Commissioning for Health and Well-being
An Introduction
Distributed for Policy Press at the University of Bristol
"A much needed text on a key area of management practice within health and social care services by a great team of authors. It is ideal for students and for all who are interested in delivering better quality and better integrated health and social care services."
“Commissioning gets a long overdue textbook. The comprehensive range of perspectives provides a great start for anyone wanting to consider how to practice or improve commissioning.”--Peter Hay, Birmingham City Council
List of abbreviations
Notes on contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Jon Glasby
Part One: The commissioning cycle
1. New models of strategic commissioning
Tony Bovaird, Helen Dickinson and Kerry Allen
2. Needs assessment
Tom Marshall and Eleanor Hothersall
3. Decision making and priority setting
Iestyn Williams and Suzanne Robinson
4. Procurement and market management
Chris Lonsdale
5. Decommissioning services
Ray Puffitt and Lesley Prince
6. Commissioning for service resilience
Ray Puffitt
7. Commissioning for quality and outcomes
Martin Willis and Tony Bovaird
Part Two: Key themes
8. The economics of commissioning
Peter Watt
9. Public and user involvement in commissioning
Jo Ellins
10. The impact of joint commissioning
Helen Dickinson and Alyson Nicholds
11. Commissioning in an era of personalisation
Catherine Needham and Simon Duffy
Part Three
12. Conclusion and next steps
Jon Glasby
Index
Sociology: Individual, State and Society
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