Our Strategic Commissioning Plan
Our Strategic Commissioning Plan sets out our approach and vision for healthcare services for around a million people in Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Royston. It shows how we will approach the delivery of better care and better outcomes for local people over the next three years. It will be used to inform decisions about how we use our funding and other resources to deliver sustainable, effective NHS services locally.
The ICS Joint Forward Plan 2024-2029 [pdf] 8MB set out our ICS aims and priorities, building from our Health and Well-Being Integrated Care Strategy Ambitions, which in turn drive our ICS Outcomes Framework. Through local and region-wide work over the past 12 months we have developed a Health Utilisation Model (widely referred to as the ‘New Care Model’) as a cross-cutting approach to manage care, delivering better outcomes and financial sustainability.
Our Plan focuses on three main areas from this Model that we believe will have the biggest positive impact for local people: Managed Care, Sustainable Primary Care and Elective Care. It is intentionally high-level and focused, and much of the content is applicable across all ages and care groups. It serves as our high-level commissioning intentions for 2025-28 and provides context for the 2025/26 Operational Plan.
As a part of this work, we will also prioritise accessibility, inclusivity, and workforce satisfaction, to create a healthcare system that not only meets the needs of our local community but also enriches the lives of those who serve within it.
The structure of this Strategic Commissioning Plan is as follows:
- Strategic Context
- Health Utilisation Model
- Evidence Review
- Activity Model
- Main workstreams & programmes: Managed Care; Sustainable Primary Care; Elective Care
- Enablers
- Delivery Plan.