Commissioning for Value - update

"Essential Reading" is a series of reading lists on specific themes relevant to the Right Care programme themes. They provide you with a rapid introduction to the subject and access to knowledge which will change your thinking. This reading list is an update to the Commissioning for Value list that was produced in August 2012."

Access the reading list here.

Value based clinical commissioning of elective surgical care

"The aim of this report has been to make recommendations for consideration by the NHS Operations Board with regard to effective commissioning of elective surgical procedures."

Right Care Elective Surgery Project: Phase 1 report: Value based clinical commissioning of elective surgical care: emerging views of commissioners and surgeons and production of high value care pathways
M Gray, S Swift, M Suleman, N Beasley, D Hakes, M Qualie, A Mitchell, S Dutch
Right Care
November 2011

Read more here.

Sharing commissioning experiences

"The Casebook series works on the principle of ‘caveat lector’ - to encourage routine sharing of work there is no formal peer review, so readers should use their own judgement when interpreting and applying work to their own situation.

If you would like to add to this Casebook series please contact us via our website “Meet the team” page." 

The Right Care Casebook Series: Volume 1
Public Health Commissioning Network
September 2011

Read more here.

NHS Atlas of Variation in Healthcare

This is an interactive version of the atlas from the Department of Health Right Care QIPP workstream, which shows 34 maps of variation across a range of disease areas to help commissioners reduce unwarranted variation in healthcare.

Access the NHS Atlas of Variation in Healthcare here.