World Class Commissioning 2009

From assurance to delivery

17 March 2009

Venue: Holiday Inn Bloomsbury

Speaker:

Overview:

HFMA are pleased to present this World Class Commissioning conference in association with the NHS Alliance.

This comprehensive one day conference will provide a unique opportunity for NHS professionals to think about what world class commissioning means to commissioners, where PBC fits, to learn from practical sessions and examples of best practice to enable their PCT and health community to become ‘world class’.

We are pleased to announce that Andrew Lansley, the Shadow Secretary of State for Health, has accepted our invitation to give the Closing Address.

 Other speakers include:

Dr Michael Dixon, Chair NHS Alliance Mark Britnell, Director General of Commissioning & System Management, DH Sir Muir Gray, Chief Knowledge Officer of the NHS Tim Riley, Chief Executive, Tameside and Glossop PCT

 Peter Brambleby, Director of Public Health, NHS North Yorkshire and York and North Yorkshire Council

A full programme to follow shortly

 

Agenda:

• 17/03/2009
  • 9:15 AM

    • Registration and Coffee

  • 9:45 AM

    • Welcome

      Dr Michael Dixon, Chair, NHS Alliance

  • 9:50 AM

    • World Class Commissioning - one year on - what have we learned?

      Mike Farrar CBE, Chief Executive, NHS Northwest

  • 10:20 AM

    • Where does Knowledge Management Sit Within a World Class Commissioned NHS?

      Sir Muir Gray, Chief Knowledge Officer pf the NHS

  • 10:50 AM

    • World Class Commissioning in a cold climate - is the market place a help or hindrance?

      Dr David Jenner, PBC Lead NHS Alliance and John Barnes, Chair East Sussex Downs & Weald PCT

  • 11:15 AM

    • Coffee

  • 11:45 AM

    • Sub-Plenary Session 1 (A)

      World Class Commissioning – Reflections from a PCT CEO
      The assurance process and the outcomes so far – what it was like for me
      Tim Riley, Chief Executive, Tameside and Glossop PCT

    • Sub-Plenary Session 1 (B)

      WCC – Practice Based Commissioning and Clinical Leadership
      This session will explore the place of Practice Based Commissioning within a World Class Commissioned NHS and the
      importance of clinical leadership. It will highlight the importance of PCTs and PBCers working together, their
      respective contribution and some of the challenges if they are to be truly 'on the road to becoming world class'.
      Julie Wood, National Director PBC Federation, NHS Alliance

    • Sub-Plenary Session 1 (C)

      WCC Competency – becoming world class in prioritising investment
      Prioritising of investment is not only a competency in its own right but it draws on many of the others, such as
      leadership, public and clinical engagement and use of data. This session will explore the opportunities that
      “programme budgeting and marginal analysis” offers as a WCC competency, in theory and in practice.
      Peter Brambleby, Director of Public Health, NHS North Yorkshire and York and North Yorkshire County Council

    • Sub-Plenary Session 1 (D)

      WCC – Saving a Million Years of Life
      East Lancashire PCT has been highly commended for their entry at the recent HSJ Awards. This PCT stresses an
      understanding of the local health experience down to ward level, mapping existing services and identifying actions to
      address the causes of ill health. Infrastructure has been strengthened to build capacity and improve health through
      leadership and partnership. This session will give participants the opportunity to hear about how they have adopted
      the WCC framework of vital signs, competences and governance to deliver its vision to Save a Million Years of Life by
      2011.
      Cath Galaska, Director of Strategic Commissioning, East Lancashire PCT

  • 12:45 PM

    • Lunch

  • 1:45 PM

    • Sub-Plenary Session 2 (E)

      Practiced Based Commissioning in Action
      This session will explore examples of World Class clinical engagement through PBC.
      Andy Evans, Chief Executive, Waveney Practice Based Commissioning

    • Sub-Plenary Session 2 (F)

      What World Class Commissioning means to Finance
      An essential update on the progress being made in the key elements of the WCC programme will be provided, and
      through practical case studies the benefits of WCC and the key challenges for NHS finance professionals will be
      examined.
      Gill Scoular, Director of Finance, Northamptonshire PCT

    • Sub-Plenary Session 2 (G)

      Tackling Health Needs – Improving health and well-being
      Tower Hamlets PCT – winners of the World Class Commissioning category at the HSJ Awards
      A detailed three year commissioning plan was at the heart of a strategy to tackle health needs in the fourth most
      deprived borough in the country. The judging panel commented on the “superb demonstration of a committed and
      dynamic partnership across the whole system, tackling health inequalities to transform outcomes for deprived
      communities”. This session will demonstrate how the implementation of the strategy has been underpinned by a
      detailed three year comm
      Jane Milligan, Interim Director of PC Commissioning, Tower Hamlets PCT
      Somen Banejee, Associate Director of Public Health, Tower Hamlets PCT
      Esther Trenchard-Mabere, Associate Director of Public Health, Tower Hamlets

    • Sub-Plenary Session 2 (H)

      WCC Competency – Engagement with the Public and Patients
      This session will explore the world class commissioning competency in relation to patient and public engagement
      and will outline our experience in building meaningful engagement with patients to help them improve their health.
      David Cockayne, Director, Humana London

  • 2:45 PM

    • Break

  • 3:00 PM

    • Closing Address

      Andrew Lansley, CBE MP
      Shadow Secretary of State for Health - confirmed

  • 3:45 PM

    • Closing remarks by the Chair

Rates:

Standard Online Rate:	£339.00
Partner Online Rate:	£269.00