1 How can Commissioner's decisions be based upon quality and outcomes measures as well as levels of activity?
2 Is it possible to draw management information from clinical records?
3 What are the criteria for judging a MH funding mechanism?
4 What should each Psychiatrist be given to enable them to assess their own quality of service?
5 Why are quality and outcomes issues important in mental healthcare in particular?
6 How safe and confidential is clinical information in the local and national systems?
7 How can we measure quantities of mental healthcare in the health market so that they make clinical sense?
8 What is the Payment by Results Project?
9 How can the right level of resourcing be proven for an area?
10 What Outcomes, whose Outcomes?
11 What are the differences between quality-based commissioning of mental health services and acute services?
12 What are the dangers of a tariff-based system of funding for mental health services, and how could they be avoided?
13 How can we ensure that mental health gets a fair deal compared to other sectors?
14 How can we strike a balance between national standardisation and local choice?
15 How should the costing of mental healthcare be improved?
16 How should we choose the best mental health outcome measure?
17 Do we need a classification or list of mental health interventions?