The RSPH guide to commissioning for health improvement
...The move of public health into local authorities on April 1, 2013 created a new working environment for commissioners, public health practitioners and providers in England....
https://rsph.org.uk/static/uploaded/541a9978-c766-43c2-a7488aa856570071.pdf
10th October 2024 - northnorthants.moderngov.co.uk
...1.1 The purpose of this paper is to provide an update on the recommissioning of a range of Public Health services as outlined in the Executive report from 15th February 2024 titled ?Options Appraisal for Recommissioning Public Health Services?. The model of delivery has been determined on a contract-by-contract basis under delegated authority to the Executive Member for Adults, Health and ......
https://northnorthants.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s26123/Update%20on%20the%20Recommissioning%20of%20Public%20Health%20Services.pdf
Public health - Local Government Association
...The Health and Social Care Act 2012 recognised and strengthened the role of local government in improving health. This includes the prevention of illness, planning health services, and protecting the public from disease....
https://www.local.gov.uk/topics/social-care-health-and-integration/public-health
Public health in local government - GOV.UK
...This set of information provides details on the roles and responsibilities of local authorities in the new public health system, including local authority public health functions, the role of the ......
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-health-in-local-government
All change for commissioning health and social care
...Current legislation governing the commissioning and procurement of health care services sets the expectation that competitive tendering is used to award health care contracts....
https://www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/adult-social-care/307-adult-care-features/55757-all-change-for-commissioning-health-and-social-care
Public Health in Local Government: Local Government's New Public Health ...
...The Health and Social Care Bill includes a power for the Secretary of State for Health to prescribe that local authorities take certain steps in the exercise of public health functions, including that certain services should be commissioned or provided....
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7c6d6040f0b626628abfb2/dh_131905.pdf
Councillors' guide to local authority public health responsibilities
...Councils use the Public Health Outcomes Framework, local joint strategic needs assessment and the local joint health and wellbeing strategy to guide their commissioning of all public health services. Section 2B of the NHS Act 2006 is a duty for all upper-tier and unitary local authorities in England to take appropriate steps to improve the health of the people who live in their areas. These ......
https://www.local.gov.uk/publications/councillors-guide-local-authority-public-health-responsibilities-0
Who are we and what do we do | North Tyneside Council
...The Commissioning Service brings together the commissioning and contract monitoring function across adult, children and public health services. Commissioners and workers involved in procurement and contracting are at the forefront of ensuring that the provision of social care and other commissioned services (such as education, public health) are of high quality and based on need and delivery ......
https://my.northtyneside.gov.uk/category/784/who-are-we-and-what-do-we-do
New guide to commissioning for health improvement welcomed by ... - RSPH
...A new RSPH guide has been published which provides an overview of the commissioning process aimed at providers and commissioners of health improvement services. Following the move of public health into local authorities, the guide is intended to assist commissioners adopt strategic approaches and make the most of the opportunities presented by changes to commissioning. The resource has been ......
https://www.rsph.org.uk/about-us/news/new-guide-to-commissioning-for-health-improvement-welcomed-by-lga-and-phe.html
Commissioning for health improvement following the ... - BMC Public Health
...Background The wide-ranging program of reforms brought about by the Health and Social Care Act (2012) in England fundamentally changed the operation of the public health system, moving responsibility for the commissioning and delivery of services from the National Health Service to locally elected councils and a new national public health agency. This paper explores the ways in which the ......
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-017-4122-1