Our health equity value-based care and ICS economics courses and resources focus-on studying the impact of your tested ideas using both qualitative and quantitative methods. This should be proportionate to the test and should help decide whether to continue or not.
As a learning health care system we need continuous monitoring of our interventions and inequalitues metrics. This helps create accountability for us as a system, ensuring that our effort are continuing to make impact, and that we can continue to identify new or exacerbating inequalities.
Foundation courses and resources
Expected outcomes for people who attend these coursesand use these resources are:
- Greater awareness of North West London ICS business case templates and frameworks
- Development of skills and knowledge to complete comprehensive business cases
- Ability to develop content for a range of audiences
- Improved understanding of value-based care and approaches to articulating this
Provider - NHS North West London
Cost - Free
Description - Guidance, templates and forms for putting together a business case.
Who this is for - All existing and new starter ICS colleagues who have access to NW London Collabor8. Relevant to those who are in the process of, or are planning to, complete a business case.
Find out more about use these resources on NHS North West Lonfon Collabor8.
Provider - NHS Skills Development Network
Cost - Free
Description - Useful online videos to help explain some areas of finance:
- How does the NHS in England work?
- How the money flows in the NHS
- Introduction to NHS Finance & Its Jargon
- Budgeting & forecasting
- Delivering cost reduction
- The NHS tariff
- Patient level costing
Who this is for - All existing and new starter ICS colleagues with an interest in developing knowledge on finances approaches within the wider health economics and value-based-care environment.
Find out more on the NHS Skills Development Network website.
Provider - Health Economics Unit
Cost - Free
Description - Website with content related to health economics and value-based care, including case studies, regular e-bulletins and podcasts.
Who this is for - All existing and new starter ICS colleagues with an interest in health economics.
Provider - NHS Skills Development Network
Cost - Free
Description - A free downloadable guide (PDF) with seven top tips and a video tutorial on writing a business case.
Who this is for - All existing and new starter ICS colleagues looking for ideas and guidance on business case writing.
Find out more and download the guide on the NHS Skills Development Network website.
Provider - NHS Skills Development Network
Cost - Free
Dscription - Two self-directed learning modules covering a number of topics relating to finance including budgeting and forecasting and delivering cost reductions.
Who this is for - All existing and new starter ICS colleague who require a basic understanding of finance approaches and processes.
Find out more on the NHS Skills Development Network website.
Provider - Oxford Value and Stewardship Programme
Cost - £12
Decription - This online course introduces healthcare professionals to value based healthcare and will empower them with practical approaches to deliver value for their patients, populations and their services. The course course should take less than one hour to complete.
Who this is for - All existing and new starter ICS colleague who have an interest in approaches to delivering value-based care.
Find out more and take the training on the Oxford Value and Stewardship Programme website.
Provider - Oxford Value and Stewardship Programme
Decription - A series of self-directed online modules covering a range of topics relating to value based healthcare.
Who this is for - All existing and new starter ICS colleague who have an interest in approaches to delivering value-based care.
Find out more and take the training on the Oxford Value and Stewardship Programme website.
Advanced courses and resources
Expected outcomes for people who attend these courses and use these resources:
- Developed skills in business case content writing and ability to complete more complex economic evaluation
- Ability to provide a source of knowledge and expertise to colleagues within the ICS
- Ability to effectively communicate information relating to more complex economic information to a range of audiences
Provider - Midlands Decision Support Unit - Health Economics Unit
Cost - Free
Description - Allocative efficiency is a health economics concept concerning the best way to allocate resources to gain the most benefit for our patients and populations. This session covers how efficiency in healthcare can be conceptualised, analysed and evaluated using data, evidence and collaboration. By using socio-technical approaches, such as the socio-technical allocation of resources (STAR) method we can demystify the current costs and benefits in a pathway or portfolio.
Who this is for - Business analysts and programme leads with identified role functions that include business case development and evidencing service design, value/for money, RoI, etc.
Find out more on the Midlands Decision Support Unit website.
Provider - NHS Skills Development Network
Cost - Free
Description - A series of four workshops that provide:
- An introduction to models on how data-driven decision making works in health and social care settings.
- Approaches to understand how to work with managers and clinicians to turn “data answers” into decisions.
- Practical steps to take to make engagement with managers and clinicians more productive.
Who this is for - Business analysts and programme leads with identified role functions that include business case development and evidencing service design, value/for money, RoI etc.
Find out more on the NHS Skills Development Network website.