Judicial reviews against Accountable Care Organisation Contract

Judicial reviews around the Accountable Care Organisation (ACO) contract

The High Court found in favour of NHS England in the judicial review brought by a campaign group, 999 Call for the NHS, who challenged the lawfulness of the payment mechanism in the draft ACO contract.

See:
Win for NHS England on the judicial review of the Accountable Care Organisation contract
Mills & Reeve, 16 May 2018

In the second of two judicial reviews a High Court judge has dismissed the challenge backed by the late Professor Stephen Hawking and the British Medical Association. He concluded that the ACO policy (as defined) is within the power of the Secretary of State and NHS England to propose and to base a consultation upon, and it is lawful for CCGs to adopt and apply.

See:

Another win for NHS England on ACO model contract challenge

Mills & Reeve, 9 July 2018

NHS England Board meeting and NHS England/NHS Improvement Board meeting in Common

Highlights for Arden & GEM CSU by Anne Gray, Knowledge Officer, Arden & GEM CSU

NHS England Board meeting 24 May 2018
Board Papers available here.
Papers and videos will available here.
Includes:
4. Maternity Transformation Programme Update
5. Mental health programme update
6. Increasing the impact of Academic Health Science networks
7. Developing Health Inequalities update
10. Decision of the High Court in favour of NHS England on the judicial review challenge to whole population payments

NHS England / NHS Improvement Board meeting in Common, 24 May 2018
Papers available here
Includes:
1. Next steps on aligning the work of NHS England and NHS Improvement
2. Operational planning refresh for 2018/19
3. Next steps on development of Integrated Care Systems

Highlights

What has the STP or ICS ever done for me? [blog]

What has the STP or ICS ever done for me? [Blog by Chris Ham]
Kings Fund 17 May 2018

• Chris Ham describes the ambitions outlined in the plans prepared in 2016 which are being delivered by STPs and ICSs in neighbourhoods, places and systems.

HSC inquiry: Integrated care: organisations, partnerships and systems

Integrated care: organisations, partnerships and systems inquiry
Health Select Committee, 7 February 2018 to date

• An inquiry into Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs), Accountable Care Systems (ACSs) and Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs). 
• Evidence (oral and written) from NHS Confederation, NHS England and others available here.

Health Systems Support Framework (previously known as ACS & STP Development Partner Framework)

*New* As of 2 February 2018 renamed the Health Systems Support Framework

ACS & STP Development Partner Framework [aka LPF2]
NHS England, 15 December 2017

• Tenders are open for suppliers to register to take part in the forthcoming the ACS & STP Development Partner Framework which will give commissioners and providers access to Population Health Management support. 
• This includes tools to identify patients who are at high risk of an adverse event and are likely to be amendable to a particular intervention, patient records that give clinicians across all care settings a full picture of their patient’s health and well-being; support to monitor wider system programmes; and enhanced tools to integrate clinical workflow with patient activation data to ensure patients are being treated in the right place at the right time.
• The ACS and STP Development Partner Framework will be structured around three areas:
• Infrastructure: encompassing EPR and place-based digitalisation; Local Integrated Care Records and Health Information Exchange; primary care IT support and transformation; and data management and information governance;
• Insight: population health analytics and digital tools for system modelling, planning, risk stratification and impactability, care coordination and care management.
• Impact and Intervention: transformation and change; primary care transformation; self-care, patient empowerment and activation; and system optimisation.
• Tender documents available here: https://nhsengland.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html

Framework renamed Health Systems Support Framework (2 February 2018)