Benefits and Case for Investment

Northern Echo 29 Dec 2008

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Tue, 01/13/2009 - 22:30

Northern Echo also picked up on this - an excellent outcome for Easington patients

Practical Commissioning Magazine December 2008 edition

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Tue, 01/13/2009 - 22:17

PULSE Practical Commissioning Dec08 p21PULSE Practical Commissioning Dec08 p22PULSE Practical Commissioning Dec08 p23

3 scanned pages from Practical Commissioning (part of the PULSE group of publications)

Commissioning Innovation

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 17:00

I recently co-hosted a workshop bringing commissioners (mostly local authority and health) together with third sector (charity) providers to help each side understand how the other works.
The results were explosive!
The workshop demonstrated just how much . . . . .

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IES talk - Business Cases for Public Good

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Wed, 10/08/2008 - 13:59

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IES (Institute for Employment Studies) does groundbreaking research into the impact of employment practice on delivery of effective public services, amongst other things (for a fuller explanation see their web site).
They run fortnightly lunchtime seminars on relevant issues and Tues 8 Oct 08 was the inaugural seminar for this academic year.
Minney.org presented on how to prepare and deliver a business case for public and statutory funding, illustrating some of the difficulties of assembling evidence, and of introducing new roles.

Practice-Based Commissioning - engaging GPs and the public

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Wed, 10/08/2008 - 11:47

the problem PCTs have a requirement to get GP practices engaged with the commissioning process, for two reasons:

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BME Network development

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Sun, 10/05/2008 - 21:53

Mental health, or the empowering or disempowering of people in their homes; with their family, friends and co-workers; in their communities; and in the country they live in could be one of the biggest causes of ill health. It's said that the constant exposure to air-brushed beauties in magazines and impossibly perfect people in our soap opera "true to life" stories on Television causes people to be dissatisfied with their partners and dissatisfied with their lives.

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Passionate about - the Benefits Approach

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Mon, 09/29/2008 - 08:16

I met some old college friends over the weekend, and realised the contrast between those following their passion, and those who'd accidentally ended up where they were. It made me wonder "am I following my dream?"
I'm passionate about the benefits work I do because i believe that it can make a difference.

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"10 High Impact Changes for Service Improvement and Delivery" - NHS Modernisation Agency

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Fri, 09/19/2008 - 22:19

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"10 High Impact Changes" presaged the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement style of publications - documents written to be accessible and useable for the NHS at large and the public, which gave shortcuts to the achievement of service improvement. It was naturally followed by a whole spate of spin-off documents - "10 High Impact Changes for Primary Care", "10 High Impact Changes in Mental Health", etc

Gaining Clinical Engagement for Change

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 21:48

The people who deliver care to patients are clinicians, so to create change we (service improvers) need to engage. Clinicians often know the problems, and with the right help will both develop solutions and implement them. Facilitated session supporting clinicians to talk about the engagement they require.

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The 10 Commandments in Professional Services (1-5)

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 21:56

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Two greatest commandsThe Ten Commandments apply just as firmly in each aspect of our daily life as they apply to the whole of our lives.  I'm a management consultant, and on this page I explain how the first five of the Ten Commandments apply to management consulting and professional services.

Getting GPs involved in Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG)

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 23:26

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Life in the YearsMost healthcare providers, in UK the same as everywhere else, get paid for each activity they do.  If someone needs care, they get paid.  If someone is well, they don’t.  So there isn’t much incentive (for the healthcare provider) to keep people well, even though it is much better for the person, much better for the nation, and much lower cost.  Minney.org Ltd is working with one CCG to generate enthusiasm and involvement, and the results are fairly successful….

Clinical Commissioning Groups and the NHS

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 16:34

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Commissioning Innovation

As we race forwards into clinical commissioning, there are lessons to be learnt from other people.  The latest book “The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care” by Christensen, Grossman and Hwang points to some things we need to take account of. It makes good reading . . .

Getting GPs involved in GP Commissioning

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Mon, 01/09/2012 - 23:07

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Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG)GPs know the most about the patients registered with them, and have the biggest incentives to innovate and to commission better services. So why aren't they embracing Clinical Commissioning and using it to improve healthcare right across the country?

It could be any of a number of reasons, and we believe it's about understanding.  What's more, with our experience of doing exactly this (supporting GPs to get engaged), we can demonstrate how we've made a difference, and how it could work for other CCGs.

The Politics of CCGs

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 11:43

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Clinical Commissioning

Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG), the organisations that will commission  healthcare for nearly 60million people across England at a value of around £70billion, are beginning to take shape.

They come in essentially three types, and if you want to supply healthcare to these CCGs, even if you are an established provider of healthcare, you need to understand what you are dealing with

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