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  • Module Three
  • Module Six
  • Module Seven
  • Module Nine
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Learning Modules & Events

The NHS Alliance / Humana PBC Academy is launching a training programme in essential skills for effective practice based commissioning. This is a national programme supported by the Department of Health and two pilot SHA regions. The first pilot is in the South East Coast SHA region and if you work in this area, you are now invited to apply for the training modules and make the most of this exciting opportunity.

Combining modular half-day courses and web-based learning resources and reinforcement exercises, the PBC Academy will allow GPs and others involved in PBC to tailor their training to their own personal needs and to those of their practice, cluster or consortium.

The 11 modules (which are on a 'pick 'n mix' basis) are designed to respond to the most common questions posed by a Practice Based Commissioner:

1. Practical needs assessment
   How to understand practice population needs and balance the needs of the practice with the wider PCT population?
2. Effective use of external data
   How to understand and use external data to identify clinical priorities?
3. Effective use of practice data
   How data can be utilised to improve core GP services and reduce the need for external referrals?
4. Business planning and modeling
   How to assess whether a good idea will work?
5. Financial planning
   How to judge the economic impact of service changes and developments?
6. Commissioning for long-term conditions
   How to re-design services around patients with long-term conditions?
7. Improving patient involvement
   How to engage with patients and local populations to learn about and improve their experience of the services provided?
8. Commissioning emergency care
   How to influence the spend on unscheduled care?
9. Leading and managing change
   How to engage and motivate clinical colleagues to embrace change?
10. Balancing business ethics and conflicts of interest
    How to manage potential conflicts and overcome uncomfortable situations?
11. Commissioning out-patient services
    How to improve the way patients are dealt with as out-patients?

Click here to learn more about the dates and venues for the next modules.