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Reviewing national health functions to eliminate overlaps, enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and value for money. Recommendations for change may involve maintaining, managing, refining, or fusing organizations. Emphasizing an integrated model for a national public health service in Wales. Criteria for change include eliminating overlapping remits, enhancing clarity, and aligning with strategic goals.
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Functionalities of National Health Organisations Dr Cerilan Rogers National Director
WAG vision • A national centre for knowledge management, expert advice and information encompassing: • Health improvement • Health protection • Healthcare quality
Review purpose • Identify national functions in health where a number of organisations and services overlap • Make recommendations for change to improve: • Efficiency • Effectiveness • Value for money
Possible Review outcomes • Removal of overlaps and duplication • Recommendations to improve efficiency, effectiveness and value for money • Recommendations may: • Maintain current arrangements • Manage overlaps through networks • Refine or reallocate functions • Fuse two or more organisations
Review scope • National Public Health Service for Wales • Wales Centre for Health • NLIAH • Health Solutions Wales • WORD • WCISU • CARIS • Screening Services
NPHS response • Opportunity to strengthen the Welsh model for an integrated national public health service • Strong position of the NPHS • Need to engage staff and stakeholders in developing our response • Must not take our eyes off the ball!
Integrated model • National service delivered locally • One source of expert public health advice • Access to greater expertise and resource • Health improvement, health protection and health care quality underpinned by health intelligence
Do you share the vision? • A national centre for knowledge management, expert advice and information encompassing: • Health improvement • Health protection • Healthcare quality
Are there overlaps? • Efficiency • Effectiveness • Value for money
Is there scope for further public health integration? • Health improvement • Health protection • Health and social care quality • Health intelligence
Criteria for change? • Elimination of overlapping remits • Clarity of messages and perceptions • Critical mass of specialist expertise • Value for money • Organisational disruption/distractions • Sustainability and resilience • Clarity of organisational purpose • Links with Trusts, LHBs and LAs • Ability to deliver Assembly strategy
Next steps • Awaiting final terms of reference • Awaiting information on how we can make an input • Gather staff and stakeholder views • Prepare an NPHS response
Conclusion • The better we are in delivering our services, the more we will be able to shape the way they are delivered in future