Transfer of 0 to 5 children’s public health commissioning to local authorities

"Planning and paying for public health services for 0 to 5 year olds, including health visiting, transfers from the NHS to local authorities in October 2015."

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Primary healthcare in transition

"This qualitative study shows the complexity of the system change and describes the different effects and perceptions of the transition from a manager's perspective. "

Primary healthcare in transition -- a qualitative study of how managers perceived a system change
A Maun, K Nilsson, C Furaker, J Thorn
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:382

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Managing the transition to the reformed health system

"This report examines how the Department of Health and the NHS implemented the transition from the existing to the reformed health system."

Managing the transition to the reformed health system
National Audit Office
July 2013

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Reflections on a decade of NHS commissioning

"This report captures critical lessons from the past, and translates these into messages that are relevant to new commissioners."

Ambition, challenge, transition: reflections on a decade of NHS commissioning
NHS Confederation
April 2013

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Read a summary from the Commissioning Elf here.

High quality care transitions

"This report aims to improve the safety of care transitions across the entire continuum of care by focusing particular attention on a relatively neglected aspect of care transitions: the appropriate roles and responsibilities of ambulatory practices (i.e., outpatient clinics and other similar settings) 
in ensuring the safety of patients transitioning in and out of inpatient settings."

There and home again, safely: 5 responsibilities of ambulatory practices in high quality care transitions
PE Sokol, MK Wynia
American Medical Association
March 2013

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Healthcare reform in the NHS England

"This report provides an overview of England’s journey to enacting the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and a summary of the transformed delivery of health services within the NHS England."

Healthcare reform in the NHS England: more lessons for Ontario
The Change Foundation
March 2013

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How to maintain quality during the transition

"In producing this guide, our aim is not to increase the bureaucratic burden on our staff, but to provide practical support so that people can continue to deliver on their respective accountabilities for quality as we go through this transition."

How to maintain quality during the transition: preparing for handover
National Quality Board
May 2012

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NHS reforms in England: managing the transition

"This Nuffield Trust sets out the key challenges associated with managing the transition to a reformed NHS, as envisaged in the White Paper Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS (Department of Health 2010a) and proposes ways in which the risks associated with transition might be mitigated."

NHS reforms in England: managing the transition
J Smith, A Charlesworth
Nuffield Trust
March 2011

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Managing the transition and the 2011/12 Operating Framework

"This letter provides an update in light of the publication of the government's formal response to the White Paper consultation and the publication today of the 2011/12 NHS Operating Framework."

Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS - Managing the transition and the 2011/12 Operating Framework
Department of Health
December 2010

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