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Good practice exchange and your contributions

Colleagues, You may be interested in the revised Good Practice Exchange document available at: http://www.commissioningsupport.org.uk/cs/groups/good_practice_exchange/media/p/1339.aspx This document brings together, in a high-level and easily searchable form, information about interesting and emerging...

Posted to Commissioning Support Programme (Forum) by Chris Knighton on 03-11-2010

10 March workshop for parenting commissioners and Commissioing Champions

There are a few places left on the following event next week: Commissioning Parenting and Family Support: a workshop for Parenting Commissioners and CSP Commissioning Champions - Organised by the Commissioning Support Programme and Government Office London A n opportunity to develop your local response...

Posted to Commissioning Support Programme (Forum) by Natasha Misir on 03-04-2010

Uploading your CYPP to the Commissioning Support website

Dear Commissioning Champions, We have had a number of requests to bring together key strategic local documents into a single place on the Programme website. With this in mind, would you be willing to upload your most recent CYPP to a single area of the site? All you need to do is click on the link below...

Posted to Commissioning Support Programme (Forum) by Chris Knighton on 02-26-2010

Workforce poster from Guardian supplement

A lot of people have asked us about that graphic that appeared in the centre pages of the commissioning supplement that we sponsored in The Guardian in November 2009. Many commissioners and providers have told us that they find it a useful summary of how the children's workforce work together to...

Posted to Commissioning Support Programme (Forum) by Chris Knighton on 02-26-2010

Stockport - Contracts and Commissioning Manager - Job Advert

Stockport Council have asked us to post information about a current vacancy for a Contracts and Commissioning Manager. The closing date for applications is 15 March. You an download more details below. Job advert http://www.commissioningsupport.org.uk/cs/media/p/1500.aspx Job Description http://www.commissioningsupport...

Posted to Commissioning Support Programme (Forum) by Chris Knighton on 02-26-2010

Kindle commissioning guidance for community sector organisations

I thought I would send out a post just in case any of you missed the document that Kindle has recently published in collaboration with the Commissioning Support Programme. You can download it here: http://www.commissioningsupport.org.uk/cs/groups/commissioning_and_the_community_sector/members.aspx

Posted to Commissioning Practice (Forum) by Chris Knighton on 01-28-2010

How are your local commissioning and finance teams working together?

A cold financial climate brings an increased focus on how resources are best used. Good commissioning is of course all about efficient and effective use of resources to achieve desired outcomes, but to do this commissioners need good information about the full costs - and cost make-up - of existing services...

Posted to Discussion Point (Forum) by Hilary Thompson on 10-21-2009

Regional Young People's Commissioning Roadshows

Following on from the National Young People’s Commissioning Forum event held in May 2009, the DCSF is sponsoring some follow-up Regional Young People's Commissioning Roadshows, taking place from the 15 October to the 6 November 2009. These roadshows cover the commissioning and provision of...

Posted to Discussion Point (Forum) by Ayesha Janjua on 09-17-2009

Re: BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION AND THE COMMISSIONING CYCLE

Hello Valerie, Thank you for your post. It might be more useful to put these materials and post a discussion up on our Children's Health group which can be found here: http://www.commissioningsupport.org.uk/cs/groups/childrens_health_commissioning/default.aspx You will need to become a member first...

Posted to Resource Bank discussion forum (Forum) by Satdeep Grewal on 07-14-2009

Conversations at the Guardian National Commissioning Conference

I am at the Guardian National commissioning conference in Birmingham this week which The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) have jointly sponsored. Most of the people here are primarily concerned with commissioning for health and adult social care. Personalisation and individual...

Posted to Discussion Point (Forum) by Judith Smyth on 06-24-2009