1. PCTs & THE COMMISSIONING CHALLENGE
GMCVO
Health & Infrastructure Workshop
13th September 2007
PCTs & THE COMMISSIONING CHALLENGE

2. KEY POINTS The work of the Association
The commissioning challenge to PCTs
Meeting the Challenge
The role of the Voluntary Sector

3. The Association Established in 2004 & unique! 10 Primary Care Trusts
Coterminous with AGMA
An ethos of collaboration
Key objectives
To support PCTs in sharing information and good practice
To provide a focus for the development and reporting of joint work across the PCTs and reducing unnecessary duplication of effort
To provide a properly constituted forum for issues where PCTs consider it beneficial to their own objectives to have a collective decision of the PCTS of Greater Manchester in the spirit of mutuality, or to address issues necessitating formal agreement by the PCTs of Greater Manchester

4. The commissioning challenge to PCTs

5. THE AIM…..
Animate

6. Understanding Service Needs Understanding the Market
THE CHALLENGE……
Understanding Service Needs
Involving service users
Understanding the Market
Identifying ALL potential providers
Involving providers in service design
Rethinking commissioning & procurement processes
Commissioning for Health & Well Being
Commission the whole pathway
Personalised Care
Prevention

7. THE ROLE OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR
Providing diversity in the supply base
Effective advocacy and engagement to inform needs assessment and commissioning specifications
Providing earlier intervention to support prevention
Clarifying the offer
Becoming ‘procurement ready’

8. The Association & GMCVO
To embed voluntary/third sector service provision into the Greater Manchester health agenda and ensure the commissioning process is informed from a voluntary sector perspective.