Coalition government health policy

**STOP PRESS** Documents you should read now!!

Commissioning fact sheet for CCGs - services to be commissioned by CCGs from April 2013
Developing clinical commissioning groups -see NHS Commissioning Board Resources for CCGs
Public Health England’s Operating Model (DH, December 2011)
NHS Operating Framework for 2012/13 (Read a Summary here)
Shared Operating Model for PCT Clusters (DH, 28 July 2011)
(Read the Briefing for CCGs written by your local NHS librarians)

Have you seen? - The Lancet UK Policy matters - Summaries of the impact of a range of UK government policies on health.

Health & Social Care Bill 19 January 2011
Health & Social Care Bill explained - Fact Sheets explaining particular topics contained in the Bill including key themes, case studies and FAQs
Follow the government's thinking around healthcare modernisation here http://healthandcare.dh.gov.uk/
Follow the Bill and track its progress through parliament
Interactive Health Bill timeline from GP Online (registration required)
Health Select Committee News
FAQs for the public
LInks to the NHS Commissioning Board Special Health Authority and NHS Commissioning Board Q&A
National Health Service Landscape Review (Jan 2011) - National Audit Office review of the new arrangements for the NHS proposed in the Health White Paper including NHS costs breakdown, diagramatic presentation of current and proposed structure and timelines and the Public Accounts Committee report on the landscape review.
Comment and analysis on the Bill from the Kings Fund
NHS reforms - a reading list from the Kings Fund
Commentary from the Nuffield Trust
Follow via the dedicated RCP webpage
Keep up to date through the Kings Fund page and Reading List (updated Jan 2012)

The Department of Health White Paper website
Health Select Committee report on NHS Commissioning
Analysis from the Kings Fund
A series of guidance notes for GPs from the BMA General Practitioners Committee
Opinion and analysis from a range of organisations
A summary of the main papers and some editorials from the Public Health Commisioning Network in the PHCN Newsletter August 2010

The Department of Health website
Transforming Public Health Bulletin - Updates from the Transition Managing Director for Public Health England (PHE)
From transition to transformation in public health: A resource to assist the transfer of public health to local authorities including Resource sheets, case studies and useful links compiled by the LGA and DH, Feb 2012
Public health system reform - Letter (21 June 2011) outlining the details of the changes to the public health system following the Government's detailed response to the NHS Future Forum report.
Timeline for developing Public Health England
Commons Select Committee inquiry into Public Health
BMJ Group resources - articles, discussions, opinion, blogs, BMJ Learning etc
Opinion , responses and analysis from the Faculty of Public Health, NHS Confederation

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Owner: Commissioning librarian. Last Updated: 06/08/2012