The paper explores practical activities which the Institute of Public Care (IPC) has used in projects to develop commissioning strategies in public care. These include the use of hypotheses, needs and service analysis, service design, purchasing plans and market management plans. The paper also considers some of the skills and experience needed in teams responsible for producing commissioning strategies. Written by IPC, this paper was originally published as part of the Commissioning eBook.
IPC worked with Norfolk County Council for three years to evaluate their model of support for unpaid carers; the executive summary of our report is now available.
One in three parents at risk of having their babies removed from their care have learning disabilities or difficulties – often not identified until court.
Ten years after the Care Act was passed, with considerable hopes and expectations for a major change in approach and a greater emphasis on rights, IPC Visiting Research Fellow Dr Melanie Henwood considers what has been achieved for carers.
Good working relationships between commissioning and care provider organisations are crucial. In this briefing paper, we explore the importance of working relationships and trust by firstly revisiting a paper we wrote in 2009, Perspectives on Market Facilitation.
In this discussion paper we consider why policy makers and local partners should do more to support and encourage care providers, and the wider care provider sector, to take on a more proactive leadership role in relation to adult safeguarding.
IPC worked with Norfolk County Council for three years to evaluate their model of support for unpaid carers; the executive summary of our report is now available.
One in three parents at risk of having their babies removed from their care have learning disabilities or difficulties – often not identified until court.
Ten years after the Care Act was passed, with considerable hopes and expectations for a major change in approach and a greater emphasis on rights, IPC Visiting Research Fellow Dr Melanie Henwood considers what has been achieved for carers.
Good working relationships between commissioning and care provider organisations are crucial. In this briefing paper, we explore the importance of working relationships and trust by firstly revisiting a paper we wrote in 2009, Perspectives on Market Facilitation.
In this discussion paper we consider why policy makers and local partners should do more to support and encourage care providers, and the wider care provider sector, to take on a more proactive leadership role in relation to adult safeguarding.
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