The development of a Payment by Results approach to provider reimbursement in mental health services has been going on for a number of years. The aim of this review was to provide an assessment of commissioners’ and providers’ readiness to deliver the Department of Health policy commitment that adult mental health Payment by Results currencies should be used for commissioning and reimbursement purposes from April 2012.
The review was carried out by seeking the views of a wide spread of people in mental health trusts, commissioners, local authorities and the independent sector, as well as national stakeholders.
We trust this report will prove informative and useful in enabling all the responsible agencies to consider the next steps in this implementation process.