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New Case Study: Market Testing Client Transport Procurement (Buckinghamshire), November 2008
This case study provides an overview of how Buckinghamshire County Council established a framework for increasing efficiency and reducing costs in client transport services.
New Case Study: Reducing High Placement Costs (Solihull), November 2008
This case study describes how Solihull's high unit costs for placements for children in care were reduced; increasing resources available to improve the quality of care and delivering outcomes that better met the needs of children.
Effective Practice in Commissioning in Children's Services (March 2007)
A summary of effective practice case studies on commissioning.
How to be successful in commissioning children's services
A useful portfolio of commissioning case studies published by the Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships.
The case studies below provide a range of examples of effective practice in commissioning, and will be of interest to anyone who is involved in commissioning for children, young people and families.
Recent case studies
Commissioning substance misuse and family support services (Staffordshire)
Changing Children's Services in Bournemouth Borough Council
Procurement of Housing for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker Children (Hillingdon)
Driving up Performance Through Better Commissioning (Bedfordshire)
Focusing on Prevention (East Riding)
Preparing the Way for Pooled Budgets (Sandwell)
Developing a code of practice to work with the Third Sector (Plymouth)
Procuring Children's Residential Services from the Independent Sector (Sheffield 0-19+ Partnership)
Developing an outcomes-based commissioning approach: Birmingham
Commissioning Children's Centres (Hertfordshire Children's Trust Partnership)
Maximising Procurement Expertise and Achieving Savings (Essex County Council)
An Implementation Plan for Developing Joint Commissioning (London Borough of Waltham Forest)
Developing Joint Commissioning (Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council)
Case studies
Children's Participation in Shaping Service Models
Competing Providers for School Support and Business Development
Commissioning for Prevention
Getting a Better Deal Assessing Unit Cost and Engaging with the Market
How to Develop and Embed a Framework for Commissioning Principles across Partner Agencies
Joint Planning and Commissioning: The Framework in Action - A Brighton and Hove Case Study
North East Regional Commissioning Unit - A Model
Planning and Commissioning Multi-Agency Service Delivery
Procuring Services for Children and Young People
Sub-Regional Placement Commissioning
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Last updated on 05/05/2009
