National End of Life Care Strategy - Merseyside & Cheshire Cancer ...

Some Important Principles• “Managing Demand” should mean meeting needs in the mosteffective, efficient and patient centred way… not denying access• Existing incentives (in particular PbR) encourage growth in activity–we need to test new approaches• Better ‘integration”• between sectors• between commissioners and providers• Between providers and patientsis key to a more effective management of demand• Reduction in demand needs to result in reductions in capacity andconsequent reductions in cost for both commissioners and providersrs