Webinar recording: Getting commissioning right

Exploring good commissioning during and beyond COVID-19

Recorded 9 July 2020

The impact of COVID-19 on social care over the last three months has been severe, and at times, deeply shocking. All parts of the sector have experienced serious disruption. Commissioners and the commissioning process, are no exception. In some parts of the country, relationships between commissioner and providers have been strained to breaking point. In too many instances, unnecessary bureaucracy has got in the way of good decisions and in the worst cases, narrow financial decisions have been prioritised over the safety of people who use services.

At the same time, there have been many examples of good practice and a growing willingness amongst sector leaders and commissioners to think differently and more ambitiously about how we commission in the future.

What did the webinar cover?

The purpose of webinar was to:

• explore what good commissioning looks like during COVID-19
• examine how we ensure that citizens are at the heart of commissioning decision
• launch SCIE and Social Care Innovation Network products for commissioners, and describe offers of support from national partners to commissions over the coming months
• discuss and debate the issues that matter most to commissioners
• explore how commissioning needs to evolve in the future.

Speakers:

• Clenton Farquharson, Chair, Think Local Act Personal
• Stephen Chandler, Vice President, ADASS
• Alex Fox, Chief Executive, Shared Lives Plus
• Ewan King, Chief Operating Officer, SCIE
• Carmen Colomina, Practice Development Manager, SCIE
• Martin Routledge, Social Care Future
• Leon Goddard, Senior Advisor, LGA.