This paper uses published material, learning from commissioners, providers and people with lived experience, and our own knowledge and experience, to discuss the benefits and challenges of alliance commissioning and coproduction in mental health.
Guest Blog from Doreen Kelly, Director of Beyond Limits an organisation based in South West England that has piloted a tailored approach using Individual Health Budgets in the form of an Individual Service Fund that ensures a truly person centred approach to support.
This guidance has been written following a project to develop a review of the commissioning arrangements for children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people whose behaviours challenge funded by NHSE. ...
NDTi are working with the National Skills Academy for Social Care to deliver the Commissioning Now training programme which provides practical assistance on how excellence can be achieved.
The consultation on the draft service model, 'Supporting people with a learning disability and / or autism who have a mental health condition or display behaviour that challenges' (what a mouthful) is now over, and we will wait to see what emerges.
A new report published today by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shares the findings of an evaluation undertaken by NDTi to examine the improvements Essex County Council made to the commissioning of its care home services...
Ana rticle from Alison Giraud-Saunders and Bill Love on commissioning lessons from Winterbourne View is available in 'Commissioning Excellence'....
The Health Select Committee has created headlines today by pronouncing that the energy, attention and demands of the Health Bill (and the associated changes that are already being implemented prior to the passage of the Bill into law), are damaging the NHS’s ability to get on with the job of delivering high quality, cost effective healthcare
A new guide has been launched today by the National Development team for Inclusion (NDTi) to help commissioners to implement Government policy on how to commission cost- and outcome-effective services for people with learning disabilities described as 'challenging'.
NDTi developed best practice commissioning guidance based on the Mansell report principles, and outlines what commissioners need to do to develop local services, with the right skills, that deliver better outcomes for people and save money.
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