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Checklist and Frameworks

This section of the Handbook contains some practical resources to help PCTs, SCGs, clinical networks and Provider Trusts to put appropriate systems and processes in place consistent with the DH guiding principles for decision-making outlined in Section 1.3 of the Handbook.

Taken together, these resources can help the development of whole system decision-making. The high-level indicators in Section 3.1 can be used in conjunction with the diagnostic tool on the NPC website as a starting point to develop a baseline for the system as a whole. The more detailed checklists and flowcharts in Sections 3.2-3.5 can be used to review key components of the system.

• 3.1 Indicators for whole system decision-making
• 3.2 DH guiding principles checklist for all decision-making or advisory committees/groups
• 3.3 Framework to help identify medicines/ treatments for collaborative commissioning
• 3.4 IFR triage tool for Provider Trusts and clinicians
• 3.5 IFR policy health check