Tools
These tools were developed and published prior to the publication of the Government’s white paper, Equity and Excellence.
| Tool | Aim | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draft commissioning guidance | The tool sets out the various different sections of a commissioning specification for PCTs commissioning a polyclinic hub. | September 2008 | Describes the ethos of a polyclinic so that potential providers understand how they would be expected to work within this new model of care. |
| Project planning framework | A practical guide to help PCTs in the project management aspect of implementing a new polysystem. | September 2008 | A practical guide to help PCTs in the project management aspect of implementing a new polysystem. |
| Polyclinics communications toolkit | A practical tool for PCTs to use when communicating messages about polyclinics locally. | February 2009 | Provides examples of innovative ways to promote this new service model that will appeal to different sections of the population. |
| Commissioning pharmacy services | A step by step guide to the commissioning of pharmacy services within a polysystem. | March 2009 | Provides PCTs with knowledge and tools to be able to provide pharmacy services within polysystem |
| Procurement and contracting guidance for clinical commissioners | A short reference guide detailing the different options PCTs have for procurement. | June 2009 | Guidance for clinical commissioners unused to contracting and procurement |
| Super contract and guidance | Draft super contract template to allow PCTs to deliver integrated working from multiple providers | June 2009 | Provides PCTs with knowledge of how to utilise a super contract to govern existing contracts within the new framework of a polyclinic and how to still be able to achieve the outcomes of a polyclinic |
| Polyclinics consumerism toolkit: “Focusing on the person in the patient – Changing Healthcare to healthCare” | A practical guide for PCTs to understand how services can be commissioned in response to patient experience | July 2009 | PCTs can commission in response to patient experience. |
| Evaluation outputs | A two-year study of polysystem implementation | Ongoing | Practical outputs to support future GP commissioning, whilst providing practical insight to patent engagement. |
| Urgent care guidance – “Commissioning a new delivery model for unscheduled care in London” | Translation of the HfL unscheduled care commissioning guidance to include the role of polysystems | February 2010 | Supporting PCTs to translate this guidance into tangible, local implementation plans |
| Polyclinics finance and commissioner model | The tool aims to make provision of services more patient-focussed by commissioning polyclinic services at the levels at which they are required. | June 2008 | Provides PCTs with knowledge and tools to be able to provide an affordable polysystem offering. |
