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Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Service brochure © copyright South east CSU 2015 Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us South east commissioning support unit OUR COMMITMENT We deliver high quality, value for money services that are flexible to meet your ever changing needs. We provide a range of transactional, transformational and clinical services that will support you in achieving your organisation’s aims and objectives. We create innovative solutions with you. Our new business intelligence platform, applications and enhanced analytics, collectively known as WHYSE, provides a co-designed solution to your commissioning information needs. We maximise the synergies between our staff, teams and organisation through a culture of self-improvement, personal ownership, empowerment and shared values. By working with a range of award-winning partners including Capgemini and Surrey County Council, to deliver services, we provide you with a depth and breadth of expertise, capability and capacity that is unique. Our mission is to transform care through service excellence. O ur vision is to be the professional services provider of choice for the health and care system. Transforming care through service excellence 02. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us South east commissioning support unit OUR approach local health services to meet their health needs, while addressing the need to reduce the pressure on urgent care services. Our shared services approach enables us to achieve economies of scale in delivering excellence. We connect with you by listening and responding positively. Our simple employee management system, Workforce, provides realtime dashboards and reports, enabling proactive management of your staff and resources. We achieve excellence by understanding you; the communities you serve; the challenges you face; your aims and objectives; your goals and your strategies. This enables us to craft and tailor our services and their delivery to maximise their value to you through continual engagement. For example, Health Help Now is a ground breaking app we have developed to help people find the right working together We want to delight you and be your ‘partner of choice’, calling on our expert staff to support you in both your business as usual activities and your strategic reform. Our innovative ‘commissioning for outcomes’ programme aligns incentives to delivered outcomes that matter to patients. We care passionately about what we do. Deliver commissioning support services in a professional manner that customers value and want 03. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Our Services Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services contracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign 04. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement Business Support Services With our combined professional experience, industry expertise and local knowledge, we are confident we can help you deliver performance, quality and success for your business. > Financial services > Human Resources communications and engagement > Information Technology > Business Advisory Services > Learning and Development Transformation and service redesign > Organisational Development 05. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Business Support Services Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Finance Services Overview We want to help you get the best value for money while making sure that you are commissioning high quality patient care. Our Financial Management and Planning teams help you to control your budgets with efficient and realistic plans, ensuring you meet your business objectives without compromising on service quality. With advice and analysis that supports effective decision-making across the spectrum of commissioned services, we can ensure your strategic and operational plans are financially sound and achievable. Our Accounting, Reporting and Control teams ensure that you meet your statutory requirements of keeping true and fair accounts with minimum disruption to your business. Why us? We employ people who are passionate about achieving great patient care while supporting commissioners with their day-today financial targets. Whether it be planning, accounting, invoice management or cash management, our teams have the depth and breadth of knowledge and experience to support you. 06. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Finance Services Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Accounting, reporting and control What we offer FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING REPORTING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING We understand our customers’ need to meet their statutory accounting requirements of keeping true and fair accounts with minimal disruption to the business. Our services support these needs and include: • Balance sheet reporting • Account reconciliations We add value in our interpretation of financial data. • Agreement of balances • Setting up system users • Troubleshooting/SBS liaison • Collecting external data • Completing bank reconciliation • Creating reports • Completing FIMs returns • Collecting and reviewing financial data for annual report ACCOUNTS PAYABLE • Reviewing and managing debtors • Reviewing invoice queries – Invoice Query Manager BENCHMARKING ANALYSIS BUSINESS CASE • Liaising with business case lead • Completing NHSE returns, including cash returns • Completing MOU/SLA • Populating template • Completing annual accounts Completing cash flow statements and reviewing forecasting requirements • Reviewing business case • Responding to ad hoc requests • BACS runs/bill payments • Reviewing payment runs • Completing external auditing requests and audit committee reports • VAT TREASURY • AD HOC REPORTS AD HOC REPORTS • Responding to ad hoc requests Transformation and service redesign 07. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Finance Services Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics Financial management and planning FINANCIAL PLANNING MEDIUM-TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING Robust financial management requires matching realistic budgets and financial plans to business objectives. Our financial planning services include: • STRATEGIC ADVICE clinical Services • • COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign • Strategic advice to the chief finance officer and leadership of the finance team Interpretation of finance and activity information to support effective decisions across the spectrum of commissioned services Supporting the development of strategic financial plans and the finance content of operating plans Creating and maintaining financial planning model What we offer GP ANNUAL BUDGET SETTING AND REPORTING • Collecting data • Reviewing planning assumptions and technical guidance • Applying technical, national and clinical guidance • Conducting sign off process • Creating and maintaining a budget model • Producing reports and trend analysis OPERATING AND FINANCIAL PLANS • Collecting baseline data • Applying guidance and assumptions on underlying data • MONTHLY MANAGEMENT REPORTS • Completion of monthly financial reporting pack • Gathering information • Making ledger inputs and adjustments • Attending meetings with budget holders Completing and updating template ANNUAL BUDGET SETTING AND MAINTENANCE • Constructing an operating plan and conversion into an annual budget • Uploading budget onto ledger • Creating and maintaining budget model and budget history • Reforecasting and maintaining budget up to date 08. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Financial Services Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics PROJECT-BASED SUPPORT SERVICE REDESIGN FINANCIAL MODELLING BUSINESS CASE DEVELOPMENT • Working with clinicians to model the financial implications of clinical pathway redesign proposals and quantify efficiency savings • Managing CCG commissioner financial model update process • Costing support to the options appraisal process • Managing the collection and input of all relevant data • Presenting findings to stakeholder • Generating and presenting model outputs Completing the Generic Economic Model (GEM) for the value for money evaluation of options • Interpreting the outputs of the GEM • Sensitivity analysis to test the robustness of the preferred option • clinical Services What we offer • Coordinating and facilitating of the Technical Group for management and delivery of the model • User training Find out more COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign 09. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Business Support Services Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services Human Resources Overview Having the right people in the right place at the right time is critical for maintaining your business and achieving your goals throughout the year. We can provide you with everything you need to run your organisation with well-supported and continuously developing staff. Why us? COntracting and procurement Our Human Resources team provides tailored, professional advice and creative workforce solutions that meet the unique needs of your organisation. As a specialist healthcare recruitment agency, we can help you find, recruit and retain the best people. communications and engagement Our teams are also experts in change management, ensuring your staff are informed and engaged during challenging periods. We can give you the edge by thinking ahead, anticipating your future needs and embedding the best practices you need to stay one step ahead. Transformation and service redesign “The HR service has been of a high standard and we are particularly impressed with the customer care focus, which is professional, focussed and adds value.” – NHS Crawley CCG and NHS Horsham and Mid Sussex CCG 010. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Our approach Our Services Contact us human resources What we offer Recruitment and selection • Issue contract of employment including terms and conditions WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT We are your healthcare specialist recruitment agency. We always start by taking a detailed brief of requirements from our customer then we: • Agree remuneration with recruiting manager • Manage start-up on payroll system Day-to-day management of employees requires a multitude of skills and resources. Our team of experienced HR professionals: Our services also cover managing the employee leaving process, including holding exit interviews if required. In addition we provide exit questionnaires for completion. • Source candidates and provide shortlisting advice • Place advertisements • Schedule interview times • Create interview packs • Conduct interviews • Follow established management processes for post sign-off • Carry out pre-employment checks including Disclosure and Barring Service It requires careful planning and resource flow to build a strong team. Planning takes place against the backdrop of our customers’ business plans. We work with our customers to: • Check immigration status • • Issue starter letter and new starter documentation Identify workforce requirements to match business goals • Provide regular analysis of workforce data WORKFORCE PLANNING • Prepare contracts and offer letters • Arrange occupational health checks when required • Monitor external workforces in provider organisations • Check qualifications and registrations • Provide workforce assurance • Deliver the workforce analysis that supports the strategy for health economy workforce (SaHF) • Provide advice on job design, descriptions and evaluations • Advise on salaries using appropriate salary information e.g. Agenda for Change • Advise on payroll issues • Ensure appropriate staff benefits and recognition package is in place • Develop plans for improving working lives • Manage employee engagement programmes 011. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Our approach Our Services Contact us human resources What we offer Provide professional Employment Relations (ER) advice including performance management, disciplinary, grievance and harassment issues, Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment (TUPE), Working Time Directive (WTC) EMPLOYEE RELATIONS Engage and negotiate with trade unions as appropriate • The employee consultation process • Activities associated with mergers and other changes • Redeployment • Job evaluation and re-grading • Managing TUPE transfers Ad hoc OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT ADVICE • Managing redundancies • Employee survey management Most of our customers don’t require 24 hour employee advice but are serviced well by ad hoc consultation when required. Our services cover: REMUNERATION AND REWARD • • • Manage input of ESR (electronic staff data) • Maximise use, extraction and quality of ESR data • HR advice and best practice • Employment legislation (UK and European) • Policy interpretation and advice • Mediation Most changes to any organisation bring change to the people in these entities. Introducing change can be a very delicate part of the change management process requiring legal processes to be followed. We manage critical elements including: Today there are many complex reward and recognition programmes in the workplace. We provide expert advice on the following areas: • Reward and remuneration strategy • Season ticket loans • Pensions • Cycle schemes • Childcare vouchers • Salary negotiations • Salary reviews SERVICE DELIVERY AND INFORMATION REPORTING Measurement and benchmarking ensures that maximum results are achieved from the workforce. We provide a number of quarterly reports including: • Analysis of workforce data • Turnover • Sickness • Vacancies • Appraisal rates • Statutory and mandatory training Find out more 012. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Business Support Services Business Support Services Information Technology Business intelligence and informatics Overview clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign You need a comprehensive, reliable and secure IT system that makes your day-to-day life easier. We can provide a thorough and flexible IT service, optimised for your needs while ensuring value for money and service quality. Being able to access your information relies on a robust network infrastructure. Our experienced team provides a number of different network solutions and technologies to suit your needs, offering support and advice on development of your IT strategies and long term IT investment plans. Why us? We are a well-established provider of IT services and solutions, benefiting from health informatics experience matured over the last 10 years, with expertise in the intricacies of the health sector and application of IT for service transformation. Our CCG IT teams ensure that you get value for money by negotiating the best deals for you due to our scale and excellent relationships with third party suppliers. Our core network equipment is monitored 24/7 ensuring any potential disruptions to services are detected proactively and acted upon. We also use failsafe hardware and alternative routing on our core network infrastructure to improve resilience. “South East CSU have proved that they don’t make a drama out of a crisis and I felt compelled to say thank you.” – West Kent CCG 013. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Our approach Our Services Contact us Information Technology What we offer Managed It Services Through our experienced team and technology partners, we offer support and advice to our customers on the development of their IT strategies and long-term IT investment plans. Our strategic advice and planning services are available as a managed service as well as on an ad hoc basis to address specific technology or business areas, and include: NETWORK CONNECTIVITY PROVISION AND SUPPORT • Being able to access your information relies on a robust network connectivity infrastructure and solutions. Our network connectivity services are aimed at meeting the different needs of our customers – connecting within and between organisations. Services and solutions include: Our core network is monitored 24/7 enabling detection of potential disruption to services and proactive action to avoid disruption. We also use failsafe hardware and alternative routing on our core network infrastructure to improve resilience. • IT SERVICE DESK Provision of and support for connectivity that are approved for carrying clinical data (N3 and COIN), as well as connectivity to the internet • End point device provision and management • Remote, mobile and agile working • Telephone and video communications • Wired and wireless local network infrastructure • Integrated information and electronic data and documents exchange service • 3G, 4G and mobile wi-fi devices for mobile connectivity • Contact Management and Service Desk • • Cloud Computing and data centre hosting • Assessment of connectivity needs and design of required network connectivity Our IT service desk has knowledge of our customers’ IT use and needs and is able to provide on-the-spot support to help keep services moving along, including: • Connectivity and solution for home workers Trained service desk operators to take the key information needed to fix your problem • Network security including firewalls and content management ITIL standards (international best practice) to prioritise calls • Work with customers to decide the level of priority for each type of call, enabling us to respond in a timely manner to your requests. 014. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services Contact us What we offer DESKTOP AND COMPUTING DEVICE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT Computer desktop is one of the most common devices used to access IT services. Our Desktop Management and Support service includes: • COntracting and procurement Advice and support on a standardised desktop infrastructure including associated peripherals Provision of a standardised desktop computer with agreed standard applications such as Microsoft Office products, as well as specialised desktop software where required • Maintaining records of hardware and software associated with desktop infrastructure • Hardware and configuration changes required for consistent operation of desktops • Transformation and service redesign Our Services Information Technology • communications and engagement Our approach • Resolution of any issues to desktops and peripheral equipment in line with agreed service levels Disposal of redundant hardware in a secure way and in accordance with existing regulations SUPPORT FOR GP SYSTEMS • Provide hardware management and software licence management It is vital for primary care systems to run consistently, which is why we are committed to operating a reliable GP IT service, along with an on-going programme of investment to continue developing these services. Our services: • Monitor and communicate national and local strategy to ensure appropriate development • Support the delivery of practice systems, or upgrades to these systems (EMIS Web, SystemOne, Vision), ensuring new systems introduced onto the network are compatible • Provide prompt resolutions of technical issues and requests • Provide IT procurement, including equipment purchasing, stock management, asset register maintenance, and business case development for new equipment • Develop Primary Care IT strategy and future upgrade programmes • Ensure IT for primary care meets the standard set out in GP Systems of Choice framework IT Solutions and Consultancy Services Our solutions and consultancy services are focused on addressing specific tactical or strategic objectives and needs, along with alignment to the culture, maturity and aspirations of your organisation. We can research, design, and deliver IT strategy, systems and solutions to support business operations, commissioning and new models of care. This service includes: • Strategy development and delivery, strategic planning and delivery of IT enablers for commissioning and service transformation • Professional management of IT enabled business change and transformation of services 015. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Our approach Our Services Contact us Information Technology What we offer • Defining and managing of projects and programmes of work that are required to deliver new initiatives or changes to existing services • Design and implementation of methods, solutions, policies and process to maximise value from your IT investments • Development of five case based business case documents and business justification for your investments IT Training and Support Services Our flexible bespoke and generic training services include statutory training and a diverse range of productivity enhancing training packages. These are delivered by tutors or through our online facility. Prevention and timely resolution of problems in the use of IT to support your business operations and day-to-day will enable your staff to stay productive and motivated. Training and support services include: • Clinical Systems Training, designed to show learners how to enhance the configuration, and or use of the clinical systems • Training in Microsoft Office Applications systems for various levels of capabilities designed to show learners how to use and further their skills in basic and in-depth features • Registration Authority Training that protects your organisation and builds user’s confidence with the User Identity Manager (UIM) application on NHS Spine Portal • Registration authority services manages provision of appropriate and agree role-based access to users of clinical and confidential systems in line with the IG and security policies of your organisation • Procurement of new IT equipment and services as well as support for IT elements of new commissioning activities • Safety and security of IT data, including basic steps in Privacy Officer Training and requirements of the Information Governance Toolkit Find out more 016. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Business Support Services Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Business Advisory Services Overview Our skilled teams provide support to ensure that governance is assured across all of the services you commission and you are compliant with best practice. You need efficient, innovative and responsive information governance processes that prevent data breaches and support commissioning developments. We help you secure the best deals on property and estates, and manage ongoing estates decisions and challenges. When emergencies happen, you need to prepare for and manage critical risks, and respond to and withstand disruptions. Why us? We have extensive experience in providing advice, support and solutions to ensure that you are meeting your statutory requirements. We can support you to deliver and commission services that are resilient, compliant and secure. Transformation and service redesign 017. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Our approach Our Services Contact us business advisory services What we offer Corporate affairs • We know our customers take accountability seriously. Our skilled team provides support to ensure that governance is assured across all of the services you commission and you are compliant with best practice. Our corporate governance service includes: Specialist advice on establishing and maintaining systems for declarations of interest and hospitality and gifts, and providing specialist advice on individual events • Development of a standard and systematic legal claims approach • Development of legal services framework and access to litigation advice • Provision of bespoke consultancy support according to your needs • Supporting the development, maintenance and review of your corporate governance framework, including constitution and standing orders • Supporting policy development and providing support and advice on compliance with relevant policies • Advice to develop statutory and nonstatutory structures • Support and administration of Governing Body, committee and other executive level meetings • Management of risk and incident systems, policies and reporting • Advice to your Governing Body on Corporate Governance matters • Work closely with your Caldicott Guardian and Information Risk Owner to give assurance on the governance of your corporate sensitive and person identifiable data and provide organisational training • Ensure compliance with the information governance toolkit, conduct serious incident investigations and implement lessons learned • Provide you with statutory assurance, including personal data request management, and implementing information sharing agreements and assessment of requests to share and managing audits • Support records management, data flow mapping and information asset management • Support and unlock the flow of data for new and different ways of commissioning INFORMATION GOVERNANCE Our customers need efficient, innovative and responsive information governance processes that prevent data breaches and support commissioning developments. Our experienced information governance team can help to: • Develop and manage your information governance assurance frameworks 018. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Our Services Contact us business advisory services What we offer BUSINESS RESILIENCE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (foi) REQUESTS Emergencies can and do happen. Your organisation needs to be able to prepare for and manage critical risks and respond to and withstand disruptions. Our Business Continuity, Health Safety and Fire, and Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) teams are highly experienced and can: We support our customers to comply with the law, disclosing information legally required of them and responding appropriately to correspondence. • FOI case management (receipt, validation, acknowledgement, processing and replying) • • Designing and implementing FOI processes and procedures • Providing expert advice on applying exemptions • Providing expert advice on interpreting the FOI Act • Drafting FOI policy • Drafting and implementing publications scheme • COntracting and procurement Our approach Help you understand and comply with statutory obligations as an employer with a duty of care for your employee’s safety and wellbeing Enable you to fully contribute support to your frontline partners when responding to major incidents and ensure that your commissioned services have their own appropriate resilience arrangements in place • Develop your policies and plans so you can manage a crisis with confidence whilst demonstrating compliance with relevant guidance and legislation • Provide tailored, realistic exercises to test your plans and planning assumptions under simulated crisis conditions • Analyse the training needs of your staff, at all levels, and deliver a training plan • Thoroughly train all levels of your staff to make sure that when the time comes your organisation can activate your procedures and respond effectively 019. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Our approach Our Services Contact us business advisory services What we offer PATIENT ADVICE AND LIAISON (PALS) AND COMPLAINTS ESTATES Our customers are required by law to respond to complaints, proactively engage with the public and service users, and track trends and learning. Our experienced PALS and complaints team ensures patients are supported, commissioning arrangements are understood and strong links are maintained throughout with Healthwatch, NHS England and our customers. Our team: All businesses need to ensure the cost-effective and safe management of their property and estates. We support our customers to not only secure the best deal possible on their premises, but also help to manage ongoing estate decisions and challenges. • Provides day-to-day management of PALS and complaints according to best practice and national standards • Works with patients and carers and relevant agencies involved, gathering all relevant information from necessary sources • Provides a single point of contact for patients • Deals with specific complaints referred to in MP letters • Liaises with our customer’s communications team to ensure all relevant parties are kept up to date throughout a case’s life cycle • Supports development of materials relevant to delivery of the function • Provides training for staff on the functions of PALS and complaints • Sends out complaint questionnaires and provides regular reports to our customers Find out more 020. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Business Support Services Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement learning and Development Overview We understand that many organisations and businesses operate today in a complex, evolving and challenging environment and that people are the biggest asset in meeting these challenges and opportunities. Why us? We are here to help you achieve results by helping your people to grow in their roles, develop as professionals and progress in their careers. We use highly experienced trainers and facilitators, who run engaging and interactive sessions. communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign 021. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services Our approach Our Services Contact us learning and development What we offer What we offer Development is a continuous process. We offer a selection of courses that are available to help people in their development, in the following areas: • Communication, writing and presentation skills • Employee engagement and motivation • Business plans, negotiations and commercial awareness • Performance management, recruitment and investigations • IT courses for Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word Find out more COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign 022. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Business Support Services Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement Organisational Development Overview Our expert team understands that organisational development is at the heart of your organisation’s success. That is why we have developed a people-centred approach, built on our own and wider experience, which enables us to respond rapidly, creatively and effectively to your organisational needs. We bring together the best knowledge from our in-house subject matter experts and associates, and blend it with your staff and leadership team to provide you with a bespoke service that delivers a development plan that is designed, delivered, owned and embedded within your organisation. Why us? communications and engagement We are a team with significant experience and skills in organisational development and transformational change, from executive to operational levels, within health, public and the commercial sectors. We resource our team flexibly to enable us to deliver high quality services that are bespoke to your needs. Transformation and service redesign 023. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement Our approach Our Services Contact us organisational development What we offer What we offer • A phased approach to develop your plan, which diagnoses, designs, delivers and reviews your staff’s needs • Meeting design and facilitation • Team development • Planning and implementation of change management approaches • Using group problem-solving to identify and plan when addressing key issues • Analyse and redesign business processes • Develop and analyse surveys Find out more communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign 024. Our commitment Business Support Services Our approach Our Services Contact us clinical Services Business intelligence and informatics COntracting and procurement As a commissioner you rely more and more on timely data analysis to understand the needs of patients in your care. We can provide data to support risk stratification of your population, enabling you to monitor inequalities and support specific projects to target at-risk groups. Business intelligence and informatics communications and engagement With easy to access information whenever you need it, our teams can help you to improve patient care and maximise healthcare spend. > Analytics and reporting > Data warehousing Transformation and service redesign > Application development 025. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Business intelligence and informatics Business Support Services Analytics and reporting Business intelligence and informatics Overview clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign You need to know how your local performance compares to other commissioners within the region and across the wider national landscape. We work with a range of clients and benchmarking tools to give you a wealth of insight, while helping to identify opportunities for improvement. When you commission services, you need information at your fingertips to help you understand and manage your provider contracts. • Contracting analytics • Statutory reporting • Regional and national benchmarking • Ad hoc analysis and reporting Why us? Our business intelligence teams help you understand what is happening in the system to support your planning. We can challenge current performance through benchmarking and comparison, analyse the impact of commissioning plans and provide tailored services to meet your needs. Our processes are geared to ensure quality and outcomes are monitored in a comparative, proactive and strategic way. We offer ad hoc analysis and reporting as and when you require extra support as part of our flexible, bespoke service. We take care of the collection, coordination and submission of reports, giving you the confidence that your reports are thorough and submitted on time. 026. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Our approach Our Services Contact us Analytics and reporting What we offer Contracting Analytics Statutory reporting When our customers commission services, they need information at their fingertips to help them understand and manage their provider contracts. Our contracting analytics service supports our contracting arm to ensure that our customers receive reports how and where they need them. We: Our customers have statutory data submission requirements that must be followed. We take care of the collection, coordination and submission of reports, giving you the confidence that your reports are thorough are submitted on time. We: • Fully support our customers to meet their statutory reporting obligations • Provide our customers with standard reports and analytical, trend and performance reports • • Interrogate and analyse data sets to answer our customers’ contract-related queries Evolve the reporting schedule according to national guidelines • • Produce a range of self-service tools, applications and reports to give teams easy access to data Collate, transform, benchmark and analyse data to meet submission requirements • Liaise with customers to ensure data is reviewed and signed off before submission • Reconcile data between different data sets Data challenges and claims management We provide a data validation and challenge service that ensures provider data is attributed to the current commissioner and activity is correctly costed. Our service: • Maintains and develops an agreed validation process • Undertakes an agreed set of data validation processes for each provider to pick up any errors • Produces a monthly challenge pack that is forwarded to each provider • Highlights areas of concern to all parties involved and follows up on data challenges 027. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Our approach Our Services Contact us Analytics and reporting What we offer Performance reporting and data management • Our performance reporting and data management service help customers manage their local performance against the Everyone Counts requirements and the presentation of these indicators in the NHS England CCG Assurance Framework. Our service: Benchmark with England, London and other peers and research examples from other regions, both nationally and internationally • Carry out in-depth interrogative analysis of benchmark data • Generate provider benchmarking packs to help identify opportunities before the contract planning round begins • Provides our customers with clear information to help them understand and manage their performance • Develop local benchmark initiatives • Provide forecast outturn predictions for national indicators • Offers a centralised pool of analysts to develop standard reports and provide support and guidance • Provides regular, accessible information on scorecards, dashboards and supplementary reports • Accesses a range of national information systems to extract useful data • Gives help and support to answer data queries • Undertakes data quality checks Ad hoc analysis and reporting Many of our customers require in-depth or deep dive analysis of our data, tailored to their very specific requirements to support various aspects of their commissioning duties. We offer ad hoc analysis and reporting as and when our customers require extra support as part of our flexible, bespoke service. We support our clients when they: Regional and national benchmarking • Require strategic planning and monitoring support • Require a specific piece of analysis or report to be generated Our customers need to know how their local performance compares to other commissioners within the region and across the wider national landscape. We work with a range of clients and benchmarking tools to give our customers a wealth of insight, while helping to identify opportunities for improvement. Our processes are geared to ensure quality and outcomes are monitored in a comparative, proactive and strategic way. We: • Would like additional Business Intelligence (BI) capacity • Require temporary analyst resource to undertake particular projects • Use national metrics and trend reports to show performance throughout the year and comparisons to the previous year. We work with our customers to fully understand their needs and create a bespoke solution based on their circumstance and output requirements. Find out more 028. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Business intelligence and informatics Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Data warehousing Overview Security and quality are at the core of our data warehousing offering. We provide a secure, central location for you to store commissioning data. With over 2.5 million patient records held at our secure data warehouse we have a rich source of patientcentric information. Our data warehouse service offers you four key features: • • • Flexibility Extensibility Security • Scalability Why us? Our teams have the technical know-how and expertise to give you the knowledge and insight you need. We provide a secure, central place for you to store your commissioning data and we import, cleanse, transform, link, pseudonymise, re-load and quality assure data. Transformation and service redesign 029. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services Our approach Our Services data warehousing What we offer Flexibility Security Our processes make it easy to add and integrate new data flows and we use industry best practice to make sure different systems can easily communicate with each other to rapidly aid analytics and produce reports based on: We use industry best practice to ensure data is safe, following NHS and information governance requirements, including: • A DSCRO function that allows us to handle and provide sensitive, pseudonymised data • Key national data flows, such as SUS (SEm and PbR) • • Local and bespoke data flows SQL DBA function that provides weekly back up of data, quality control, security policy management, performance monitoring and capacity planning Extensibility Our LEAN processes allow for rapid deployment of new hosted databases bespoke solutions for customer, supporting third party reporting tools. We: COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Contact us • Scalability We can process large quantities of data, supporting thousands of users, by providing: Offer a self-service virtual desktop, giving customers access to development tools that allow you to develop bespoke reports or do ad hoc analysis • Appropriate reference / look up data • Users with access portals though SharePoint to facilitate collaboration and document storage • Provide a data management function that develops new fields, changes cubes, performs data quality checks and more • Necessary hardware, licence and software , including installation • Enable mechanisms to access CCG specific data in the CCG hosted database • Develop third party tools or applications, SSIS packages and other appropriate technologies to ensure system and data flows are in place Find out more 030. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Business intelligence and informatics Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics Application development Overview With extensive knowledge and experience in the healthcare sector, we provide a wide range of bespoke applications to our customers utilising both open source and proprietary platforms. clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement We know that your business needs support to become more efficient and streamlined. We work with you and your service providers to develop systems and processes to support your business needs, including: • Website development • Intranet development • Business application development • Clinical application development Why us? Our teams have hands-on expertise with app design, development and delivery. Our software solutions are designed by the NHS for the NHS and our projects are delivered on time and on budget. Transformation and service redesign 031. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Our Services Contact us application development What we offer Web site development Systems integration We use the latest technology and work in collaboration with our in-house Creative and Digital team to design, develop and deploy bespoke websites for you business needs. We work closely with you to understand your business needs and your audience to advise you on the best solution and platform for your website. We: We understand that health organisations use many different systems. Our expert team enable integration without major reinvestment by helping you to realise the benefits of existing legacy information systems in new technologies to lower costs and extend the life and efficiencies of current systems. We carry out: • Offer a range of solutions for a range of requirements from simple portfolio websites to large enterprise scale websites • Requirements analysis • Technical design • Ensure, through best practice methods, that your site is Search Engine Optimisatised, so that your audience can find it when they search • Interface development • Interface testing • Integration support & maintenance • COntracting and procurement Our approach Ensure sites are responsive and accessible for users and devices Intranet development Our team offers a range of styles of intranet from traditional, internal-facing sites to corporate, collaborative platforms, to meet all of your business needs. We: • Provide secure intranets (including N3 for NHS organisations) • Use the latest technology to deliver cloud-based intranets, that your staff can access anytime, anywhere • Develop document management and storage solutions, based in the cloud, which offer secure collaboration working environments Business application development We work with you to identify more effective and efficient ways of working. By discussing and understanding your business needs we will develop an appropriate solution, whether you require an addition to a current system or the development of a bespoke application. We can: • Help you to optimise your resource through providing systems which give you real-time analytics • Develop systems, dashboards and reports so you gain insights into your business Find out more 032. Our commitment Business Support Services Our approach Our Services Contact us application development What we offer Clinical application development Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement We provide specialist bespoke clinical and administrative software solutions for information collection, processing and reporting. These include gathering user requirements, analysing existing practices and proposing viable solutions. If a software solution is required, the service will provide the following for your existing systems: • Support and Maintenance to existing systems • Analysis: which defines your requirements and provides a high-level system specification/approach • Design: including functional specification, data models, prototyping, wireframes and mock-ups • Development: including system documentation and compliance with security and usability standards • Documentation: including user manuals and/or on-line help if required • Testing: including formal testing scripts for larger developments • Implementation: including data migration from legacy systems, training, handover and support Transformation and service redesign 033. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement clinical services Our clinical services provide our customers with a robust, high-quality range of support that ensures your organisation will be in-line with regional and national requirements. > Medicines Management > Continuing Healthcare and Personal Health Budgets communications and engagement > Individual Funding Requests > Quality and Clinical Governance > Pathology Transformation and service redesign > UK Genetic Testing Network 034. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us clinical Services Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services Medicines management Overview Medicines optimisation is about making sure any decision made about medicines is best for the patient and their particular circumstances. By focusing on patients and their experiences, the goal is to help patients have a better quality of life by improving outcomes; taking their medicines correctly; avoiding taking unnecessary medicines; reducing medicine wastage ; and improving medicines safety. Our team of experts has a wealth and breadth of experience delivering high quality medicines management services. COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Why us? Our expert team understands that medicines management and optimisation services need to be evidence-based, cost-effective and high quality. We work collaboratively with our customers, helping deliver services that reduce harm and save money. Our team has the knowledge, skills and experience to support the delivery of best practice medicines optimisation for patients and will work closely with you to design and deliver the medicines optimisation services needed for your organisation. “South East CSU works well with us, to understand our business needs. Their forecasting techniques, prioritisation support and tight management of costs give us confidence to set budgets which allocate resources of those areas that will deliver the best possible outcomes for our patients and enable us to place reliance on financial projections provided by the team.” – West Kent CCG 035. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Our approach Our Services Contact us medicines management What we offer What we offer Operational support We are at the forefront of medicines optimisation support services because our work at a national and regional level helps define best practice. We work with customers to identify and deliver bespoke services to meet their needs, but our core service includes: Using our extensive expertise in medicines optimisation we provide solutions, develop short to medium term plans, monitor progress and measure success against agreed goals. Strategic support We support customers to revise their strategic plans in response to changing organisational or health economy priorities to help set priorities and focus energy and resources towards achieving intended outcomes. • Developing the medicines optimisation strategy • Horizon scanning and policy development • Support for prioritisation and decision making • Expert data analysis using data from various sources to support decision making and monitoring of outcomes • QIPP plan development, implementation and monitoring • Contract management of medicines related elements in acute, community and mental health contracts including expert ‘know-how’ in the management of National Tariff excluded High Cost Drugs. Find out more Professional support This is provided in the form of professional leadership and expert advice relating to medicines and medicines-related legislation and policy including: • Patient Group Directions • Controlled Drugs 036. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us clinical Services Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics Continuing healthcare and personal health budgets Overview clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign We provide a comprehensive and high quality service for the management of Continuing Healthcare (CHC), together with a full service managing the provision of Personal Health Budgets (PHB). Our Continuing Healthcare process is fully compliant with the National Framework, and is delivered by a team of compassionate and caring Registered Nurses and Placement Managers, supported by contract and finance personnel working directly within the team. Our unique hub and spoke model provides your organisation with the assurance, quality and financial management you can expect from a highly experienced and competent team of healthcare professionals. “I have to say that the work you have done Why us? We are an expert team with extensive experience in continuing healthcare, including the national statutory framework development. Our proven track record and comprehensive knowledge means we provide you and your population with an excellent service. for us all along has been brilliant.” – NHS Southwark CCG 037. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services Transformation and service redesign Our Services Contact us Continuing healthcare and personal health budgets What we offer Referrals and assessments Quality and financial support • • Clinical Quality monitoring of service providers • Robust financial management and management of a financial and clinical database • Demonstrate month on month savings, through proactive Placements management • Provision of a service for the offering and provision of PHBs, including financial and care package management. • Experienced eligibility assessments and regular reviews for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding Experienced multi-disciplinary assessments that identify care needs • Single point of access for patients, referrals and Fast-Track • Robust, auditable decision-making to ensure your organisation meets National Framework requirements Placements service • Best value for money individual care and support packages, including procurement and contract management for Care Home Placements, domiciliary packages and implementation of the process for offering and providing Personal Health Budgets (PHB). • Flexibility to adjust to changing patient needs including altering care packages, care providers and funding levels • Case management of CHC patients, including reviews in line with the National Framework • Comprehensive training and advice to service providers • Management of dispute resolution process and appeals, including Independent Reviews and reducing the risk of Judicial Review COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Our approach Find out more 038. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us clinical Services Business Support Services Individual funding requests (IFR) Business intelligence and informatics Overview clinical Services It is essential that individual funding requests are dealt with in a consistent, transparent and timely way. We provide a full, end-to-end comprehensive IFR Service, supported by our well-established systems and processes. Fully compliant with legislation, we deliver a comprehensive administrative and management service. Why us? COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Our IFR team offers an efficient service for this complex and sensitive area, enabling your organisation to improve access for patients to high quality, bespoke treatments not normally available through the NHS. Employing national leaders in the field of IFR, our team can work in partnership with you to make complex and auditable decisions based on clinical evidence and fulfil obligatory individual funding arrangements for treatments that are not commissioned. Transformation and service redesign 039. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement Our approach Our Services Contact us individual funding requests What we offer Group one Group two • Administrative triage – applications are checked to ensure they are complete and valid • Advising patients and clinicians as to eligibility under existing criteria • Clinical triage –clinically-led review and assessment of each IFR application • Signposting inappropriate funding queries to the correct department • Communication of case outcomes to applicants and patients • Assessment of appropriate funding requests by a multidisciplinary committee (IFR panel) • Contact with the referring clinician and patients • A single point of contact for all IFR enquiries through a ‘hotline’ and dedicated email address • Complete logging and tracking of applications though our Blueteq IT system, which offers a best practice approach to submitting, storing and viewing patient data, as well as identifying outliers in referral rates, demographics and disease prevalence Group three • Management of the appeals process • Data analysis and performance reporting to inform future commissioning • Management of overseas funding requests • Reducing the risk of Judicial Review through our proven systems and processes. Find out more communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign 040. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us clinical Services Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics Quality and clinical governance Overview Our specialist Quality Team can support you to commission services that are safe, effective and promote continuous improvement. clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Why us? We want to help make clinical quality a top priority, including obtaining assurance through patient and public feedback that can also be used to drive service improvement, reduce health inequalities among populations and provide value for money solutions. We help customers look after their reputational risk to focus on delivering services. The service will work with you to challenge poor results highlighted by quality standards assessment, using data sources such as Monitor reports and Care Quality Commission risk profiles. We will ensure you are aware of relevant quality standards and requirements and of evidence-based best practice. Our team combines strong clinical and managerial leadership expertise, including quality, commissioning, innovation, and performance and incident management. A network of clinical and managerial leads provide an expert presence on site and at quality meetings to offer specialist advice and support and promote quality improvement. 041. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Our approach Our Services Contact us Quality and clinical governance What we offer Our clinical governance services include: • Serious Incidents and Central Alert System (CAS) alerts Enables the team follow up on any specific actions with providers • Produces reports identifying themes and trends • Our customers need instant knowledge of serious incidents when they arise, and the confidence to know that appropriate action plans are in place to manage incidents. We provide a highly responsive serious incidents management service and Central Alerts System (CAS) reporting to give our customers this confidence. Our services will: Provides assurance to CCGs that actions have been implemented by providers Quality reporting and specialist advice and support • Provide alerts and notifications of serious incidents across all providers • We have a dedicated team of subject matter experts in quality to support CCGs: • Critique and quality assure serious incidents investigation reports and action plans obtaining assurance of progression in line with national requirements Ensure quality assurance frameworks, processes and patient safety systems are in place • • Produce reports identifying trends and themes and ‘lessons for learning’ that can be shared across providers and commissioners Advise on how best practice should be adopted in order for the CCG to commission high standards and continuous improvement of safe, quality care from providers • Advise on the development and monitoring of Quality and CQUIN Schedules within contracts • Assist in preparing policies and procedures that underpin the patient safety agenda • • Provide on-going review and evaluation of serious incident management systems and processes Ensure providers are delivering care to the highest level of quality and safety required through the achievement of agreed contractual quality and performance indicators • Suite of Quality reporting products available • Up to date quality assurance and patient safety measures • Ensure CCG systems demonstrate robust reporting and accountability arrangements Amber Alerts We have developed a user friendly electronic system, that: • Allows GPs to report on incident interface issues from different care sectors Find out more 042. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Our approach Our Services Contact us quality and clinical governance What we offer We understand how important it is to ensure that commissioned services meet infection prevention and control (IPC) and quality standards to ensure that all patients are treated and cared for in a safe environment and protected from avoidable harm, including healthcare associated infections (HCAIs). ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE • Provide assurance on training and education programmes Our team provides an expert resource on all IPC matters to drive further improvements in the reduction of HCAIs including: • Provide specialist NHS Estates advice to support new builds and refurbishments • Expert advice and assurance on all healthcare associated infections and IPC related matters • • Investigation and reviews of IPC related serious incidents Provide assurance that all contractors are compliant with their legal requirements for medical devices and waste management • Access to surveillance systems and monitoring trends to provide an early warning system • Assist with winter surge planning and sharing of learning across providers • Expert assurance that provider IPC measures are risk assessed, reported, monitored and actioned • Expert assurance to challenge provider performance and improvement plans, ensuring that their systems, processes and governance are appropriate • Investigation and review of post infection reviews and root cause analysis • Horizon scanning to identify and manage potential impact of IPC related issues early • Attendance at local committees and incident meetings • Advice on contracts to ensure they include relevant and adequate IPC measures • Cascade guidance and best practice and link into IPC network in neighbouring CSUs to facilitate cross boundary working We can tailor our services to help provide you with additional more specific IPC expertise. We offer expertise services to: Find out more 043. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us clinical Services Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services pathology Overview We can deliver a high quality and cost effective pathology service designed around the needs of you and your patients, flexible enough to utilise new technologies that will play a crucial role in improving your clinical outcomes. We can provide strategic, professional and operational support for pathology commissioning and contract management, working with you to deliver bespoke services to meet your needs. why us? COntracting and procurement We have a proven knowledge and understanding of the nature of the service and the value that it offers. We can ensure that pathology contributes to your overall patient outcomes, by the way in which it creates clinical value, its overall role in healthcare and ways in which its clinical value can be maximised. communications and engagement Our pathology team offers a unique, nationally recognised service that has responded to the opportunities and challenges of the changes to NHS commissioning. Transformation and service redesign We use a service specification that includes a series of key performance indicators (KPIs) that monitor the service being delivered. The Department of Health and NHS England recognise the service specification that drives the model as a national exemplar and our team was selected as a finalist in the HSJ Value in Healthcare awards. 044. Our commitment Business Support Services Our approach Our Services Contact us pathology What we offer What we offer Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Working with you, along with the appropriate providers, we will ensure that the most appropriate and cost-effective test is identified in pathway guidelines, that access to the service is appropriate to patients, and interpretation of results and follow-up action by requesting clinicians are appropriate. We can also provide you with the necessary assurance of the quality of the pathology service you commission by utilising a bespoke exemplar service specification. This can include regular performance monitoring with providers and monitoring of a set of agreed key assurance indicators. • Pathology commissioning and contract management • Baseline and benchmarking of pathology activity and costs • Development of condition-based approaches to pathology commissioning • Lead a review of pathology demand management and cost savings • Development of methodology for commissioning of new tests and removal of redundant/obsolete tests • Help to commission genetic testing services • Agree standardised ‘Out of Hours’ protocols for urgent action on test results Find out more 045. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us clinical Services Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign pathology CASE STUDY Our pathology team offers a unique, nationally recognised service that has responded to the opportunities and challenges of the changes to NHS commissioning. We use a service specification that includes a series of key performance indicators (KPIs) that monitor the service being delivered. Developed in consultation with clinicians, commissioners and service users, the specification, despite unprecedented changes to NHS commissioning, has stood the test of time. Since 2010 it has provided a robust framework across Kent and Medway and is continually reviewed to ensure it: • defines the service, quality, remit and reporting arrangements for the delivery of pathology services; • commissions pathology as an end-to-end clinical service; • ensures that the provision of pathology services is consistent and effective by achieving an agreed set of core standards, key performance indicators and reporting arrangements; • ensures best value and improved efficiency of services through standardisation; and • sets a framework for monitoring the effectiveness of pathology services against the delivery of defined key performance indicators. The original service specification is currently used to support the pathology responsibilities of the eight Kent and Medway CCGs and has been further developed to ensure that specific requirements of the individual CCGs are met. The Department of Health and NHS England recognise the service specification that drives the model as a national exemplar and our team was selected as a finalist in the HSJ Value in Healthcare awards. Value in practice Through the analysis work that is undertaken the service is at a point where it can now identify potential patient safety issues, integrating Pathology testing with prescribing data to identify patients at risk of adverse events due to inappropriate monitoring. Pathology continues to increase in use and achieving best value and optimising outcomes for patients is imperative. We are leading the way in working with customers to ensure this service continues to realise this shared ambition. o r p t c je d a le KEITH STONE clinical services [email protected] 046. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us clinical Services Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics UK Genetic Testing Network Overview We host this national organisation. UKGTN was set up by the Department of Health in 2002 to promote equity of access to gene testing within the NHS. Full details about UKGTN members and the services provided are found at www.ukgtn.nhs.uk. UKGTN working arrangements clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement UKGTN is a collaborative group of clinicians, scientists, patient representatives and commissioners. Over 60 colleagues from the UK clinical genetics and community provide advice to the four working groups in the delivery of the annual work programme. The UKGTN is supported by the project team, advisors and chairs of the working groups. The accountability is through the UKGTN Clinical Scientific Advisory Group that has a wide representation from the member nations, professional bodies, the Department of Health and patient groups. Genomic Laboratories are in the main, but not exclusively, associated with NHS Regional Genetic Centres and NHS Tertiary Trusts. The laboratories apply to be members of UKGTN and are accepted providing they meet the agreed stringent quality criteria. Transformation and service redesign 047. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement Our approach Our Services uk genetic testing network What we offer Influencing Policy • Provision of advice on policy development to the Department of Health (DH) in all four nations and representation on the following government initiatives: UKGTN work to assure the clinical validity and utility of new genetic tests and recommending these for NHS Service to the commissioning bodies in the four countries in the UK. • Providing testing criteria to guide clinicians when genetic testing is appropriate • Human Genomics Strategy Group - advised the government on taking forward Genomic Medicine in the UK • Initiating the creation of a quality assurance matrix (dashboard) for medical genetics • UK Strategy for Rare Diseases – advised the DH on the development of the strategy • • UK Rare Disease Forum – has oversight on the implementation of the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases • NHS England – review of Genetic Laboratory Service Provision Calculating genetic testing rates in the population using data from the member laboratories and reviewing the rates to provide insights into the provision of testing services in the UK for effective commissioning. The outputs are included in the NHS Atlas of Variation in Diagnostic Services • • International opportunities – working with Healthcare UK to set out NHS Genetic services that could be offered abroad Publishing the ‘UKGTN Guide to Centres with Specialist Expertise for Rare Genetic Disorders’ that are listed in the UKGTN Directory of Genetic Disorders / Genes for Diagnostic Testing. This guide assists patients and clinicians in finding expert advice for recognised conditions. • Maintaining the repository of information about clinical and genetic testing services to clarify what is available and where it can be obtained Informing Commissioners communications and engagement Undertaking specific projects to inform commissioning as highlighted in the Human Genomics Strategy Group Report “Building on our Inheritance – Genomic technology in healthcare” including: • Transformation and service redesign Contact us Publishing a report entitled “Review of Commissioning Arrangements for Genetic Services and Strategic Recommendations”. The conclusions were endorsed and included in the service specification for medical genetics adopted by NHS England 048. Our commitment Business Support Services Our approach Our Services uk genetic testing network What we offer Laboratory Assurance and Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Contact us • The gene dossier incorporates the key concept that a genetic test described an assay to detect: a particular genetic variant/set of variants, for a particular disease (s), in a particular population and for a particular purpose • Testing Criteria are included to define the circumstances in which a genetic test referral may be made and ensure that the test is performed when such criteria are met • The biggest change has been the introduction of panel tests that use of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies, first recommended by UKGTN in 2011. Prior to this clinicians usually ordered one test at a time. A panel test which encompasses a number of genes in one test is more cost effective and may yield diagnostic answers more quickly • Technological developments are continuing with the first targeted exome sequencing test submission received in 2014 Patients and clinicians are assured and advised about genetic tests provided by UKGTN laboratory members by: • Annual monitoring membership to confirm accreditation, testing activity, submission of data for external quality assurance, service changes and links with research • Working with the Association of Clinical Genetic Science to review best practice guidelines for technological advances such as Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and Clinical Genome Sequencing • Developing currencies to measure testing activity that are comparable to enable benchmarking • Providing a UKGTN web site that contains a searchable data base for all the services offered by the member laboratories Evaluation of new tests for NHS Service A primary product of UKGTN’s work is a set of quality assured genetic tests with clear commissioning criteria easily accessible to patients, the public, clinicians and commissioners. UKGTN sets the framework of what can be expected, what benefits the test will provide and from whom to expect it. The evaluation process includes consideration of cost savings in the diagnostic care pathways following the introduction of the test. • Laboratories submit applications for new tests on a biannual basis on an application form called the gene dossier • UKGTN evaluation of genetic tests based on the ACCE mode: Analytical validity, Clinical validity, Clinical utility, Ethical, legal and social implications Between 2004/2014 Gene Dossiers evaluated New tests recommended for NHS service Testing Criteria Developed NGS Panel tests recommended for NHS service 492 398 454 46 Find out more 049. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Business Support Services clinical Services contracting and procurement COntracting and procurement We specialise in providing you with the systems and processes, expertise and resources to translate your commissioning intentions into comprehensive, quality-assured contracts through effective procurements that deliver the right solutions. Business intelligence and informatics > Contract management communications and engagement > Specialised contracting > Clinical and non-clinical procurement Transformation and service redesign 050. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us contracting and procurement Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services Contract management Overview Whatever your commissioning challenges, we understand that you need a contracting service that is reliable, responsive and innovative. We provide the specialist advice and technical expertise to develop market insight that supports informed commissioning decisions, co-designed service specifications that meet your requirements and robust contract monitoring that will deliver high quality services. why us? COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Our highly experienced teams work alongside your commissioning teams to ensure that local priorities are fully incorporated into provider contracts and offer commissioning solutions. We have a proven track record of delivering significant financial savings and driving provider compliance and delivery through robust, effective contract negotiation. With an extensive range of locally responsive performance management systems, processes and reporting tools, we can support contract performance management and help you to make informed judgements around service development and delivery. “You have pulled rabbits out of hats today to help us.” – NHS Greenwich CCG Transformation and service redesign 051. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services Transformation and service redesign Our Services Contact us contract management What we offer ACUTE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT CONTRACT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT We help you translate your commissioning intentions and priorities into signed contracts which meet local and national requirements. We provide a quality assurance overview of your acute contracting and proactively rectify performance against your plans. Our comprehensive service provides contract negotiation strategy, explores contract modification, and negotiates and manages contracts. We: We provide finance support to develop and negotiate contracts, and ensure financial performance is monitored and managed. We provide: • Analyse and interpret issues and trends across all areas of performance, including quality • Provide annual contract negotiation and documentation • Support in translating your commissioning intentions and priorities into signed acute contracts which meet national and local requirements, including financial and quality parameters COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Our approach • Provide monthly contract monitoring reports based on robust, validated data in a tailored format to meet your needs • Proactively rectify performance against your goals • Host commissioner role to ensure commissioning leverage and benefits with acute trusts • Comprehensive contract negotiation and management, along with contract modification service • Work with groups of CCGs to provide economies of scale • Monthly finance reports, including year-end forecasts • Expert technical advice, input into financial plans and highlighting of financial risks • Road test draft tariffs against CCG contracts • Financial reconciliation and close down on either a monthly or quarterly basis • Invoice management • Validation checks and variation reports • Respond to audit enquiries 052. Our commitment Business Support Services Our approach Our Services contract management What we offer Out of hours support Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement We provide on call cover 24 hours a day 7 days a week, including full cover during office hours by our specialist performance and pressure surge team and senior level support provided outside of core hours. Our team helps to relieve out of hours pressure by: • Liaising with social and community services • Agreeing with various stakeholders when a redirection from local A&E can happen • Exploring ways of utilising additional capacity to free up pressures • We support CCGs with effective management when there is increased pressure across London • We monitor service pressure across the acute sector during out of hours CONTRACTING BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Contact us Our contracting business intelligence service ensures you have the latest information on the performance of your contracts. We understand that you need a contemporary picture of contract performance so you can address concerns with your providers. Our analyses provide the information you need and allow you to make quick and well informed decisions. Our service provides: • Standard reports and data sets across a range of performance measures, such as secondary care activity • Self-service analysis tools to enable you to create your own bespoke reports • Statutory reporting, benchmarking and trend analysis • Monthly CCG integrated report on performance of contracts • Access to all reports, analysis tools and data files through our online portal • A six-monthly benchmarking report • Ad hoc bespoke reports to meet your particular information needs aCUTE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT Our customers need to know how their acute services are performing to keep abreast of issues. Our acute performance management service keeps a finger on the pulse of trusts’ performance so our customers can be confident they have the information they need. Our service provides: • Weekly briefings of A&E performance • Monthly performance monitoring and management of the client’s performance against the mandated Quality Requirements operational standards • Perform the host commissioners role to ensure providers are meeting requirements as a whole • Support for annual contract negotiation and documentation • Seek explanations and action from providers on queries raised by CCGs 053. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Our approach Our Services Contact us contract management What we offer PRESSURE SURGE MANAGEMENT • Monthly contract monitoring and management against performance metrics Our pressure surge management team helps our customers respond to surges on a day to day basis. We work to provide a coordinated management and resolution of pressure surges through a centralised team. We: • Active contract compliance management • Escalation and intervention if concerning issues arise • Responsive and flexible support • Lead the response to pressure surges on a day to day basis, including an out of hours service MENTAL HEALTH CONTRACTING AND MANAGEMENT • Broker agreements across the local area to ensure that mutual aid is available to re-balance pressures We support the management of the contract process for customers who commission mental health services. We: • Monitor local area situations to coordinate required responses to surges in pressure • Provide contract negotiation, performance monitoring and transactional support • Liaise with CCGs, trusts, NHS England and other providers to put in place any corrective actions that are needed to prevent further situations • Liaise with providers to receive monthly quality and performance information and produce robust reports • Administrate the Client’s Major Incident On Call Rota • Review non- acute data and performance trends • Provide regular pressure updates on issues and actions being taken • Attend and administer contract meetings • • Provide training on pressure surge management Highlight non-performance and highlight issues that may affect deliverables • Provide proactive management action to rectify performance or variance against plans COMMUNITY CONTRACT MANAGEMENT Our comprehensive community contract management service gives our customers performance, negotiation and transactional support for their community contracts. Our service provides: • Annual contract negation and documentation that translates our customers’ commissioning intentions and priorities into robust community health service contracts Find out more 054. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us contracting and procurement Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Specialised contracting Overview We understand how important it is for providers to deliver your requirements and we proactively manage contracts to ensure they do just that. Our real-time analysis of patient choice identifies service gaps and supports your contract negotiations and future commissioning plans. To any challenge we bring experience of commissioning together with specialist knowledge of the health sector and professional commissioning expertise. why us? We work closely with you to develop service specifications that meet your requirements. Our expertise in NHS 111 is second to none. Our team has an in-depth understanding of the full NHS 111 picture, from strategy through to operations and contract. We have a proven track record of delivery and a reputation for working inclusively with all stakeholders to meet the needs of service users and carers. “You were the most organised team we have worked with.” – NHS Croydon CCG We are passionate about improvement – delivering better outcomes, addressing variation, focusing on recovery, offering choice and control to users, and making savings to reinvest in better solutions. 055. Our commitment Business Support Services Our approach Our Services specialised contracting What we offer NHS 111 CONTRACTING Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Contact us Our expertise in 111 is second to none. Our team have an in-depth understanding of the full 111 picture, from strategy through to operations and contract. We provide: • Timely, comprehensive and systematics contract monitoring reports in a tailored format to meet your requirements • Impact monitoring of 111 on the wider unscheduled care system • Management of 111 contracts to ensure providers meet your business plan and strategic objectives • Reports on activities by disposition, symptom groups, demographics and quality • A maintained directory of services • Governance and quality assurance • Specialist communications and engagement to support stakeholder engagement • Evaluation of the implementation pilot to inform and influence future procurement • Bespoke services, such as contract management of out-ofhours and urgent care centres • Real time analysis of patient choice to identify service gaps, supporting contract negotiations and future commissioning plans • Advice on the local impact of potential service redesign • Work with local GP practices and community services to develop direct referrals to practices as part of 111 • Proactively manage contracts to ensure that underperformance is rectified and providers are meeting your needs HOME OXYGEN We provide contract management to ensure that the Home Oxygen Service is supplied safely and effectively to the patients that need it. • Our team supports 51 CCGs to ensure both value and efficacious service delivery through collaboration with healthcare professionals, data reviews and training • We provide consistent leadership, focused training and interactive reconciliation services to support commissioners, clinicians and patients • We have strong links with key collaborative partners to ensure prescribing messaging and supplier compliance is focused on keeping patients well and safe • Our contract leads are valued and trusted nationally to deliver the continuity necessary for this essential patient service. 056. Our commitment Business Support Services Our approach Our Services Contact us specialised contracting What we offer SERVICE REDESIGN AND REPROCUREMENT Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services Our specialist contracting team is able to support customers who are considering a service redesign and re-procurement. We come along side to provide a full end to end service throughout the process, including: • Strategy development • Service design • Procurement • Ongoing contract management Find out more COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign 057. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us clinical Services Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services Clinical and non-clinical procurement Overview Incorporating all of the elements of Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP), our procurement team ensures that you get the best from your suppliers while improving patient care and maintaining compliance with all legal and regulatory conditions. Throughout the commissioning cycle we work with you to ensure a fluid procurement process with technical excellence and minimal delay, from initial commissioning intentions to contract renewal, using an up-to-date procurement governance and risk management framework. COntracting and procurement why us? communications and engagement From developing strategies to final sign-off, we guide and support you throughout the procurement process. The information we hold on local and national health providers feeds into the procurement process to ensure that you can identify best value providers in accordance with Standing Financial Instructions guidelines. Transformation and service redesign Our trend analysis helps to shape the market by offering you insights to support confident provider selection. We also provide strategies for maintaining positive procurement relationships with your suppliers. 058. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics Our approach Our Services Contact us Clinical and non-clinical procurement What we offer PROCUREMENT STRATEGY Any Qualified Provider • Full support for new AQP procurements Standing back and looking strategically at the procurement process is essential to get the most from suppliers. We work with customers to develop: Any Qualified Provider (AQP) is a key component of the procurement toolkit. It offers a mechanism to deliver real patient choice, provides demonstrable competition in the marketplace and can be undertaken in less time, and at less cost, than a traditional procurement. • Reopening of Applicant Windows on existing AQP procurements • “Light touch” reaccreditation of existing AQP providers combined with opening of a new AQP Window for new entrants • Compliance Checks, as part of the inclusive package, or as a separate service • Service Delivery Evaluation • Support and advice to commissioners and supporting CSUs • Access to AQP historic data • clinical Services The procurement strategy, reviewed annually, that balances best patient healthcare alongside risk in terms of financial goals and regulatory compliance • A framework for procurement governance and risk management • A checklist to ensure that our customer’s strategy is aligned with wide procurement strategies (collaborative, regional, national) and relevant regulations COntracting and procurement • communications and engagement • A process to comply with the Any Qualified Provided (AQP) model and process in line with Department of Health policy and best practice Detailed programme of procurement and individual procurement plans Our AQP Support Hub is led by experts in clinical procurement who have been involved in supporting and developing AQP since its inception. We offers tailor made solutions for each AQP procurement, working with commissioners and local area teams to achieve a highly cost efficient procurement process with the desired outcomes. The AQP Support Hub has developed a reliable documented process with achievable time lines. It is in use over a wide range of clinical services. Transformation and service redesign 059. Our commitment Business Support Services Our approach clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Contact us Clinical and non-clinical procurement What we offer MARKET DEVELOPMENT Business intelligence and informatics Our Services • Work with commissioners to identify and develop the procurement strategy for each service – identifying and assessing options to select the most effective approach and avoiding unnecessary activity • Receive notification of changes to commissioning intentions and any decommissioning notices from commissioners We enable commissioners to engage the market to: • Test market capability and capacity • Stimulate interest in providing services • Facilitate provider cooperation • Enable service integration • Refine service models and service specifications We conduct market engagement with a structure programme of research, requests for information, promotional events, workshops and individual discussions. PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT AND DELIVERY Throughout the commissioning cycle we work with clients to ensure a fluid procurement process with technical excellence and minimal delay. We: • Collate material according to commissioner clinical specification for business cases or case for change • Develop the pricing and commercial agreement approach • Provide guidance and recommendation on the service specification to ensure it is fit for purpose or procurement and ongoing contract management • Provide guidance and recommendations to structure, define and establish the tender evaluation approach, including criteria and weightings, using best practice models to accelerate development • Help structure, define and establish the governance approach to develop tender documents. We work with customers to develop a comprehensive approach that covers clinical quality, patient safety, effective service delivery and a good patient experience • Provide web-based tools to enable suppliers to select opportunities and submit and tenders • Run bidder engagement events • Manage the tender process from initial advert through to final bids • Manage the tender evaluation process • Provide training to the tender evaluation • Manage clarification throughout the procurement process • Ensure the bidding process is compliant with all relevant procurement governance policies and regulations • Deliver a bid evaluation report with recommendations for bidder selection 060. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics Transformation and service redesign Contact us What we offer • Source any required external expert advice • Maintain and communication the procurement timetable to the client highlighting any key stages • Respond to queries from Monitor as necessary • Seek legal advice to support the process and where necessary will include the addition of contract clauses • communications and engagement Our Services Clinical and non-clinical procurement clinical Services COntracting and procurement Our approach Optimise terms and conditions of the contract with our expert negotiators REPORTS Our weekly, monthly and ad hoc reports throughout the procurement process ensure that our customers are always upto-date on current and planned activities. NON-CLINICAL PURCHASING It is important to have non-clinical items sourced, procured and paid for on time and at the best price. We ensure you get the right products at the right prince through: • An annual purchasing programme with savings targets • Negotiating contracts for all consumable, ensuring the best available procurement frameworks and value for money • Establishing a non-clinical purchasing interface, electronic catalogues and e-purchasing system that interfaces with your payment ledger • Ongoing management of contracts • Reporting on savings achieved year on year, and cost savings against annual targets • Ensuring all purchasing is fully compliant with standing financial instructions and standing orders and all other relevant procurement legislation • Actively seek opportunities for savings by collaborating on nonclinical procurement Find out more 061. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services communications and engagement We offer extensive communications and engagement expertise gained from the NHS, central and local government and the commercial sector. COntracting and procurement Our communications and engagement programmes support and empower you to develop the culture, systems and processes to embed the patient voice into commissioning. communications and engagement > Communications > Insight, engagement and consultations > Creative and digital Transformation and service redesign 062. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us communications and engagement Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics Communications Overview Our experienced Communications team can offer a proactive, consistent and reliable communications stream to all your audiences, helping you engage effectively with your community. clinical Services Our established relationships with local, regional, national and trade media secure you timely and appropriate coverage when needed, and we are on-hand to provide media training and support ahead of radio or television interviews. COntracting and procurement why us? communications and engagement We are an award-winning team of experts who have experience in journalism and broadcasting, branding, marketing and public affairs. We understand the complexities of commissioning and the health and social care system and have a strong track record in producing campaigns that change and influence behaviours. “I have had absolutely brilliant communications support in dealing with a particularly sensitive matter.” Transformation and service redesign – NHS Merton CCG 063. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics Our communications and engagement programmes support and empower you to develop the culture, systems and processes to embed the patient voice into commissioning. INTERNAL AND MEMBERSHIP COMMUNICATIONS • Expert advice on engaging with staff to share information and support organisational engagement STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS ADVICE AND REPUTATION MANAGEMENT • Increase staff satisfaction and improve retention, sickness rates and increased productivity • Prepare and distribute staff newsletters, regular staff updates, blogs • Support for membership engagement, from online and written materials to events • Submit compelling award submissions • Provide communication support for emergency planning, resilience and response. • • • communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Contact us What we offer • COntracting and procurement Our Services communications • clinical Services Our approach Strategic communications advice for your board members and service leads Briefing responses to requests from ParlyHub and the Department of Health Develop compelling narratives and messaging Support for Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee report development Positioning and strategic fit with national NHS policy. COMMUNICATIONS, MEDIA MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS • Listen and respond to patients and the public, using tools such as polling, focus groups, social media and community engagement • Provide research and advice on how to handle stakeholders, including MPs, local authorities, patient groups and other NHS bodies • Develop and maintain strong media relations with key journalists, publications and broadcasters • Respond to media enquiries and rebutting unbalanced reporting • Press conferences and briefings with providing key spokespeople and patient case studies • • Produce press releases, editorials and features and placing stories with the media Support the recruitment of members of the public for strategic committees and advisory groups • • Tailor-made media training, monitoring, analysis and evaluation. • Support for preparing annual reports and PowerPoint presentations Organise events though sourcing and managing venues, audio visual support, content design, briefing and supplying speakers, facilitating, producing key materials and managing attendance • Provide editorial content for customers including prospectuses, client newsletters, newspaper columns, staff bulletins • Accessible and inclusive engagement, to facilitate the involvement of hard to reach communities of interest 064. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Business Support Services Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign communications CASE STUDY The Brief “Well laid out, easy to use We know A&Es have never been busier. In recent months, the story has rarely been out of the headlines. It is estimated between 15 and 25 per cent of people attending A&E could use another service instead, which would save the NHS nationally millions of pounds every year. Instead, we know they go to A&E, often because they do not know what else to do. website. Suggested services which I had never heard of. Great idea!” – member of the public what we did We created a ground breaking website and app that aims to help people find the right local health services to meet their health needs, especially when they need medical help fast but it is not a life-threatening emergency. Developed with Kent and Medway GPs, hospital doctors, paramedics and other health professionals, more than 30,000 local people have used it to get health help. The website won Best Website in the AHCM Communicating Healthcare Awards 2014 and a silver award in the CIPR regional PRide awards, for Best Use of Digital. It has also been shortlisted for the CIPR Excellence Best Use of Digital award and for the Best Consumer Website DigiAward by CorpComms magazine. Since launching in December 2013 the website had more than 42,000 visits with people staying online for around 3 minutes. In its first six weeks the native app had been downloaded more than 800 times. s pr o t ej c d a e l emma burns communications [email protected] nigel whapshott creative and digital [email protected] 065. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us communications and engagement Business Support Services INSIGHT, ENGAGEMENT AND CONSULTATIONs Business intelligence and informatics Overview clinical Services Putting patients and the public at the heart of commissioning allows them to influence outcomes and decisions, so your services can be developed to meet the needs of local people. Through experienced engagement and consultation professionals, we can provide you with the knowledge and insight to meet local challenges and national requirements. COntracting and procurement communications and engagement why us? We are a team of engagement experts with established networks of communities, including people who are ‘harder to reach’. We work with you to tailor our expert knowledge of these communities to create a dialogue that informs decision-making and helps your local populations to stay healthy. “The engagement team have worked closely with us to devise innovative and tailored ways to reach as many people as possible, and I believe it Transformation and service redesign has built confidence among patients that we will engage them in our plans in future.” – NHS South Kent Coast CCG 066. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement Our approach Our Services Insight, engagement and consultations What we offer We work with you to fulfill your aims and values around involving the local community in your work. Through engagement and consultation, we can provide you with the knowledge and insight to meet local challenges and national requirements. • • • Engage local people via variety of means from public events, focus groups, interviews, social media discussion forums, deliberative events, options appraisals, people panels and citizen juries Strategic advice and organisational support in planning legally robust, open processes which will allow clinicians, commissioners, partner organisations, patients, stakeholders and the public to take an active part in planning service change and reconfiguration. Demonstrate your sincerity by engaging effectively, allowing you to choose the best way to work with people and keep the dialogue fresh and effective PAtient INSIGHT communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Contact us • Identify, collate and analyse existing insight work across the health economy using expertise and specialist market research skills to produce user friendly and actionable outputs to inform decision making and planning • Use a range of feedback mechanisms including paper and online questionnaires, focus groups, face-to-face and telephone interviews, complaints, social media and patient stories • Support, guidance and mentoring to build skills and confidence in research, survey design and insight gathering PATIENTS IN CONTROL More patient-centric approaches to commissioning for improved self-care can improve patients ability to manage their own care more successfully and independently, reduce unnecessary/ inappropriate health service visits and improve the patient experience of living with their condition(s). • A one-stop shop of online resources to support clinicians, health care providers, commissioners and patients to support patients to manage their own health • Access a variety of tools for measuring shared decision making and self-management • Use incentives to enable commissioners and other interested parties to identify and use existing levers or mechanisms to encourage clinicians to adopt the Patient in Control agenda • A training toolkit and training workshops to increase commissioning capabilities and to support commissioners to consider the full breadth of services that can be commissioned to support individuals to better self-manage their conditions Find out more 067. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us communications and engagement Business Support Services creative and digital Business intelligence and informatics Overview clinical Services Using creative designs and the latest digital channels ensures you can reach wider and deeper into your communities. Employing current and new technologies combined with tried and tested communications and engagement methods will ensure you can engage with the widest range of audiences at the right time, in the right place. COntracting and procurement We can lead effective social marketing campaigns that are evidence based and achieve valuable results. We will cut out the need for an external agency, which means we can be more responsive and that offer competitive prices. why us? communications and engagement We find creative solutions to engage audiences from intranet/ extranets, websites and e-bulletins to marketing and campaigns. We work with you to deliver bespoke, high quality, eye-catching designs that reflect the values and brand of your organisation. “Fabulous job, looks really good, really impressed.” – Eastbourne, Hailsham & Seaford CCGs Transformation and service redesign 068. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services Our approach Our Services Contact us creative and digital What we offer • Development of websites, apps, intranets and extranets, video conferencing and blogs • Integration with social media channels, blogs Google maps and digital campaigns • Expert advice and strategies for using social media, including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and Yammer • Digital campaigns including email marketing, pay per click advertising and social media • Digital campaigns and advertising • • Analysis and monitoring of social media coverage and reach Feature-length and short web videos, using professional film equipment, editing suites, animation and photography • Brand development, marketing materials and reputation management for products • Agency-style service to provide graphic design and print of annual reports, posters, pop-up banners, supplements and brochures Websites, intranets, social media and apps COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign • Design effective and engaging public websites and staff intranets • Technical support, including training, regular software reviews and functionality spot checks • Regular search engine optimisation reviews and advice for creating new and refreshed content • Performance reporting using Google Analytics and search engine ranking • Development of mobile apps, interactive documents and training tool kits 069. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement transformation and service redesign Our Transformation and Service Redesign team delivers services following a consultancy approach based on our robust competency framework. We are available to support customers to identify, design and deliver transformational change for improved outcomes and better services, to improve population outcomes and deliver value for taxpayer money. We offer a whole system life cycle approach, running across all the services South East CSU offers, producing packages of support to suit each customer. > New models of commissioning Transformation and service redesign > Whole system integration > Service optimisation 070. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us transformation and service redesign Business Support Services New Models of Commissioning Business intelligence and informatics Overview clinical Services COntracting and procurement The NHS is introducing a range of new models of commissioning alongside existing ways of commissioning that are working well. We can support you to deliver programmes of whole system change across the health and social care system, in localities or wider geographic areas. We have strong credentials in the development and implementation of new and innovative approaches to commissioning and contracting for services. why us? We have a wealth of knowledge, experience and skills directly gained through working in the complex environment of the NHS. We have an in-depth understanding of the challenges facing local health and social care economies. Our team members are highly experienced in Commissioning services and Commissioning support. communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign 071. Our commitment Business Support Services Our approach Our Services New Models of Commissioning What we offer Whole systems transformational change Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services We can offer subject matter expertise and expert change management skills and knowledge to: • Identify, shape and deliver programmes of whole system change across health and social care in line with the most up to date models of care available. • Use proven approaches and methodologies to support system change and delivery. • Deliver programme life-cycle outcomes and transformation. System diagnostics and review COntracting and procurement communications and engagement To model and analyse commissioning and contracting models across health and social care systems and the impact on service delivery. We can offer: • Dependency mapping • Provider engagement • System design and delivery • Planning and forecasting • Benefits realisation. Strategic support To develop and align programmes for strategic vision and priorities to fit local and national requirements for health economies. We can offer: • Alignment of strategies across local and national partners. • Support in the development of implementation plans for single services or large scale transformation. Primary care co-commissioning • Activity modelling, • Population analysis, • Benchmarking health systems To support the three levels of primary care co-commissioning across CCGs and primary care. We can offer: • Data mapping • Analytic service • Governance design • Contracting option appraisals • Organisational development to enable collaboration and system change. Integrated care and joint commissioning Transformation and service redesign Contact us To support the development of integrated approaches to commissioning, contracting and delivery of services across health and social care. We can offer: 072. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement Our approach Our Services New Models of Commissioning What we offer Commissioning and contracting for outcomes Mental health commissioning To support in the development and delivery of outcomes based models of commissioning across health and social care. We can offer: To support improvement in population mental wellbeing and mental illness treatment and care. We can offer: • Outcomes design with engagement of patients and clinicians • Support and advice for capitated and value based approaches and provider delivery models. Development of contractual models to deliver outcomes. Transformation and service redesign • Development of commissioning intentions and related contractual service specifications • Performance frameworks and CQUIN • Development of business cases or case for change to facilitate optimal performance and improved values for money Multispeciality Community providers (MCPs) To support, develop and plan for integrated providers of out-ofhospital care. We can offer: New models of care • Organisational planning and design • Risk stratification and population segmentation To support and translate new models of care to customers and the wider health community in order to facilitate best practice delivery. We can offer: • Community and patient engagement • • Capitated contract design and implementation Identification of emerging national and international policy and delivery models for health and social care • Supporting the planning and analysis of functional fit across a region or locality. Primary and Acute care systems (PACS) communications and engagement Contact us To develop and deliver integrated community provision of some hospital and mental health services and include primary, community and social care where required. We can offer: Specialised services To support and deliver requirements of specialised services (such as Cancer Services) across regions to meet with local population requirements. We can offer: • Whole system integration approaches including shifting care requirements and development of new organisational forms • Population analysis • Analysis of specific metrics to assess and benchmark services • Risk stratification • • Developing approaches to remote and digital technology Stakeholder engagement to influence strategy and improve services • Development of quality assessment frameworks for CCGs to support quality standards. 073. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us transformation and service redesign Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Outcome Based Commissioning in Croydon CASE STUDY The Brief We also worked with commissioners in health and social care, this included: To support Croydon CCG and Croydon Council to develop a suitable outcomes based commissioning model for over 65s in Croydon. To utilise a projected capitated budget of £1.7bn across health and social care. Working in alliance with PwC, COBIC and Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co. • Aligning budgets, contracts and services • Working with the contracting and finance teams to understand all services commissioned in Croydon as part of developing the scope of services what we did • Understanding the number and types of contracts in place and their key features, current expenditure We have supported Croydon CCG and Croydon Council to reach agreement to appoint an alliance provider using a most capable provider model (MCP) for health and social care services for over 65s in Croydon. Our approach engaged with both patients and clinicians in order to help define outcomes, this included: • Reviewing existing outcomes including national outcomes - NHS Outcomes Framework, population level outcomes, service level, clinical, and Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs). • Engaging key stakeholders - service users/carer representatives, primary and secondary clinicians and providers - to develop high level outcomes. • Working with Business Intelligence and Public Health colleagues to identify appropriate quantitative and qualitative performance indicators. • Working with the contracting teams to understand the number and types of contracts and the elements that support outcomes “South East CSU provides strong support to our teams as we collaborate to improve outcomes for patients” – Croydon CCG d o r p t c je lea Frankie Lynch transformation and service redesign [email protected] 074. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us transformation and service redesign Business Support Services Whole System Integration Business intelligence and informatics Overview clinical Services Leading successful integration programmes can bring about major system transformation. We can support you to aggregate a range of services, ensuring that they collaborate and align to deliver a whole system change and bring alignment to add value to the health and social care system. We have subject matter experts who are focused on community and social care integration, experienced in working with Local Authorities in addition to Community Providers. why us? COntracting and procurement communications and engagement We have a large team of individuals passionate about change, whose track record of transforming services, people and processes has been established within and outside the NHS. Many of our team have undertaken large scale integration projects in complex environments where multiple stakeholders, cultural diversity and a reluctance to change have typically been the norm. Transformation and service redesign 075. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign Our approach Our Services Contact us whole system integration What we offer Service integration To enable full or partial service integration to meet the requirements of a population’s health and social care needs. We can offer: • Service redesign based on data modelling • Population prediction and existing pathways • Engagement of stakeholders to improve quality and interaction between providers • Design of systems and structures to enable service integration and programme management for effective implementation. Expert Modelling and analysis (intelligent client) To provide the advanced analytics required to model and analyse financial, activity and population information. We can offer: development of activity and financial models for a range of provider organisations Modelling and analysis of health and social care economies, including population, services and impact analysis Transformational change Digital health – technology enabled solutions To identify, shape and deliver change across health and social care. We can offer: To develop and lead approaches to using remote or digital technology. We can offer: • Subject matter expertise and expert change management skills and knowledge • Support in the use of new technologies and telemedicine to provide fast and effective access to clinical and specialist input for patients • Use of proven approaches and methodologies to support system change and delivery • • Design of digital systems to support the education or signposting of a population to support correct use of health and social care services. Delivery of programme life-cycle outcomes and transformation 076. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us transformation and service redesign Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement mental health service The Brief In spring 2012, proposals were made to develop a new acute mental health service model as part of the Kent and Medway Mental Health Strategy. It needed to focus on clinical effectiveness, safety and positive patient experience, quality of service and capacity. what we did CASE STUDY Options were developed through engagement events with service users, carers, voluntary organisations, GPs, mental health specialists and other clinicians, representatives of the public, including elected members of two councils, and Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee. This led to the approval of new pathways and commissioning of resources to support the model with a contract value of over £2 million. The model will be fully delivered in April 2015 when the final ward opens. We supported the eight Kent and Medway CCGs to consult and engage on the process and develop a model. Working with Public Health we undertook a bed sensitivity analysis and highlighted an unexpected increase in demand for beds. Using the latest research, national and international best practice and an analysis of local needs and current spend, we developed Innovative ways to increase capacity of the acute service. Transformation and service redesign 077. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics Our Services What we offer Stakeholder management and engagement Cross partner strategic facilitation and support To engage, manage and communicate with a range of stakeholders dependent upon specific services. We can offer: To support provider organisations approaching significant change that will impact the health and social care landscape in a locality or region. We can offer: • Engagement exercises with patients, clinicians, providers and other stakeholders such as the third sector Workshops, engagement events, launch events and campaigns to influence and improve services. Impact assessment COntracting and procurement To assess and formally examine the potential health effects of a proposed policy, program, or service re-design project. We can provide: • communications and engagement Contact us whole system integration • clinical Services Our approach Practical mechanism’s for collaborating with other partners in health and social care to address the determinants of health and to assess the risk to a particular health system. • Deep dive-analysis, • Stakeholder engagement • Organisational development • Collaboration events Health Innovation To share cross-cutting innovations from some of our partner organisations who work across the health system in some of the most advanced and innovative ways across health and wellbeing. We can offer access to a range of organisations who provide innovative design to key clinical areas and or innovative diagnostics. Transformation and service redesign 078. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us transformation and service redesign Business Support Services Service Optimisation Business intelligence and informatics Overview clinical Services COntracting and procurement The NHS requires a wide range of ongoing delivery advancements for improving the efficiency, productivity, human resources activity and value to the NHS. We can support you throughout the planning, commissioning and service delivery life-cycle to ensure that you can maximise efficiency and effectiveness for the services that you commission. These services run across acute, community and mental health care. why us? Our model of delivery allows staff to be deployed flexibly, working within a matrix management structure that is based on a strong professional development culture; this brings a rich skill mix to service delivery. We use an associate model where required this allows us additional expertise and knowledge base to drive success and value for our customers. communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign 079. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services Our approach Our Services Contact us Service Optimisation What we offer Pathway and service re-design or re-configuration To re-design care pathways in order to improve outcomes, quality and efficiency and the interaction between service providers and the population they serve. We can offer: • Benchmarking • Best practice analysis • Programme management • Stakeholder engagement • Service mapping. We can offer: • Data modelling and research • Population risk stratification • Forecast outturn planning • Health service mapping Economic and utilisation appraisal To deliver full provider utilisation and economic appraisal across community, hospital or mental health provider organisations. We can offer: • Health prevention strategies COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign To design and aid promotion of wellness campaigns linked to population profiles within a region or location analysing persistent inequalities in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy between communities and groups. We can offer: • Planning and analysis • Provider collaboration • Communication and engagement to enact healthy living changes Detailed utilisation reviews for service areas to determine effective use of service and analysis of activity projections or unmet need. Organisational Development To support delivery of improvements for patients using organisational development techniques to improve quality and service. We can offer: • Support to leaders and their staff to develop organisations to be fit for purpose to meet the needs of patients and service users Service planning and forecasting • Support and understanding of the organisational culture and its approach to governance and decision making To understand and map current and future state of services, including the activity undertaken, processes involved and pathways followed. • Support to lead and champion change at many different levels. 080. Our commitment Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services COntracting and procurement communications and engagement Our approach Our Services Contact us Service Optimisation What we offer Delivery improvement We can offer: To improve the mechanisms for delivering services and pathways across providers. We can offer: • Mobilisation of an on-boarding process as part of a business development pre-approval stage • Delivery of an off-boarding approach at service cessation to ensure effective service delivery on transfer • Formulation of negotiating strategies • Facilitating the latest policy improvements, or work on specific services areas such as Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC) or urgent care programmes Quality Improvement Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) To support at regional and local level to address the quality and productivity challenge that has been set of NHS organisations. We can offer support for the successful implementation and management of QIPP schemes to make efficiency savings. This includes: • QIPP design • Testing and benchmarking • Analysis of activity projections Programme and Project Management To provide high quality programme and project management support to full scale transformation programmes or smaller scale projects and services. We can offer: • Development of delivery plans • Governance arrangements • Risk management • Benefits tracking • Programme reporting • Advice and support through to provision of dedicated project and programmes managers On-boarding and off-boarding Transformation and service redesign To provide specific programme management related to the commencement or cessation of service delivery. 081. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us transformation and service redesign Business Support Services Business intelligence and informatics clinical Services on-boarding CASE STUDY The Brief We want to help you get the best value for money while making sure that you are commissioning high quality patient care. Our Financial Management and Planning teams help you to control your budgets with efficient and realistic plans, ensuring you meet your business objectives without compromising on service quality. We employ people who are passionate about achieving great patient care while supporting commissioners with their day-to-day financial targets. Whether it be planning, accounting, invoice management or cash management, our teams have the depth and breadth of knowledge and experience to support you. what we did COntracting and procurement With advice and analysis that supports effective decision-making across the spectrum of commissioned services, we can ensure your strategic and operational plans are financially sound and achievable. Our Accounting, Reporting and Control teams ensure that you meet your statutory requirements of keeping true and fair accounts with minimum disruption to your business. communications and engagement Transformation and service redesign o r p t c je d a le Frankie Lynch transformation and service redesign [email protected] 082. Our commitment Our approach Our Services Contact us South east commissioning support unit Contact us We provide support services to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), NHS England and health and care providers Our services range from finance and information governance through to acute contract management and health informatics. We support 28 CCGs across London and the south east, serving a population of 6.7 million. We have significant experience of working with clinical commissioners, clinical networks, IT support and primary and secondary care providers across multiple complex health economies. With over 1,000 skilled and dedicated staff we support you to improve outcomes for patients. working together 1 Lower Marsh Waterloo London SE1 7NT 020 30494444 www.southeastcsu.nhs.uk My ambition for SECSU is to build on the positive start made so far, where we deliver commissioning support services in a professional manner that customers value and want. Transforming care through service excellence