12.06.13
RCP provides new commissioning resource
A new Clinical Commissioning Hub has been launched by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) to support commissioners in their care planning.
The online resource includes an overview of the new health service structure in England, how and why secondary care doctors should get involved in the new commissioning bodies, how to include the patient experience and education and training in commissioning decisions.
It also provides information and links to NICE quality standards, and accreditation services, any available specialty specific commissioning guidance and recommendations from the National Clinical Guideline Centre.
Dr Linda Patterson, RCP clinical vice-president, said: “The RCP sets, measures and evaluates quality standards in clinical care and we believe our information should be widely available to support high quality clinical commissioning. For example, our stroke programme includes clinical guidelines for high quality treatment of stroke, and audits that measure how hospitals are performing against those guidelines. By bringing this kind of information together in one place we can support high quality decision-making in commissioning.”
Dr Patrick Cadigan, RCP registrar, said: “The new clinical commissioning hub will showcase not only the RCP’s work to support high quality health care, but will also provide links to guidelines and other useful information from other bodies such as the specialty societies, the National Clinical Guideline Centre and NICE that are equally relevant to our specialties and the provision of high quality care.”
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