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C. It will also look to include opportunities to consult the market before
tendering to encourage the market to propose creative solutions before
specifications are finalised
2.6 Leadership for Innovation and Developing our People
A. The NHS Operating Framework 2012/13 asks the NHS to prioritise the
adoption and spread of innovation. It sets out that commissioners and
providers should have due regard to this report when developing local
CQUIN schemes
B. CCGs will be under a duty to seek out and adopt best practice and promote
innovation
C. The NHS Commissioning board will ensure innovation is ‘hard-wired’ into
educational curricula, training and competency frameworks at every level
D. A joint industry and NHS training and education programme will developed
for senior managers
E. A NHS innovation fellowship scheme will be established.
3.0 Implementation and High Impact Innovations
As part of the implementation of the reforms outlined in the DH report, it is
proposed that a number of ‘High Impact Innovations’ are established in order to
ensure commitment and adherence to the proposals are embedded by local NHS
organisations. These will include:
A. The intention to rapidly accelerate the use of assistive technologies in the
NHS, aiming to improve at least 3 million lives over the next five years
B. A national drive will be launched to achieve full implementation of
Osophageal Doppler Monitoring (ODM) or similar fluid management
monitoring technology into practice across the NHS
C. The ‘child in a chair in a day’ programme will launched to transform the
delivery of wheelchair services throughout the NHS
D. NHS organisations will be required to explore opportunities to increase
national and international healthcare activity and a summit will be hosted
with UK trade and investment in 2012
E. NHS organisations will required to work towards reducing inappropriate
face-to-face contacts and to switch to higher quality, more convenient,
lower cost alternatives
F. Services commissioned and delivered for supporting people with dementia
will need to be in line with NICE guidance
G. From April 2013, compliance with the high impact innovations will become a
pre-qualification requirement for CQUIN
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