Commissioning and provider development

This topic looks at the challenge of how to facilitate a greater choice of affordable, locally available, responsive services that people want. The resources in this section aim to help improve the effectiveness of market relationships between people who use services, providers and commissioners.

Our latest Commissioning and provider development resources are listed below, sub-topics can be accessed in the left-hand menu.

• Commissioning for Provider Diversity 2013
  Shared Lives Plus, supported by the Department of Health and endorsed by Think Local Act Personal, has produced "Commissioning for Provider Diversity - A Guide", which will help councils commission in...
• Commissioning the Future film
  This film demonstrates the Commissioning the Future workshop materials being used in two workshop sessions. It helpfully pulls out the essential learning points and demonstrates the value of taking...
• Driving up Quality in Adult Social Care: Quality Assurance briefings
  TLAP's National Market Development Forum (NMDF) has published three documents to promote and support quality assurance and improvement in adult social care. Norman Lamb MP, Minister of State for Care...
• Be Bold: developing the market for the small numbers of people with very complex needs
  "Be Bold: developing the market for the small numbers of people with very complex needs", was produced by the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) for the TLAP partnership's National Market...