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Guide to Outcomes-based Commissioning

    Features
  • Monday, February 22, 2021
  • | CYP Now
As local authorities come under growing pressure to manage increasing demand for children’s services heightened by the pandemic, Bloom’s innovative model helps councils commission quality providers across a range of services based on meeting agreed outcomes.

Virtual commissioning

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  • Tuesday, January 5, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Virtual commissioning is here to stay, and when done well there are benefits for commissioners and children, says Toni Badnall.

Commissioning for wellbeing

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  • Tuesday, February 25, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Commissioners should consider how best to meet the mental health needs of looked-after children, says Frank McGhee.

Shared Services: Policy context

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  • Thursday, January 2, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Defining what shared services are is vital to understand the approaches that work best in services for children and young people and whether there is scope for this to grow.

Shared Services: Special Report

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  • Thursday, January 2, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Fresh evidence suggests collaboration is helping local authorities to find a wider range of care options for vulnerable children and introduce a greater array of good practice approaches to improve outcomes.

Commissioning for outcomes

All commissioning decisions should be judged by the impact they have on children's outcomes, says Richard Selwyn.