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Community Commissioning: Shaping Public Services through People Power

July 8, 2019   By Adam Lent, Jessica Studdert and Trinley Walker

If we are to move to a preventative system in public services, communities need to take on more responsibility for their own health and well-being. That means handing power and resource over to communities that is held by public sector institutions.

The commissioning of public services is one of the most important functions of the public sector but also one that is deeply embedded within the institution. Community Commissioning makes a convincing case for why the process needs to be led by citizens and service users not public sector professionals. Importantly, it also explains in detail how this shift is happening in practice.


Date
July 8, 2019
Authored by

Adam Lent, Jessica Studdert and Trinley Walker
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