Catch On News
What now for the NHS? Where will the big drivers be?
I suppose if you are lucky enough to be in general practice in an area like NHS Redbridge you at least know that you are on the right track in terms of the future direction and development of care delivery in England. Here the focus of the PCT is exactly that: emphasis on developing access to care rather than simply health, rewarding transformation rather than incentivising status quo. After all access to quality care is what we the public seek. Health is about the state of our bodies and minds. If either of those areas starts to be problematic we need to seek access to care to understand how to rectify the problem and to be signposted to the most appropriate route to deal with our problem’ some of which might be action we need to take ourselves. The challenge we face is how we get the management of resources aligned with the care we seek to deliver. At least the Tories have recognised that the clinician has to be at the heart of this process; but as ever it is the future journey of discovery that will prove interesting for health professionals, clinicians and managers across the country.
Change, 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