will include presentations from Dr James Kingsland, GP and chairman of the National Association of Primary Care, and Dr Richard Jenkins, a GP who works closely with the NHS Institute in the development of products for primary care.

Seminar details:
When: Wednesday 16 July 2008, 9.30am – 1.00pm followed by lunch
Where: Scarman House Conference Centre, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL
Who should attend: Practice-based commissioners
How to book: Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it – book early to avoid disappointment
www.institute.nhs.uk

National Association Of Primary Care
Supporting The Future of NHS General Practice
Press Release
28 May 2008

The National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) welcomes the steps taken by the British Medical Association (BMA) and the General Practitioners’ Defence Fund to engage the attention of the public across the country through the national press in supporting the future of NHS General Practice.

Mike Ramsden, Chief Executive of NAPC, commented: ‘It is important that members of the public across the entire country are given a voice in this critical issue affecting the future of primary care’.  Mr Ramsden continued: ‘The majority of general practice is of extremely high quality, offering their patients an extensive range of services and excellent clinical care, which it would be unwise to change.  However, there are parts of the country, particularly in some parts of inner cities, where this is not the case and patients, often the most vulnerable, are not receiving optimum care.  This must change.  Members of the public should take this opportunity to make their voices heard so that they receive the services they want, delivered by the clinicians they trust and respect’.

Roy Lilley, NAPC’s External Relations Officer, added: ‘Not only is the question of who delivers primary health care at stake, GPs or private companies, but other important issues such as continuity of care for those with chronic conditions, ease of access to premises, charging, etc.  It is important that members of the public speak up on this issue, which will influence the way in which primary health care is delivered for generations to come’.

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About National Association of Primary Care:

The National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) is a non-political, non-profit-making organisation representing and supporting the interests of all its members, both individuals and organisations working in or with primary care.  It also offers support through associate membership to those bodies, which provide services to primary care or have other health-related interests.

Mike Ramsden, CEO NAPC          07946 380017

Roy Lilley, External Relations Officer, NAPC   0783 1432 111  

The framing document is a refreshing step forward in how to manage change.
 
So often, overdue change has been stymied by public opinion that has mistrusted the reasons for modernization and campaigned against change.
 
The Darzi five steps should mark a new beginning in engaging the public, reassuring them about the real, clinical need for change and most significantly, a promise that existing services will not be decommissioned before new ones are in place, will make a big difference.
 
This approach to change puts clinicians at the centre of modernization and at the front-line arguing for improvements in services.

Dr James Kingsland, Chairman of NAPC, commented: ‘With this promised new beginning, NAPC very much hopes that both Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities will foster and encourage the real creativity and innovation which are taking place in primary care for the benefit of patients’.