Introduction to Commissioning Workshops

Build shared understanding and confidence across your organisation

Course Overview

Our highly popular introductory workshop bring teams together to explore the foundations of effective commissioning. Delivered in-person, these interactive sessions help colleagues understand key concepts, roles, and responsibilities — essential for creating a consistent, organisation-wide approach to commissioning.

The workshop aims to ensure everyone has a shared understanding of the definition of commissioning and their role within the commissioning cycle. This is important: commissioning is a shared endeavour, impacted and shaped by many professionals – operational and strategic colleagues alike.

Booking and Cost

The fee is £5,000 for a full-day workshop, including skills audit and analysis.

If you would like to have an informal conversation about what the workshop entails, please reach out to us at ipc_courses@brookes.ac.uk or call 01865 951902.

Please note our Cancellation and Non-Attendance Policy applies to all bookings.

Course Content and Format

  • What commissioning is and why it matters
  • A full walkthrough of the IPC commissioning cycle
  • How every role contributes to effective commissioning
  • Case studies and guest speakers tailored to your local context
  • Optional skills audit to identify ongoing development needs of your teams

This type of workshop offers the perfect opportunity to deliver a skills audit of a directorate or team’s skills, confidence and knowledge in key commissioning skills and competencies to support the ongoing planning for the training and development needs of your staff around public care commissioning.

Perfect for:

Large teams (e.g. 20–50 staff) at varied levels of experience who need a shared starting point.

Get in Touch

To learn more about our Introduction to Commissioning Workshops, or to book your place, please contact the Programme Administration office.

Sasha Carter,
Programme Administrator

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