Outsourcing Reablement Services

Increasingly, local authorities are beginning to consider the potential benefits of outsourcing reablement services. The benefits of outsourcing can be complicated by issues such as TUPE and the retained costs of administering contractual relationships and managing quality.

Below are some tools and guidance that will help you weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing reablement services.

• Advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing reablement services

Lincolnshire County Council ran a pilot project on commissioning reablement from the independent sector - more details available below.

• Commissioning reablement from the independent sector in Lincolnshire
  Lincolnshire County Council ran a pilot looking at how the independent sector could provide the Lincolnshire Assessment and Reablement Service (LARS). The project report and responses to the LARS questionnaire...