Payement by Results (Again)

A short (12 glossy pages) on the pros and cons of PbR by Monitor (the NHS regulator). The clearest exposition of the isse we have yet seen (Published End of March 06). For details click here

Whilst up in Liverpool I heard a very clear presentation on the current state of PbR and PBC finances from Phil Wadeson the Director of Finance. He has kindly allowed us to use his slides and they can be found here

Collaborative working

Some of our clients are struggling to understand the PCT perspective. Here is a link to the primary care contracting team tool kit for PCT's. The key part for us is the assessment framework in the annex. This is where your PCT should be going . Help them!

Quiet on the website front as had a very busy passage of play involving Norwich, Ipswich, Taunton, Bromley, London and Liverpool. Very interesting to meet all these different groups. It seems to be that the current challenges mainly fit into one of four groups:

1. Establishing the objectives of the PBC team
2. Developing a corporate vehicle that is most likely to deliver these goals
3. Developing a business plan that turns the talk into action
4. Staffing the corporate structure / delivering the business plan

Resolving these issues, in the correct order, will be the thrust of the Xytal early April workload.