Introduction to clinical commissioning and prioritisation

Question 1

what is commissioning?

Answer 1

what are the needs of the population and do we have the correct services to meet these needs?
contiinual process of planning, agreeing and monitoring services

Question 2

what are services commissioned by

Answer 2

• local authorities
• integrated commissioning board locally
• NHS England on a local, regional and national basis

Question 3

resource allication by ICBs

Answer 3

• ICBs recieve funding directly form NHS england
• NHS England then ensure fair distribution
• ICBs plan and buy services rom organisations which provide patient care (GP, hospitals, metal health trusts)

Question 4

what is the commissioning cycle

Answer 4

Question 5

why is health economics important

Answer 5

• doctors **assess benefits **of healthcare and make clinical decisions that determine how **resources are allocated **
• makes underlying values in resource allocation explicit
• relies on and contributes to evidence used by clinicians

Question 6

priorities forum roles and responsibilities

Answer 6

• guidelines to help ICBs to allocate their recsources to promote heath and prevent disease in local community
• advise commisioners which interventions and polocies should be give high or low priorities
• develop ethical framework to make fair and consisitant decisions
• assess healthcare needs according to their capacity to benefit from healthcare

Question 7

individual funding request

Answer 7

• it is hard to anticipate every new condition and treatment so there needs to be