Publications approval reference: 001559 Date: 26 March 2020 Revised arrangements for NHS contracting and payment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Appendix 1: Template statement for block payments [This template is for use by NHS England / CCGs to record the block payment approach with their NHS providers (NHS trusts and NHS foundation trust), which departs from […]
Responding to the Prime Minister’s statement on coronavirus (COVID-19) 31 October 2020, NHS Medical Director, Professor Stephen Powis, said: “Daily hospital COVID admissions are now higher than on 23 March when the Prime Minister announced the first national lockdown. “NHS doctors and nurses in many areas of England – including Liverpool, Lancashire and Nottinghamshire – […]
This document, previously known as a price activity matrix (PAM), is the technical specification of the indicative activity plan (IAP) reporting specification showing the individual data elements (fields), their format and lists of codes where these are not contained in standard data sources, for example, the NHS Data Model and Dictionary.
Proposed changes to the NHS payment system for next year are designed to help maintain tight financial discipline while promoting high-quality care for patients in tough economic conditions. Proposals set out by Monitor and NHS England for the 2015/16 national tariff would also encourage a speedier expansion of innovative patterns of care to meet the […]
Trusts across England saved £288 million in the last financial year by securing the best deals for commonly bought items, such as syringes, disposable gloves, loo roll and shoe covers. The money freed up can be reinvested into other services and equipment. Savings so far Trusts are able to compare how much their neighbours have […]
The Medicines Procurement and Supply Chain (MPSC), part of our Medicines Value and Access Directorate, establishes the commercial arrangements to enable the purchasing of medicines prescribed in NHS hospitals in England. Medicines framework agreements Working with a wide range of stakeholders, the MPSC manages a number of Medicines Framework agreements that define how we ensure […]
Commissioners are vital to bringing personalised care to life – but when starting to embed this in your contracts it can seem a large and daunting task. Former commissioner Amanda Hughes, Senior Finance, Contracts and Commissioning Manager for the Personalised Care Group at NHS England and Improvement, talked to us about what she’d focus on […]
NHS England’s Medicines Value and Access function (MVA) provides the commercial capabilities to enable the NHS in England to secure innovative treatments and the everyday medicines that people rely on, in a way that achieves value for taxpayers. What are our missions? To secure patient access to clinically effective treatments in a way that delivers […]
NHS England’s Head of Digital Primary Care discusses emerging issues around Information Governance within the Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund programme: The effective use of patient data is of critical importance to improving healthcare delivery, service redesign and medical research in the NHS. However, it is critical that we clearly define robust governance processes to give […]
The Policy Book for Primary Medical Services provides commissioners of GP services with the context, information and tools to commission and manage GP contracts. These are the annexes for the Police Incident Reporting – The Home Office Counting Rules section.