Essential Reading list: Programme Budgeting and Marginal Analysis (PBMA)

“Essential Reading” is a series of reading lists on specifc themes relevant to our Right Care programme themes. They provide you with a rapid introduction to the subject and access to knowledge which will change your thinking." The subject of this list is programme budgeting and marginal analysis.

Access the reading list here.

Combating inflation - guidance

"The purpose of this guidance is to provide a toolkit that will enable a consistent approach, to be adopted across the NHS, for combating inflationary pressures."

Combating inflation - guidance
Department of Health
February 2014

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Bite-size guides to support patient and public participation

NHS England has developed the following bite-size guides, to support patient and public participation in the NHS:

1. Principles for participation in commissioning 
2. Governance for participation 
3. Planning for participation 
4. Budgeting for participation 

These guides are linked to the Transforming participation in health and social care guidance (September 2013).

Person-based resource allocation

This research summary describes what lies behind the Department of Health's new approach to setting target allocations for hospital care to commissioning general practices.

Person-based resource allocation: new approaches to estimating commissioning budgets for GP practices
M Bardsley, J Dixon
December 2011

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Personal Health Budgets: Early experiences of budget holders

This evaluation report looks at the early experiences of a small subsample of budget holders and their representatives, as personal health budgets are piloted in English primary care trusts (PCTs).

Personal Health Budgets: Early experiences of budget holders: 4th interim evaluation report
A Irvine, J Davidson, C Gendinning, K Jones, J Forder, J Caiels, E Welch, K Windle, P Dolan, D King
Department of Health
October 2011

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Personal health budgets

"This briefing describes five tests which can help to identify the gaps in our current understanding of personal health budgets."

Personal health budgets: countdown to roll-out
J Roland
NHS Confederation
October 2011

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The cost of implementing personal health budgets

"This third interim report explores the implementation process for personal health budgets by examining the financial costs."

The cost of implementing personal health budgets
K Jones, J Forder, J Caiels, E Welch, K Windle, J Davidson, P Dolan, C Glendinning, A Irvine, D King
Department of Health
July 2011

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Commissioning for health improvement

"Using programme budgeting and marginal analysis to deliver quality, innovation productivity and prevention."

Third annual population review: commissioning for health improvement
P Brambleby, A Jackson, I Stewart
Department of Health
2010

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