INTRODUCTION
This paper is written as a finale module assessment; it aims to critically appraise two student healthcare commissioning posters in order to explore the content by providing the strength and weakness of the poster. It will assess how the content evident in each poster can be applied towards a real health care commissioning service and examine the important theoretical and practical aspects of the health care commissioning process which have not been included in each poster. The posters will be critically appraised using the East midland framework for regional commissioners, World class Commissioning principles and the Royal college of General practitioners. However, the paper will describe the concept of commissioning in health care and the frameworks will be briefly defined and described. This will entail a degree of significant evaluation skill necessary to be demonstrated as a Masters Student in Public health.
ABBREVIATIONS: World class commissioning (WCC), Royal College of general practitioners (RCOGP), Department of health (DoH), Developing intelligent commissioning programme (DICP), Primary care trust (PCTs).
BACKGROUND
Commissioning can be described as a process of ensuring care services are provided effectively and they meet the needs of the targeted population and the community (DICP, 2011). However, Commissioning is a broad concept with different definitions; however it has been defined by the department of health (2007), “as a way of securing the best value for local citizens. It is the process of translating aspirations and need, by...