Health and wellbeing boards: Engaging effectively with providers

"This briefing has been jointly produced by the Local Government Association (LGA), NHS Providers and Monitor to provide case studies that offer a snapshot of how HWBs are using different mechanisms to engage with local providers to develop system-wide approaches, join up the strategic commissioning of health and care, take a holistic place-based approach to prevention, and develop a shared local vision for local health and care services expressed through their Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies (JWHS)."

Health and wellbeing boards: Engaging effectively with providers
Local Government Association, NHS Providers, Monitor
February 2016

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Preferences for engagement in health technology assessment decision-making

"Members of the public considered value, impact, uncertainty, equity and transparency in determining when engagement should be undertaken."

Preferences for engagement in health technology assessment decision-making: a nominal group technique with members of the public
S Wortley, A Tong, K Howard
BMJ Open, 2016, 6:e010265

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Review of innovative medicines and medical technologies

"The review has explored the question of accelerated access through four workstreams spanning the development pathway and a fifth focussing on patient engagement in all parts of the pathway. Each workstream has looked across issues concerning drugs, devices, diagnostics and digital health products."

Accelerated access review: Interim report: Review of innovative medicines and medical technologies, supported by Wellcome Trust
October 2015

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Seven day services: An evidence base of enablers for transformation

"To drive and sustain whole system change in achievement of seven day services, senior leadership with a common purpose and delivery objective is a critical success factor."

Seven day services: An evidence base of enablers for transformation
NHS Improving Quality
August 2015

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Empowering patients through eHealth: a case report of a pan-European project

"This paper crystallises the experience developed by the pan-European PALANTE Consortium in dealing with the generation of relevant evidence from heterogeneous eHealth services for patient empowerment in nine European Regions."

Empowering patients through eHealth: a case report of a pan-European project
E Lettieri, et al.
BMC Health Services Research, 2015, 15:309

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A priority-setting method for evidence-based service development

"The method recruited and retained people with diverse experience and views within a health community and took account of a full range of evidence. It enabled a diverse group of stakeholders to travel together in a direction that converged with the messages coming out of the research and successfully yielded priorities for service improvement that met competing requirements."

Squaring the circle: a priority-setting method for evidence-based service development, reconciling research with multiple stakeholder views
R Hutten, GD Parry, T Ricketts, J Cooke
BMC Health Services Research, 2015, 15:320

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Rethinking the public health workforce

"The report highlights the ‘early adopters’ in the wider workforce. These are the occupations who are already engaged with the public’s health, are enthusiastic to do more and should be acknowledged for their part in prevention. Examples include Fire & Rescue Services, Health Trainers, Allied Health Professions (12 distinct professions who make up 6% of the NHS workforce), Community Pharmacy, and Housing Associations. These occupations equate to over three quarters of a million people."

Rethinking the public health workforce
Royal Society for Public Health
July 2015

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Using clinical practice variations to identify and prioritise opportunities for disinvestment

"Policy-makers could use geographical variation as a starting point to identify procedures where health technology reassessment or RCTs might be needed to inform policy. Commissioners can use benchmarking to identify procedures with high local use, possibly indicating overtreatment."

Using clinical practice variations as a method for commissioners and clinicians to identify and prioritise opportunities for disinvestment in health care: a cross-sectional study, systematic reviews and qualitative study
W Hollingworth, et al.
Health Services and Delivery Research, 2015, 3(13)

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Personal budgets in mental health: Key points on implementation

"This briefing is part of a series of publications on personal health budgets produced by the NHS Confederation in partnership with Think Local Act Personal...Individuals who are supported to engage more effectively with their condition and with healthcare professionals have a positive experience of their care, and experience better health outcomes.”

Personal budgets in mental health: Key points on implementation
NHS Confederation
April 2015, Issue 284

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Practical guide to engaging with health and wellbeing boards

"The purpose of this guide is to provide a consolidated overview of how Health and Wellbeing Boards are working, and outline practical steps for voluntary sector organisations looking to engage with HWBs based on this knowledge.

This briefing is part of a series on engaging with new local government bodies. If you find this resource useful, have a look at the rest of the series, which covers clinical commissioning groups  police and crime commissioners (due late March 2015) and local enterprise
partnerships (due April 2015)."

Practical guide to engaging with health and wellbeing boards
N Depani
Compact Voice
March 2015

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The Forward View into action: Planning for 2015/16

"This document describes the approach for national and local organisations to make a start in 2015/16 towards fulfilling the vision set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View, whilst at the same time delivering the high quality, timely care that the people of England expect today."

The Forward View into action: Planning for 2015/16
NHS England
December 2014

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Five year forward view

"A future that sees far more care delivered locally but with some services in specialist centres where that clearly produces better results."

Five year forward view
NHS England
October 2014

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Lessons for social policy and practice from NICE

"NICE-type bodies should listen to users and understand social values."

The NICE way: lessons for social policy and practice from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
F Ruiz, J Breckon
Alliance for Useful Evidence, National Institute for Health and Care, NESTA Excellence
October 2014

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How to commission better mental health and wellbeing services

"Partnerships with relevant third sector organisations are critical to help commissioners reach young people."

Right Here:  How to commission better mental health and wellbeing services for young people
Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Mental Health Foundation
2014

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Click here to read a summary from The Commissioning Elf.

People helping people: the future of public services

"This report argues that mobilising the energy and contributions of members of the public should become a core organising principle for public services."

People helping people: the future of public services
E Clarence, M Gabriel
NESTA
September 2014

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Engaging physicians and consumers in conversations about treatment overuse and waste

"In developing the Choosing Wisely campaign, the specialty societies each developed lists of five tests and procedures that physicians and patients should question. Over 50 specialty societies have developed more than 250 evidence-based recommendations, some of which Consumer Reports has “translated” into consumer-friendly language and helped disseminate to tens of millions of consumers."

Engaging physicians and consumers in conversations about treatment overuse and waste: A short history of the Choosing Wisely campaign
D Wolfson, J Santa, L Slass
Academic Medicine, 2014, 89:990-995

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The Engagement Cycle

"The Engagement Cycle helps organisations undertake meaningful patient and public engagement for maximum impact. It is a tried and tested, practical resource, used by dozens of Clinical Commissioning Groups (and others) to plan, design and deliver great services for, and with, local people."

Access The Engagement Cycle here.

Closing the Gap through Changing Relationships: evaluation

"The Health Foundation’s Closing the Gap through Changing Relationships programme was launched in 2010. The programme funded seven projects, which aimed to change one or more of three types of relationships:

1. between the individual using a service and those who work in healthcare provision
2. between people using services and the wider healthcare system
3. between communities and the wider healthcare system."

Read the report and supporting material here.

ROMA: A guide to policy engagement and influence

"ROMA (RAPID Outcome Mapping Approach) is an approach to improving your policy engagement processes, to influence change."

ROMA: A guide to policy engagement and influence
Overseas Development Unit
2014

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Key concepts in consumer and community engagement (CCE)

"This study describes CCE-related key concepts and provides new insight into their relationship with different CCE-related terms."

Key concepts in consumer and community engagement: a scoping meta-review
P Sarrami-Foroushani, J Travaglia, D Debono, J Braithwaite
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:250

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