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In this month’s issue of the bulletin we look at commissioning and the role it plays in transforming health and social care services.
Department of Health guidelines show how smart commissioning can be used to personalise social care by sourcing and providing quality information and advice for service users, helping them to exercise choice and control over the services they use.
Good commissioning isn’t just about procuring goods and services at the best prices and buying in bulk. It’s also about analysing and understanding the needs of organisations and service users, prioritising these needs and identifying resources to meet them, securing the appropriate goods and services, and continuous monitoring and evaluation – read our report on the DH framework for commissioning to find out how this works in practice.
Growing budgetary pressures have moved commissioning to centre stage.
The challenge facing councils is to ensure commissioning strategies reflect the priorities of preventing, reducing or delaying health and social care costs.
The JIP and Improvement Efficiency West Midlands (IEWM) will continue to help local authorities commission more efficiently and effectively by funding and implementing a range of initiatives including training and the Procurement Hub.
Wendy Fabbro
Acting Director of Adult Social Care Herefordshire Council
& NHS Herefordshire PCT
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