Information needs of commissioners

Anne GrayStrategic Change Directorate

NHS Milton Keynes

Evidence support for commissioning…

www.qualitymk.nhs.uk/knowledge_zone.htm

– What evidence is there about….?– What’s new?– You should know about this…

What’s changed? (H&SC bill/ Public Health white paper)– NHS reorganisation /Job security – Systems and processes

What evidence is there about….?• How is this done elsewhere?

– Service specifications, business cases and models already in use

– Benchmarking, KPIs, outcomes– Commissioning support resources (NICE, Royal Colleges,

professional organisations)• Will it work here?

– Summaries of evidence/ impact analysis– Case finding studies

• Key topics– Hot Topics – resource collections on current topics– www.qualitymk.nhs.uk/hot_topics.htm

References are not enough

• Attend the meetings and talk to people

• Understand the significance of particular pieces of research / reports / case studies / tools

• Highlight relevant sections

• Summarise if possible

What’s new?– Resources you should know about

• Knowledge@lerts for Commissioners – fortnightly email bulletin to commissioning staff & others

• FYI – emails to individuals/teams

• GP Briefing – supporting local CCG development

• Bulletins for key teams

– I need to keep up to date with….• Key alerting services brought together on Quality

MK website

Commissioning Handbook for Librarianshttp://commissioning.pbworks.com/

• A live, collaborative, wiki based initiative developed by information professionals across NHS England

• Organised to reflects the stages of the commissioning cycle

• Section on Information needs of commissioners• “Ask an Expert” – PCC initiative including LIS input –

putting library services up there with other commissioning support services

The need for clarity in evidence based commissioning. HSJ 26 May 2011 p23-25

“Using evidence is not an open and shut case. Producing evidence to aid commissioning is not enough”