CUR
IHS was commissioned initially in 2014/15 to introduce Clinical Utilisation Review to the NHS on behalf of NHSE Specialised Commissioning. Following success of this pilot, IHS were commissioned to lead a large national £23m CQUIN programme to expand CUR use, working across 10 local commissioning hubs and supporting up to 30 NHS acute and mental health providers. This commission ran for a further 5 years until 20/21 and the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
CUR is a clinical decision support tool that helps reduce unwarranted clinical variation by codifying, measuring, and managing clinical behaviors against embedded clinical criteria; ensuring patients are cared for in the optimal setting that best meets their needs. It enables coordination of care provision based on the actual acuity of patients.