Five Year Forward View for Mental HealthThis independent report of the Mental Health Taskforce sets out a strategic approach to improving mental health outcomes across the health and care system, in partnership with the health arm’s length bodies. It prioritises prevention, access, integration, quality and a positive experience of care. Read more »
Waltham Forest CCG CQUINs in mental healthWaltham Forest Clinical Commissioning Group is focussing on a small number of Commissioning for Quality and Innovations (CQUINs) in mental health and using these to aid strategic direction and development. Read more »
Understanding Commissioning for ValueThis collection of videos and presentations published by NHS Right Care explain the principles of the Commissioning for Value programme. Read more »
Understanding Right CareThis collection of videos published by NHS Right Care explain the principles of the Right Care programme. Read more »
GPG1 Developing and updating local formulariesThis guidance, published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), provides good practice recommendations for the systems and processes needed to ensure NHS organisations develop and update local formularies effectively and in accordance with statutory requirements. Read more »
Key therapeutic topics – Medicines management options for local implementationThis document summarises the evidence-base on topics identified to support the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) medicines use and procurement work stream. Read more »
How mental illness loses out in the NHS?This report reveals that mental illness is now nearly a half of all ill health suffered by people under 65 and it is more disabling than most chronic physical disease. Read more »
Liaison psychiatry in the modern NHSThe report presents the findings of a study to identify how liaison psychiatry can most effectively contribute to the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) challenge of improving health outcomes and at the same time reduce health care costs. Read more »
Defining mental health services: promoting effective commissioning and supporting QIPPThis report published by the NHS Confederation suggests a range of definitions to describe what is meant by an inpatient bed to support commissioners and service providers in benchmarking and understanding patterns of performance. Read more »
The economic case for improving efficiency and quality in mental healthThis document, published by the Department of Health, outlines the opportunities to make value for money savings in delivering mental health services using the QIPP approach, and by promoting early intervention and prevention of mental health problems. Read more »
Mental health and the productivity challengeThis briefing paper, publsihed by The King’s Fund, asserts that there is scope for mental health services not only to improve their own productivity but also to support productivity improvements in other parts of the NHS. Read more »