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Most advanced clinical commissioning group
The most coveted award, the winner will be a consortium that has effected real change among local GPs, seriously tackled the local NHS service provision and achieved solid results on a large scale.
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Best integrated care model
The health bill is emphatic that GP commissioners must work with secondary care, local authorities and other partners, such as the third sector, to deliver a world-class health service. Numerous examples exist of consortia that have achieved results by involving others in their commissioning pathways, be it consultants or other partners, to deliver real quality for patients
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Best outcomes-focused redesign NEW
A new category for 2011, this award will recognise those consortia that set out with a clear vision that they have seen through to deliver real outcomes. That may be better clinical results for patients, a reduction in waiting lists, more convenient services closer to patients or big cost savings. The health bill is very clear that delivering outcomes – rather than simply redesigning services – will be the measure of consortia success. The winner will illustrate the outcomes they set, obstacles they had to overcome in the redesign process and systems they implemented to measure if the outcomes were met.
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Best patient/public-involvement/engagement NEW
Another new category for 2011, this award builds on the previous very popular Improving Services for Patients category. Consortia are keen to work with patients and judges will be looking for commissioning examples that have patients at the heart of what they do. The entry could be a unique model of governance where the consortium has patients on its executive board, or a single pathway that has connected with patients in a positive and unique way.
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Best care closer to home initiative NEW
The pressure to shift services out of hospital has never been greater. This award will highlight the innovative and the brave. Entries could range from a virtual ward using telehealth devices or a new one-stop gynaecology service running from a GP practice.
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Consortium manager of the year NEW
Behind every great consortium, there’s a great manager. Some entrants may already have worked for the GP commissioning group for a number of years, while others will have recently moved from PCTs where they had built up a good working relationship with local GPs. This reward will recognise the significant role consortia managers have to play in the success of commissioning in the years ahead.
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Best GP provider NEW
A number of GPs are already providing services to their local consortia, either as individuals or as part of a GP-led provider organisation. This award will recognise the contribution such providers, with their unique patient and local knowledge, make to the NHS family.
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Best respiratory initiative
COPD costs the NHS £2 billion a year and will quickly become a target area for commissioning consortia. Variations in the quality of asthma care will also be tackled by GP commissioning as peer review starts to take shape. This award will be open to respiratory redesigns or work done by consortia to change the clinical behaviour of GPs for the benefit of patients.
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Best efficiency innovation NEW
If the NHS is to survive, it must become more efficient. This award will reward consortia that have already started to make efficiency savings, be it the sharing of back-office functions, reduced referrals, more rational prescribing, or a new innovative pathway – for example, group consultations or earlier intervention avert the need for expensive care later.
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Best use of data NEW
The importance of quality data for GP commissioners cannot be understated. This award will reward consortia that have effectively used data to inform commissioning decisions that have resulted in good outcomes for patients.
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Jennifer Knight, Events Co-ordinator
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7921 8359
Email: jennifer.knight@ubm.com
