Quality Accounts: 2011/12 audit guidance

The Quality Accounts audit guidance sets out what trusts will need to do to support the audit of their 2011/12 Quality Accounts.

Guidance on new national CQUIN goals

Two new national CQUIN goals have been introduced for use in 2012-13: the Dementia Goal and the NHS Safety Thermometer Goal.

Online benchmark for out-of-hours services

This tool aims to allow anyone with an interest in out of hours services – whether service user, provider or commissioner – to see how their local service is performing compared to others.

Arrangements for health emergency preparedness, resilience and response from April 2013

This document describes changes being made in health emergency preparedness resilience and response to reflect the new health system that will be established by the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

Negotiation training for commissioners and service providers

This training will allow commissioner and service providers to focus on the reconciliation of differences, develop the skills to achieve optimum outcomes, achieve successful implementation and build sustainable relationships.

Guidance on influenza pandemic preparedness and response

This guidance is intended to support local preparedness and response planning in England during the transition period through to 2013.

QIPP long-term conditions year of care: early implementers

Early implementers are being invited to apply to test a potential new way of funding long-term conditions care. The LTC year of care funding model will be tested by six early implementer sites and prescribes a set approach for the purpose of national evaluation.