Foundation Course

Health intelligence for commissioning

The Foundation Course is free, there is no charge.

Lead person: James Harrison

As part of this we aim to improve the understanding, analysis and application of public health intelligence to improve health in the East of England. This year we will be running two courses addressing the knowledge and skills needs of analysts, researchers, health improvement information professionals and commissioners in PCTs, the SHA, local authorities and other organisations in the East of England.

The Foundation Course ‘Health Intelligence for Commissioning’ is aimed at commissioners, health improvement staff and new analysts in public health and commissioning.

There are two main aims:

• To improve understanding and interpretation of health intelligence through practical examples.
• To aid effective commissioning and needs assessment.

You will learn to:

• Learn what health intelligence is and how it can be used in commissioning.
• Define and understand your target population.
• Use data to assess need.
• Understand health inequalities.
• Interpret health profiles and other common visual representations of health information.
• Learn the principles behind using data to monitor and evaluate performance and outcomes and to set and measure targets
• Interpret funnel plots.

Who will benefit

• Anyone involved directly with the commissioning cycle.
• New Public Health Analysts who have no previous knowledge of public health issues.
• Health Improvement Analysts, Managers, Facilitators.
• The wider PCT workforce who need to understand how health intelligence can inform decision making.

Course dates and location

• July 13th and 14th location Norwich City Football Club, Norwich. (please note this course is already heavily over-subscribed, priority will be given to NHS Norfolk and NHS Gt Yarmouth and Waveney employees)
• September 21st and 22nd, Moller Centre, Cambridge (please note this course is full)
• December 14th and 15th, Moller Centre, Cambridge

Course literature

This is a two day course - you will be expected to attend both days.

Please register here

Places are very limited therefore a place cannot be guaranteed. Priority will be given to the regions PCTs dependent upon the area. If an event is full other dates will be offered as an alternative.