Programmed for Improvement – Right Care in Healthcare Finance June 2013

“Analysing programme spend alongside outcomes could be the starting point for clinical commissioning groups keen to get the most out of investments”, writes Steve Brown. The article examines the use…

Acheiving Value in Health Systems – HFMA Right Care briefing out now

Our Matthew Cripps has authored this special briefing for the Health Finance Managers Association – Acheiving Value in Health Systems -  and describes how Right Care’s approach supports the delivery…

2011-12 programme budgeting PCT interactive benchmarking tool available

The tool contains detailed information on PCT expenditure by healthcare condition

Commissioning high-quality care for people with long-term conditions

This briefing warns that CCGs will need to prioritise collaborative discussion and service planning, and leave space for service review and decommissioning

Document of the Week (11th Feb): Getting value from COPD interventions

This HSJ article discusses how commissioners and clinicians can improve the value yielded by their respiratory programme budget by rebalancing investment in non-medical and medical interventions

Document of the Week (27th Aug): Commissioning for value – a reading list produced by Right Care

Essential reading list on the topic of commissioning for value in healthcare

2003-04 to 2010-11 programme budgeting data published

The Department of Health has launched a new version of the programme budgeting benchmarking tool on the same day as it published the latest programme budgeting data.

Programme budgeting: key tools and overview of the methodology

This NHS Networks page provides details and links to tools useful in programme budgeting

Document of the Week (21st May): A case study of an Integrating Pathway Hub (IPH) “Prime Contractor”

This case study identifies those elements that made a “prime contractor” approach work in Oldham, and has lessons for others

Document of the Week (14th May): Sharing commissioning experiences

Right Care Casebook Series volume 2, containing local examples of commissioning work