CCG Knowledge @lert for Monday 22nd June

June 22, 2015 CCG

Winner of 10 year primary care support contract – Health Service Journal
Capita has been announced this morning as the preferred bidder for a national contract to provide back office support services for primary care. The outsource firm’s bid was supported by Anglian Community Enterprise – a social enterprise providing community services in north east Essex. An NHS England spokeswoman described ACE as a “subcontractor” to Capita.

CCGs choose not to use power to ditch QOF – Health Service Journal
There is a little appetite among clinical commissioning groups to move their member practices off the national GP pay for performance framework, despite recently being given powers to do so. CCGs that took control of their primary care budgets in April, under delegated commissioning arrangements with NHS England, are permitted to replace the national quality and outcomes framework for GPs with a “locally designed incentive scheme”. However, they have overwhelmingly chosen not to do so.

Hunt’s deal for doctors forces primary care to be top priority – Health Service Journal
It remains to be seen if Jeremy Hunt’s plan will be the news all GPs want to hear but it has fixed primary care reform to the top of the list of priorities for the NHS.   If a GP from 1948 could be transported to 2015 they would find that, while clinical practice has evolved dramatically in the intervening decades, the ownership and business model remain largely the same in many places.  If Simon Stevens and Jeremy Hunt get their way, this will change over the next five years.

Can wound dressings prevent surgical site infection? – Nursing Times
There is not enough evidence to suggest that wound dressings prevent surgical site infections in post-operative wounds healing by primary intention.

RCN report shows immigration rules ‘will cause chaos’ and cost the NHS millions – Royal College of Nursing
The RCN has released new research revealing that changes to immigration rules will risk intensifying the severe shortage of nurses in the UK.

Invest in expert nurses to make seven day care a reality – Royal College of Nursing
The RCN has today warned expert nurse posts have been disproportionately lost in recent years, putting Government plans for 7 day care at risk.

Partnership working
The NHS Confederation has published NHS Partners Network 15 Years of Concordat: reflection and renewal. This report explores how redefining the current partnership between the NHS and the independent sector in England could contribute to developing new models of care and act as a catalyst for transformation to support future NHS sustainability.

Patient experience data
Membership Engagement Services in collaboration withInHealth Associateshas published Making Sense andMaking Use of Patient ExperienceData. Thereport considers the use of patient experience data by trusts including what’s being collected, how and why, and how the results are being used to improve services. The report notes the dedication of patient experience teams, but says the sheer volume of corporate data and other pressures on them are limiting their ability to put the information to work.

Staff survey comparison tool
NHS Employers has published The Staff Survey Comparison Tool which allows NHS organisations to use data from the staff survey and national patient survey to assess their relative scores on key issues against other NHS organisations and areas.  It compares scores across a range of indicators and should complement information from the staff survey provider and data provided on the NHS Staff Survey website.

NICE consultations
NICE has published the following consultations:

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