R JOINED-UP APPROACH
DECISION-MAKING
THE EXPERT FACULTY ON COMMISSIONING is an independent
group of experts, formed in 2016, that aims to support
commissioners by sharing experience and insights on best
practice, with the overall goal of improving outcomes for people
with OUD.
THE EXPERT FACULTY is independent and participants do not
receive payment. Specific programmes are funded individually.
The faculty works on a project basis with resources from all types
of organisations and businesses. Organisations providing
resources do not influence the thinking nor work of the faculty.
Camurus AB, a company developing new medications for OUD, has
provided funds for the logistics of the faculty annual congress.
ALL INTERESTED IN THE FUTURE OF INNOVATION in OUD care and
the evolving role of commissioning are strongly recommended to
join this event. Registration is free for those working in the field.
Please find more information and register at:
www.expertfaculty.org/exco
with problems including the risk of domestic
exposure and harm to others.
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ARE IN FOCUS:
Why do so many people not use treatment
services at all? Do the individuals in care get a
service that is flexible and targeted to their
needs? Do we do everything to minimise risks?
Considering the approach we have today, is
the burden of treatment too great? Does the
regimen of daily treatment and obligations
around collection of medications make
treatment too much of a burden for some?
At the highest level, what is the treatment
system for? Does the legacy system we work
within deliver the results for the people we
aim to service today?
With innovation on the way – including new
digital tools for online help, new medications
with weekly or monthly dosing and better use of
integrated data systems to join up care – does
the structure of the treatment system make it
possible to achieve the best possible results for
the 300,000 people with very important needs?
There is now an opportunity to review all
the assumptions we make about OUD care and
ask, with open eyes, ‘What does good care
really look like?’, address the gaps in the
current treatment system and decide how to
improve outcomes for people with OUD.
The expert faculty works to challenge
assumptions and, with the responsibilities of
its members, ensure that commissioning is a
key lever in the ongoing evolution of treatment
services. It is time to act.
Mark Gilman (expert faculty participant,
former PHE recovery lead)
PLENARY SESSIONS
ROSANNA O’CONNOR , director of alcohol, drugs and tobacco,
Public Health England
ROD THOMSON , director of public health, Shropshire Council
MARK MOODY , chief executive, Change, Grow, Live
STEWART ATKINSON , Office of Police and Crime Commissioner
for Humberside
TERRY PEARSON , commissioning manager, Northamptonshire
County Council
JAYNE RANDALL , drug and alcohol strategic commissioner,
Shropshire Council
MARK GILMAN , Discovering Health, former PHE recovery lead
ANTHONY BULLOCK , senior commissioning manager,
Staffordshire County Council
PAUL MUSGRAVE , senior manager, public health, Cumbria
County Council
ANNEMARIE WARD , CEO of FAVOR
KERRIE HUDSON , operational lead, The Well Communities
WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Collaboration and innovation: building a modern
approach to commissioning OUD Services
TONY MERCER , health improvement manager (alcohol and
other drugs), Public Health England
WILL HAYDOCK , senior health programme advisor, Public
Health Dorset
CHRIS LEE , public health specialist: behaviour change,
Lancashire County Council
MARK WEBSTER , head of development in ACT Peer Recovery
DAVE VAUGHAN , service manager, Recovery Works Ltd
PAULA HARRIOTT , Prison Reform Trust
Decision-making, evidence and outcomes: planning
for key choices in commissioned services using data
ROSIE WINYARD , public health commissioning lead,
Worcestershire County Council
KAREN CASSIDY , public health specialist, Blackburn
CLIVE HALLAM , substance misuse commissioning manager at
Wandsworth and Richmond Borough Councils
ANNETTE DALE-PERERA , chair of the recovery committee,
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD)
JOHN BUCKNALL , commissioner, Halton Borough Council
HELEN PHILLIPS-JACKSON , strategic commissioning manager
– substance misuse, Sheffield City Council
MARK KNIGHT , substance misuse lead, Greater Manchester
Combined Authority
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