Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP)
QIPP is working at a national, regional and local level to support clinical teams and NHS organisations to improve the quality of care they deliver while making efficiency savings that can be reinvested in the service to deliver year on year quality improvements. The link below provides further information on QIPP on the Department of Health (DH) website. http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/Qualityandproductivity/QIPP/index.htm
QIPP workstreams
DH has set up twelve workstreams to help manage the delivery of QIPP in the NHS. The national workstreams fit into three key areas; commissioning and pathways, provider efficiency and system enablers. The workstreams have been identified in order to deliver the quality and productivity challenge, each with a dedicated lead to drive the agenda forward. The workstream leads will supply a wealth of DH and NHS experience and will undertake these roles in addition to their day to day job. The link below provides details of the 12 workstreams. http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/Qualityandproductivity/QIPPworkstreams/index.htm
QIPP Procurement Workstream
Buying Solutions are a key partner in the delivery of the QIPP Procurement programme. A summary of the workstream can be found at: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/Qualityandproductivity/QIPPworkstreams/DH_115465
DH and Buying Solutions are working together to drive uptake of Buying Solutions frameworks to deliver value for money and savings efficiencies for the NHS. Case studies of work completed can be found at NHS Evidence. http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/qipp
One of the tools used to deliver savings are “e-auctions”. Buying Solutions has a rolling programme for central government and the wider public sector. Details of the plan can be found here http://www.buyingsolutions.gov.uk/categories/eCommerce/eAuctions/aggregated/
eAuctions savings stories, including a mobile phone eAuction on behalf of four NHS Trusts can be found here http://www.buyingsolutions.gov.uk/categories/eCommerce/casestudies
NHS Evidence Quality and Productivity case studies
The NHS Evidence library has case studies on improving quality and productivity across a number of clinical pathways, including staying healthy, maternity and newborn, children, acute care, planned care, mental health, long term conditions, end of life care, support services and more http://www.library.nhs.uk/qipp/
Other publication from QIPP Procurement:
Procurement Diagnostic
This procurement diagnostic tool allows you to immediately identify your procurement strengths and weaknesses, and explains how to improve procurement to make savings. The diagnostic was produced in collaboration with the Foundation Trust Network. http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_124556
NHS Pricing Transparency: Do you know how much you are paying for clinical goods?This letter from Jim Easton provides examples of variance of prices paid for products and is inviting NHS trusts to consider joining a benchmarking club, to find out what prices are being paid elsewhere in the NHS. Being transparent about what we pay is an important first step to making savings across the service. http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Lettersandcirculars/Dearcolleagueletters/DH_124571