fairer contracting personalising services in brighton & hove
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Fairer Contracting Personalising Services in Brighton & Hove. Context. History of good partnership working with providers and local (commissioning only) PCT Key drivers for change: Outdated contractual arrangements in Council and no formal arrangements in PCT Variable cost to purchasers - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Fairer ContractingPersonalising Services in
Brighton & Hove
Context
• History of good partnership working with providers and local (commissioning only) PCT
• Key drivers for change:• Outdated contractual arrangements in Council and
no formal arrangements in PCT• Variable cost to purchasers • Concerns re clinical quality in nursing homes• Lack of coherent information available to the
public on cost and quality issues
Initial Steps
• Agreement between Council and PCT to joint contractual arrangements
• Sign up from politicians
• Engagement with CSCI
• Winter 2007- 8 Active engagement with providers on tying quality to cost
• Recruitment of Quality Review Nurse
Process
• Consideration of contract models and negotiation on Specification
• Agreed set rates - with incentives• Developed user friendly web based
information for public and professionals• Sign up from providers to Preferred
Provider list• Implementation of Fairer Contracting April
2009
Rating comparisons
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Apr-09 8 2 18 30 7
Aug-09 4 1 15 39 6
Challenges
• Future partnerships with the NHS:• Introduction of NHS contracts - where does
this leave use of Local Authority contracts? • NHS use of Procurement Hub• Uncertainty with future role of CQC/QRN
• Balance of block and framework agreements: • Choice versus security• Future market development - role for the
statutory sector commissioners, hard commissioning or soft influencing?