Training: using health intelligence to make better commissioning decisions Spring 2012

This two and a half day programme was aimed at commissioners of NHS services within Yorkshire and the Humber, particularly those likely to be based in CCG’s and CSS’s. It aimed to help them understand what Health Intelligence data sources and tools are available and how they can be used to support them in making better evidence-based decisions. The course is managed by YHPHO and delivery is shared with local experts from PCTs and the SHA.

Course materials

28 March 2012
Workshop 1: overview and basics

Presentations

• Welcome
• How the programme fits with other transition initiatives
• Why do we need data and evidence?
• Health intelligence basics
• Case study unplanned care QIPP packs
• Wrap-up

Additional resources

• ERPHO training videos on understanding significance, funnel plots and spine charts
• APHO Technical Briefings on lifestyle data (1), prevalence modelling (7 and 8), statistics and their confidence intervals (3) and statistical process control (2)

25 April 2012
Workshop 2: Understanding local population health needs and the extent to which services are meeting them

Presentations

• Welcome
• How healthy is my population?
• Health economics basics
• NHS Right Care Programme: businesss processing engineering
• Wrap-up

Useful links - health inequalities

• YHPHO health inequalities theme page
• YHPHO Slope Index methodology
• NWPHO - Alcohol-attributable fractions for England report
• The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care - Statistics on smoking: England 2011 See appendix B (page 108) estimating smoking-attributable deaths and hospital admissions

Useful links - JSNA

• Conference 17th May 2012 - Can your JSNA pass the Marmot test? details and booking form
• YHPHO Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) theme page
• YHPHO By place page - tools, data and publications relevant to locations in Yorkshire and the Humber
• Health Profiles and Local Health www.healthprofiles.info

Useful links - health economics

• YHPHO Health Economics theme page
• YHPHO Programme Budgeting
• YHPHO Spend and Outcomes tool (SPOT) and factsheets - this tool helps commissioners to link health outcomes and expenditure.
• NHS Information Centre Health Investment Packs - These packs help PCTs review health investment at a programme level. A pack was produced for all PCTs in England. View your Health Investment Pack
• Department of Health Programme Budgeting and Marginal Analysis (PBMA) - links to programme budgeting tools and data. Enables analysis of spend along a pathway e.g. CVD
• NHS Right Care Programme NHS Atlas of Variation- identify variation and take action to reduce unwarranted variation (available as a PDF or online via InstantAtlas).

Additional resources

• Department of Health Risk prediction tools
• APHO Technical Briefing 5: Geodemographic segmentation
• YHPHO Insight and social marketing
• YHPHO General Practice Classification Groups
• YHPHO summary Population weightings

22 May 2012
Workshop 3: Making changes to your local health system and measuring the impact

Presentations

• Welcome
• Competition in healthcare and market assessment
• Good indicators, measuring progress and setting targets
• Contracting and performance: are my providers delivering what they agreed?
• Patient experience and PROMS
• Workshop 3: bringing it all together

Useful links – indicators and target setting

• APHO Good Indicators Guide
• APHO Technical Briefing 4: target-setting

Useful links – patient experience and PROMs

• YHQO Patient Experience and PROMs

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