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GDPR and commissioning

    Features
  • Tuesday, August 28, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Changes to data protection rules can improve how councils and providers share information, says Toni Badnall-Neill.

Predictive analytics

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 27, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Commissioners are grasping the potential of data analytics to predict demand for children's services, says Richard Selwyn.

Rethinking children's services

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 30, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Local authorities are starting to test new ways to meet children and families' needs that focus on forging compassionate relationships between state and citizen amid rising demand for services, says Richard Selwyn.

The optimum place

    Features
  • Tuesday, October 31, 2017
  • | CYP Now
As the number of children in care continues to rise, Joe Lepper examines how commissioners are juggling the perennial challenge of placing children according to their needs at reasonable cost.

Commissioning for outcomes

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

The austerity challenge

Richard Selwyn assesses the long-term and hidden costs of public-sector austerity, and asks what can we do about it.

The art of commissioning

In the first of a series of articles, commissioner Richard Selwyn outlines the key principles of good children's services commissioning.

Better commissioner relations

    Analysis
  • Tuesday, January 3, 2017
  • | CYP Now
A Lloyds Bank Foundation report says the current commissioning processes threaten the survival of small charities. Here, a commissioner says they must work to forge partnerships with councils.