New Commissioning

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• New Commissioning
• Arrangements
• Jenny Irvine
• June 2007

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Creating a New Health and Social Care System

• Objectives and Outcomes
• Improved performance and quality levels
• Enhanced user experience
• Improved health and well-being
• New integrated models of care
• Motivated, dynamic workforce
• Value for money

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Commissioning

• General Principles
• Primacy of commissioning separate from provision
• Devolved system Regional standards in a local
  context
• Community focus
• Strong leadership and engagement
• Effective governance and accountability
  arrangements
• Performance and outcome focussed
• Capability enabled

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Commissioning

• Organisational Arrangement
• Health Social Services Authority (HSSA)
• Local Commissioning Groups (7)
• Community Commissioning Associations
• Functional support to LCGs and CCAs

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NHSSB Red and green WHSSB Purple and
Pink SHSSB Turquoise EHSSB Blue and Yellow
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A Local Commissioning Group is

• Committee of the HSSA with delegated power to
  commission services
• Primary care led with 15 members, two of which
  are lay people from the local community
• Leader and decision maker for commissioning
  health and social care services
• Accountable to the HSSA Board

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Functions

• Engage and involve local people in the promotion
  and planning of services
• Redesign and improve services
• Secure safe and responsive services
• Commission public health programmes
• Deliver health and social care targets
• Develop Community Commissioning Associations

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Next steps

• Local Commissioning Groups become functional and
  engage with stakeholders to plan for 2008/9
• HSSA puts into place functional support for LCGs
  and CCAs
• Other elements of reform programme align with
  commissioning performance, service framework
  and financial regime as examples

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Whos who in the West

• Sean McKeever Area Director of Commissioning
  (Designate)
• Dr Vincent Davidson (Chairperson)
• Other Members
• Walter Boyd (GP)Eugene Deeny (GP)Elaine Connor
  (GP)Brian Mulholland (Dentist)Barry Curran
  (Optometrist)Mary Duffin (Lay Member)Jennifer
  Irvine (Lay Member)There is a vacancy for a
  Pharmacist.

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Thank you for listening