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In its commissioning intentions, Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) states “No payment for newly prescribed tariff excluded drugs unless Provider can demonstrate compliance with NICE guidance or agreed local prescribing protocol”. We were tasked with developing a process that w...
This complex transformation involved the transfer of paediatric inpatient services from George Eliot Hospital (GEH) to University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW) and development of an innovative new children’s service model at GEH.
Working in partnership with Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), NHS Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit developed a training programme to help staff understand the issues and inequalities facing minority communities and encourage direct action to improve access to healt...
With a substantial Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community in Worcestershire, we worked in partnership with Worcestershire County Council and local health organisations to explore current engagement levels, with the aim of building links and improving health outcomes for this marginalised group.
We developed a bespoke training programme and toolkit to help CCGs gain the skills and the confidence to carry out EIAs that not only meet their duties under the Equality Act (2010), but help them deliver effective and appropriate services to their communities.
We provide expert qualitative, technical and financial support to Clinical Commissioning Groups across the country. When one service provider consistently failed against a national target, we successfully intervened on behalf of our client, resulting in improved performance and a better service f...
Working with the CCG, providers and local authority, NHS Arden & GEM CSU planned, managed and implemented a new integrated model of care, where patients are treated and assessed in a care home setting, instead of an acute hospital. The innovative Discharge to Assess (D2A) pilot demonstrated t...
NHS Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) began a process of scoping and analysis to ensure that valuable CCG resources were being utilised to support QIPP schemes that could make the biggest potential difference.
Working collaboratively with Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW), we have successfully implemented a consistent approach to the use of tariff-excluded high cost drugs, which is compliant with best practice and has delivere...
NHS Arden & GEM CSU has developed bespoke ‘deep dive’ packs, which bring together national tools and analysis with insight and local business intelligence to support service improvement.