Commissioning Nurses making a world class difference

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Commissioning Nurses making a world class
difference

• Dame Catherine Elcoat, NHS East Midlands
• Mandy Ashton, NHS Leicester City
• Gill Collinson, NHS Derby City

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Aims of the session

• Hear how to develop world class commissioning for
  community health services
• Inform approaches to commissioning for across
  acute care, child health, older people, mental
  health and learning disabilities
• Make best use of public health information in
  future improvements for local populations
• Understand how to support local decision making,
  empowering staff to improve patient care
• Identify professional development needs to
  strengthen clinical leadership in commissioning
• Shape a national network for a sustainable
  approach to world class commissioning

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Spectrum of nursing portfolios

• Governance
• Clinical leadership
• Performance
• Innovation
• Health standards
• Quality development
• Corporate services
• Patient safety

• Professional leadership
• Clinical development
• Estates and ICT
• Strategy
• Commissioning
• Engagement
• HR, Workforce and OD

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What needs to happen to engage clinicians?

• New language for commissioning i.e. WCC is about
  designing services to improve health and quality
  for patients
• Whole system approach to Professional Leadership
• Career opportunities in commissioning
  organisations
• Skills sets in service design and health and
  wellbeing, leadership and influencing skills
• Incentives for involvement in commissioning and
  PBC
• Incentives for engaging in service improvement
  and best value
• Effective support across health economies e.g.
  service redesign boards

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Our experiences

• Multi professional learning organisation
• Looked after children
• Quality Schedules
• Prison Healthcare

• Creating a community dialogue
• Clinical leadership and engagement
• Developing service specifications
• Patient safety agenda

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Sharing our experiences and challenges of
commissioning

• What are your experiences and challenges?
• What developments are you taking forward?

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The future

• What is the unique contribution that nurses and
  AHPs bring to the commissioning table?
• How will we know we have made a difference?
• What added value could a forum offer?