Strategic Commissioning
Strategic commissioning is the process of identifying and providing for the unique needs of your community over the coming years, building a vision for service transformation and creating an environment of choice.
It is about understanding the present, defining the future, identifying unmet need and communicating clearly to encourage current and potential providers to fill the gaps.
Dr Foster's Population Care Manager is a web based tool designed in conjunction with local authorities to meet the upcoming challenges.
The landscape for social care is changing:
- Personalisation necessitates new delivery models. Individual budgets facilitate choice. We will see an increased range of services delivered by a greater number of providers. Block contracting will frequently become outmoded and inappropriate.
- Individuals receiving services from multiple agencies require a single point of contact, making it vital that heath and social care work closely together. An increase in dementia, driven by an aging population, makes long-term joint working essential.
- Prevention and early intervention can provide improved outcomes. They rely on efficient segmentation of your population into similar communities. This must be underpinned by a deep understanding of individual's situations, needs and aspirations.
Planning based on common information and assumptions enables effective prioritisation of investment to best respond to likely future need.
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