There are many different resources that you may find of interest. You can see them by clicking on the links (in red).

Podcasts:

Different commissioning related podcasts have been produced on:

• Practice-based Commissioning
• Outcome-based Commissioning
• Commissioning for Offender Healthcare
• Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
• Addressing the Challenges of CAMHS Commissioning.
  

Click here to view the podcasts.

Presentations Given At Meetings and Events:
What is Commissioning?  World Class Commissioning and Getting Involved in Commissioning.  Presented by Ian Presented by Ian Hartley, Eastern Development Centre on 13th November 08 - Equalities Regional Development Programme Masterclass.

Commissioning: How can the Third Sector be involved? Presented by Ian Presented by Ian Hartley, Eastern Development Centre on 8th July 08 - National Programme for Third Sector Commissioning: Moving the Commissioning Agenda Forward.

Social Enterprise - Presented by David Coulson on the 29 November 2006 at the Third Sector Collaborative at Fulbourn.

Please also refer to the Past Events pages.

Documents:

• Guidance on Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (DH, Dec 2007)
  

• Mutual Action, Common Purpose: Empowering the Third Sector by Rt Hon David Blunkett MP

• NHS Operating Framework (Dec 2007)

• No excuses. Embrace partnership now. Step towards change! Report of the third sector commissioning task force

• Our Health, Our Care, Our Say: a new direction for community services
  

• Putting People First (H.M. Govt Dec 2007)

• The Commissioning Framework for Health & Wellbeing (Feb 2007)
• The Commissioning Framework for Health & Wellbeing:  Making it happen
  

• Report of the third sector commissioning task force: part II outputs and implementation
• Suicide Audit in Primary Care Trust localities: A tool to support population based audit of suicide and open verdict (NIMHE)

• S-Kit Suicide Prevention Local Implementation Framework: A Strategic Multi-Agency Toolkit Aimed at Saving Lives (NIMHE, 2006)

• World Class Commissioning (DH Dec 2007)
  

Key Links:

• CSIP Better Commissioning programme website - This provides a wide range of resources and information to help commissioners at every level,
• Commissioning e-book
• DH Website - Commissioning Weblink
• Office of the Third Sector newsletter
  

Others:

• Resources from the DH's seminar on 'Understanding the new NHS commissioning environment' on 25 Nov 08

• Understanding commissioning for voluntary and community organisations (CSIP South West, Nov 2008)
  Workshop sessions were held in the South West to develop third sector organisations knowledge and understanding of commissioning.  This report outlines the content of the sessions, as well as top tips for reflection/discussion points.