| 1 | Care costs: overview This is an overview of the types of care available for those unable to meet their own needs and the funding available for that care. | Practice note: overview | 25-Jan-2012 |
| 2 | Key changes under the Health and Social Care Act 2012: a ... A quick guide to the main changes being introduced by the Health and Social Care Act 2012, including details of key implementation dates. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | LIFT: an introduction to the NHS Local Investment Finance ... LIFT is a public private partnership (PPP) used primarily to deliver local primary healthcare projects. December 2012: Following the change in government and the healthcare reforms that culminated in the Health and Social Care Act 2012, we have updated this resource to refer to CHP taking on PCTs' shareholdings in LIFT projects, but we will no longer maintain this note. | Practice note: overview | 12-Dec-2012 |
| 4 | Procurement route: structure of a LIFT project An NHS Local Investment Finance Trust is a PPP project that invests in primary healthcare facilities. December 2012: Following the change in government and the healthcare reforms that culminated in the Health and Social Care Act 2012, we have updated this resource to refer to CHP taking on PCTs' shareholdings in LIFT projects, but we will no longer maintain this note. | Practice note: overview | 12-Dec-2012 |
| 5 | Ensuring a fair hearing A practice note on how to ensure that a tribunal hearing is fair. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Express LIFT To build on the first four waves of LIFT (NHS Local Investment Finance Trust) projects, Community Health Partnerships (CHP) promoted an "Express LIFT" framework, to deliver primary healthcare PPP projects. December 2012: Following the change in government and the healthcare reforms that culminated in the Health and Social Care Act 2012, we have updated this resource to refer to CHP taking on PCTs' shareholdings in Express LIFT projects, but we will no longer maintain this note. | Practice notes | 12-Dec-2012 |
| 7 | Health and Social Care Act 2012: commissioning structure A note on the commissioning structure for health services under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Health and Social Care Act 2012: competition and economic ... A practice note setting out the key powers and duties of Monitor to regulate competition in the healthcare market, and the applicable economic licensing regime. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Health and Social Care Act 2012: key powers and duties A practice note on the key powers and duties on the Secretary of State, the NHS Commissioning Board, Clinical Commissioning Groups, local authorities and other NHS organisations under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Mutualising public services This note explores the recent trend towards mutualising public services. The principal aims of this note are to explain: The relationship between mutualisation projects and other attempts to reform public services. What key steps need to be taken to implement a mutualisation project. What the main challenges are for those who seek to undertake a mutualisation project. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Obtaining a medical report on an employee This practice note considers the circumstances in which an employer might need to obtain a medical report on employees or workers and the steps that an employer must take when requesting a medical report (whether from a general practitioner, a specialist consultant, a company doctor or an occupational health specialist). It considers the impact of the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988, the Data Protection Act 1988 and the use of medical reports in tribunal proceedings. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Partnerships between local government and NHS bodies This note sets out the relevant powers enabling local authorities and NHS bodies to enter into partnership arrangements and discusses the practical issues that should be considered in relation to the partnering arrangements. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | ProCure21 A note on ProCure21, an NHS procurement method for publicly funded capital projects, which was replaced by ProCure21+ from October 2010. The note explains the background to ProCure21, gives an analysis of the New Engineering Contract, second edition (NEC2) Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) and explains the ProCure21 amendments to the ECC. ProCure21 ended on 12 September 2010 and its replacement framework, ProCure21+, commenced on 1 October 2010 (see Blog post, Who, or why, or which, or what, is ProCure21+?). We no longer maintain this note. | Practice notes | 21-Aug-2012 |
| 14 | Retention of employment model This practice note provides an overview of the retention of employment model (RoE) looking specifically at the use of RoE in relation to transfers of services from the public sector to the private sector. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | Social enterprises: legal structures A note considering the legal forms available to a public authority, or other organisation, thinking of setting up a social enterprise. | Practice notes | Maintained |