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Tackling demand together
The DH have published a toolkit for improving urgent and emergency care pathways by understanding increases in 999 demand. PCTs can use this to inform their commissioning plans for ambulance services and identify areas for action in urgent care.
Tackling rising demand for services can seem like a daunting task. This toolkit helps to break demand down into factors and create manageable workplans to address them and achieve real local change, in line with QIPP – Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention.
It contains examples from practices and PCTs that may help you as you formulate plans for dealing with increasing demand for emergency care in your area.
moreChange, Consultancy and the NHS
Christine O’Connor
Whilst travelling the other day, I decided to read a book on organisational change and the hundred day challenge. Before I opened the book I glanced at the back cover where it read: ‘We don’t make tough calls. We try to accomplish far too much, spread our resources way too thin, and then wonder, why everything moves forwards at a snail’s pace.’
moreChanging the local PBC dynamic
A year ago our PBC group had a realisation that things couldn't continue without there being some big changes made. I had just taken over as chair and things came to a bit of a head when the PBC manager left shortly afterwards. Employed by the PCT but working in a GP environment, she was inevitably caught in the middle of different agendas.
I held an awayday for all the GP members shortly after I took over as chair. We thought about what our aspirations were for PBC and I fed back to the then-PCT chief executive that we felt PBC had to be a bigger deal for the PCT and much more about commissioning in the round rather than smaller schemes. The chief executive listened, agreed with where we were coming from and asked what we wanted.
moreCatch On Group Appointed by DH
Hampshire, UK, 28th November 2008 - Catch On Group has been successfully appointedby the Department of Health to support the development of practice based commissioning (PBC) across England.
On hearing the news, Chief Executive, Christine O'Connor said; "Catch On are delighted to have been one of the five organisation