Best Practice in Nursing Newspaper Issue 1 | Page 9

NURSES PLACED AT THE
HEART OF COMMISSIONING
Clinical Commissioning Groups in
Leeds have published a two-year Nursing
Strategy intended to offer local nurses a greater say
in commissioning decisions, as well ensuring that
care is delivered in a co-ordinated and collaborative
approach with patients and families.

ever and it’s important that nurses are also able to work
with their colleagues to shape services.

In a first for a commissioning organisation, NHS Leeds
North CCG and NHS Leeds South and East CCG have
published Nursing Voice - A vision for the future of nursing
from a commissioning perspective 2015-2017.

“This strategy sets out clearly how we will take nurses
to the next level and demonstrates the huge positive
difference they and us can make to patient outcomes,
care and experience.”

The strategy sets out seven key action areas:
• Helping people to stay independent, maximizing
wellbeing and improving health outcomes
• Working with people to provide a positive experience of
care
• Delivering high quality care and measuring impact
• Building and strengthening leadership
• Ensuring we have the right staff with right skills in the
right place
• Supportive positive staff experience
• Celebration

Nursing Voice sets out a number of innovative ways
in which the two CCGs will deliver primary care and
continuing care services, including:
- Providing an Autism diagnostic services: A specialist
nursing role to contribute to the assessment and post
diagnosis follow up.

Ellie Monkhouse, Director of Nursing and Quality, says:
“With introduction of CCGs, GPs have a greater voice than

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