Policy Development
There is a plethora of resources on commissioning and procurement. Here are a few to get you started.
Understanding commissioning for voluntary and community organisations (2nd Edition Report)
This document provides an easy to use guide and workbook to help organisations to develop and to be ready for the challenges of the months and years to come. This report will be of interest to third sector organisations and public sector agencies.
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NHS Publications - Policy and Guidance
Keep up to date with developments in health through the Department of Health wesite
Download from www.dh.gov.uk
Public services and the third sector : rhetoric and reality (report)
Government is commissioning ever more public service delivery from organisations in the third sector - charities and other not for profit organisations, as well as social enterprises. This report attempts to assess the impact of that policy approach, in particular looking not just at the effect on government and on the sector, but more importantly the effect on service users and the public at large. July 2008
Download from www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmpubadm/112/112.pdf
Welcoming social enterprise into health and social care (resource pack)
This resource pack offers both those wanting to start and those already operating a social enterprise a useful gateway to important information needed to set up or expand service in health and social care. This resource pack is also useful to commissioners who want to contract with social enterprises. There are also resource packs for each English region. Nov 2007
Download from www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_072928
Evaluation of the National Programme for Third Sector Commissioning: consultation with BME third sector organisations (report)
The baseline survey was sent to a wide range of third sector organisations (TSOs) but findings could not be analysed by ethnicity. Discussion of initial baseline findings with stakeholders showed that this was likely to be important, so additional research was organised with TSOs working with Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in order to supplement the baseline. In a focus group, BME TSOs' current experiences of commissioning and whether any additional barriers or difficulties exist around their involvement in commissioning was explored.
Download from www.idea.gov.uk/idk/aio/8458905
