>This will be in the form of 3 year contracts (sorry service
>agreements). So there is NO commissioning for PCGs to do.
Hang about. COmmissioning year by year is dumb. COmmission a rolling
3 year contract, sorry service agreement. Each year it can get topped
up and adjusted a little, but everyone knows they are planning for the
future.
>Someone at my HA told me today that they *have* guidance on HIPs, but
>is *confidential* so he couldn't share it with me.
>It should have been out in the public domain 8 weeks ago.
Make your request under the terms of the NHS code of Openness
http://www.open.gov.uk/doh/nhsexec/codemain.htm
and get either an answer in writing within 21 days, or notification of
which of the allowable reasons is being used to deny access. If you
don't like the latter, pass it to the HEalth Ombudsman.
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