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Step 5: Commissioning Service

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Q1: Is there a research and practice evidence base to support commissioning this type of service for this person?
- TRIP (Turning Research into Practice) Health Database to help support evidence based practice
- Future Demand for Residential Provision for People with Learning Disabilities [PDF, 427KB] Parrot, Emerson et al (1997)
- Residential Provision for People with Learning Disabilities: A Research Review [PDF, 284KB] Hatton and Emerson (1996)
- UPDATED/NEW: Improving the Quality of Life for People with Learning Disabilities: Research into Practice Conference Report (2005) Scottish Government/University of St Andrews
- Health Evidence Bulletins Wales Learning Disabilities [PDF, 799KB] (2001) Support Unit for Research Evidence Cardiff University
- UPDATED/NEW: Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities
- UPDATED/NEW: Eric Emerson Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, including list of publications
- UPDATED/NEW: Chris Hatton Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, including list of publications
- UPDATED/NEW Hester Adrian Research Centre publications, which can be downloaded
- Tony Holland Developmental Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, including list of publications
- James Hogg White Top Research Unit, University of Dundee, including list of publications
- UPDATED/NEW: Review of effective commissioning Wales Office of Research & Development for Health & Social Care (WORD)
- Joseph Rowntree Findings Linking Research and Practice
- IDOX, specialist information management company
- UPDATED/NEW: Policy and Practice for Adults with a Learning Disability Proposed Action Plan Consultation Document. Prepared by the Learning Disability Implementation Advisory Group.
  The purpose of this Action Plan is to identify the key priorities that need to be addressed across Wales to deliver appropriate and responsive advice, treatment and support to adults with learning disabilities, in order to fulfil the Welsh Assembly Government’s vision for all people with a learning disability, as full, equal and equally valued citizens of Wales.
- UPDATED/NEW: An Evaluation of Supporting People Health Pilots. [PDF] (2006) Care Services Improvement Partnership Evidence indicates that a range of agencies from the statutory, independent and voluntary sectors can work effectively together across organizational boundaries, but that the difficulties of doing so should not be under-estimated
Q2: What are the essential, “non negotiables” in the service commissioned and what is the timescale for what else needs to be provided?
- The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 [PDF, 415KB] Public Procurement, Scotland
Q3: How will the commissioned service/project be managed, specific to this person’s needs?
- UDPATED/NEW: National Training Framework for Care Management Practitioner's Guide. Edinburgh, Scottish Government (2006)
- UPDATED/NEW: Health Needs Assessment Report People with Learning Disabilities in Scotland [PDF, 71KB] Glasgow NHS Health Scotland (2004)
- Supporting People Supporting Independent Living: Folder 2 Part 3: Operational Guidance and Part 4: Financial Guidance Scottish Government (2006)
- UPDATED/NEW: Governance For Joint Services: Principles and Advice [PDF] – Audit Scotland/COSLA/Scottish Government. (2007)
Q4: How are user choices and consent accommodated in the process? (At Step 5 and at all other Steps) Is there user involvement in the selection of staff?
- "If You Don't Ask You Don't Get": Review of Services to People with Learning Disabilities: The Views of People who use Services and their Carers Scottish Government (1999)
Q5: What is required by the provider, re-health services; social work, and other services and are these available? Have staff secondments been considered?
- Commissioning and Purcashing Advice from Scottish Government following publication of "Caring for People" (1991)
- Joint Future Guidance a Scottish Government website regularly updated with relevant guidance notes
- UPDATED/NEW: Aberdeen City/NHS Grampian Joint Future Udate [PDF] (August 2008)
- UPDATED/NEW: National Council For The Professional Development of Nursing And Midwifery [PDF] (2006) Clinical Nurse Specialist and Advanced Nurse Practitioner Roles in Intellectual Disability Nursing
Q5: What is required by the provider, re-health services; social work, and other services and are these available? Have staff secondments been considered?
- Commissioning and Purcashing Advice from Scottish Government following publication of "Caring for People" (1991)
- Joint Future Guidance a Scottish Government website regularly updated with relevant guidance notes
- UPDATED/NEW: Aberdeen City/NHS Grampian Joint Future Udate [PDF] (August 2008)
- UPDATED/NEW: National Council For The Professional Development of Nursing And Midwifery [PDF] (2006) Clinical Nurse Specialist and Advanced Nurse Practitioner Roles in Intellectual Disability Nursing
Q7: Does the commissioning specification include any new equipment and new technology that will be needed?
- Profound and Multiple Impairment Service (PAMIS) Futures Project developing guidance on transitions
- UPDATED/NEW: Profound and Multiple Impairment Service (PAMIS)
Q8: What are the major gaps and limitations in the service commissioned? Are these acceptable, and are there any options?
Q9: Have cost/benefit analyses been done, to assess the impact of the new service?
- Quality and Costs of Residential Provision for People with Learning Disabilities [PDF, 334KB] Dept of Health / Hester Adrian 1999
Q10: What are the links to family/social network that will support the person in the new service?
Q11: Have the training needs and support needs of staff been identified? What additional specialist training will be needed to adequately meet complex needs?
- UPDATED/NEW: Cullen C. A Review of Some Important Issues in Research and Services for People with Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviour [PDF]. 2000: Scottish Government review of services for people with a learning disability. Edinburgh: Scottish Government, 2000
- Health Evidence Bulletins Wales Staff Training Support Unit for Research Evidence Cardiff University
- UPDATED/NEW Care Management Training Framework (2006) Scottish Government. Guidance on implementation of training staff national policies. To be read in conjunction with Practitioners' Guide. Care Management Training Framework