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The aim of thie project is the development of a set of minimum regional quality standards for regulated services which exceed national minimum standards and complement the work of the Care Quality Commission. These standards will provide a regional framework and a consistent approach for commissioners, providers, service users, family carers and care managers to monitor individual outcomes; check service improvements and maximise efficiencies.

The North East Autism consortium (NEAC) will drive forward the modern commissioning of care and support services for people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders and Asperger syndrome. This will be achieved in two ways:Via the delivery of the actions plans of the 4 sub regional Autism Service Development Groups (ASDG) developed from stakeholder events in 2008, which will lead to the creation of modern, cost effective and individualised services for people living in our region.

The South East hosted a seminar on 29 January for Local Authority commissioners and local providers to discuss personalised domicilliary care commissioning. The day provided an opportunity for commissioners and providers to interact and discuss the challenges and opportunities around personalised commissioning.

This framework explores refocuses existing and emerging perspectives on commissioning for health and wellbeing through the lens of personalisation.

The South East region is delivering a wide ranging and ambitious Commissioning and Market Development Programme. The work forms a core work stream in the JIP Programme and is being delivered with support from Improvement & Efficiency South East (IESE) and through the ADASS Market & Commissioning Committee.

A briefing summarising the implications of the personalisation agenda for voluntary sector service providers. This At a glance briefing examines the implications of the personalisation agenda for voluntary/third sector service providers, particularly service managers.

An in-depth analysis of the benefits of the SP programme to highlight learning for Personalisation in the North East. This project will undertake an in-depth regional analysis of the benefits of the Supporting People Programme to highlight where efficiencies and good commissioning practise could affect the costs of procurement of Social Care Services for Independent Living, in advance of the mainstreaming of the supporting people programme by March 2011.

This project sought to support the transfromational change necessary in Adult Social Care and to provide community and council leaders with relvent change management tools. This project will support the transformational change within Adult Social Care and provide individual Council and community leaders with significant change management information, theory, practical tools and an action focused process for delivering specified change in their local area.

How do the North East regional JIP/NEIEP projects contribute to the PPF agenda?We have mapped projects against the PPF milestones to show how they are helping the transformation of adult social care across the region. The document attached below shows how each milestone is supported by a number of projects and provides hyperlinks to further information.

The North East held a series of three learning events for senior officers and elected Members from local authorities and health organisations across the North East regionThis project will deliver a series of three learning events for senior officers and elected Members from local authorities and health organisations across the North East region between April 2009 and March 2010. The focus of the events will be to raise awareness amongst the political leadership and health colleagues of the transformation and personalisation agenda and in so doing, providing a clearer understanding of the capacity issues associated with the change.