WLCCG have made funds available, through KCSC, to help the voluntary and community sector transform their organisations so they are in the best position to win contracts to deliver services.
Changes taking place include:
• Creating a single body, to commission the delivery of health services, all working to an agreed set of outcomes
• The development of Accountable Care Partnerships
• Further integration of health and care services
Health and care transformation event
This event will:
- bring you up-do-date with all the relevant changes
- help you to think about how these changes will impact on your services and your funding
- help us find out how we can support any organisational change
Who should attend?
Voluntary organisations that deliver services that contribute towards a person's health and well-being whether currently funded by the NHS or Local Authority or not.
To book a place; visit https://www.kcsc.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=2237
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Please read below for more Health Information about the Transformation Agenda
STPs Explained – Guidance from the Kings Fund
NHS Transformation Plans – Attempts to close the Funding Gap – Nuffield Trust
Accountable Care Partnerships (ACPs)
The concept behind an ACP is that a group of providers agree to work together to deliver care for a defined population by forming an ACP. They will be collectively responsible for commissioning services to deliver against a set of outcomes, designed by the ACP. Providers will work under a single contract with a single pooled budget to take joint responsibility for delivering services.
The NHS needs to put in place new ways of commissioning and paying for care. This includes longer term, outcomes-based contracts and the use of budgets that cover the health care needs of a defined population (‘capitated budgets’) rather than payment according to the number of patients seen or treated (‘payment by results’). Commissioning needs to be integrated to facilitate the development of integrated models of care.
In North West London the ACP framework is being developed for the CWHHE area which covers Central London, West London, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hounslow and Ealing CCGs (see our diagramme in Issue 1), and will build on the Whole Systems model. The approach will be 'One System, One Budget, Better Outcomes'.
ACPs are beginning to form most actively in Brent, Hillingdon and Tri-Borough CCGs. A contracting approach to support ACP formation was embedded in the 16/17 contracting round, centring on open discussions, commissioning for outcomes, two-year contracts, financial stability, and jointly shared incentive payments.
CWHHE Principles for ACPs
Built around the registered population
- Outcomes based commissioning
- Commissioned to deliver outcomes with contracts of at least 10 years in length
- Inclusive of the functions most necessary to deliver those outcomes
- Accountable for end-to-end care of the population
- Functioning at a large scale, sufficient to hold clinical and financial accountability for a population
- Making decisions on resource allocation and performance with the organisation/partnership
- Embedding service users in decision-making and governance
ACPs will be fully explained at the event on 27th October. You can also find a brief explanation on ACPs here
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