{"id":503,"date":"2014-10-28T17:30:48","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T17:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scotland.gov.uk\/health-and-social-care-integration\/?p=503"},"modified":"2016-08-26T11:55:59","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T10:55:59","slug":"joint-strategic-commissioning-whats-it-all-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/health-social-care\/2014\/10\/28\/joint-strategic-commissioning-whats-it-all-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Strategic Commissioning \u2013 what\u2019s it all about?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\u00a0recent event entitled ‘Preparing for integration \u2013 developing your strategic plan<\/strong>‘ was held on October 8, 2014, focusing on the analysis required for Integration Authorities to develop their Joint Strategic Commissioning plans in 2015-16.<\/p>\n

Key stakeholders taking part were asked why they felt this was so important. This is what they said\u2026<\/p>\n

Peter Macleod, Director of Social Work at Renfrewshire Council<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Strategic Commissioning is the fulcrum around which the future planning and aspirations of the local partnerships to meet theoutcomes of the local populace will be set. Thorough analysis of joint strategic needs can identify population need, meaning services can be reshaped to meet needs more closely now and in the future.That gives services, in partnership with service providers, the space to innovate and inspire and to more effectively target resources at prevention.’<\/p>\n

Allan Gunning, Director for Strategic Planning, Policy and Performance at NHS Ayrshire & Arran<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Integration is about improving outcomes and tackling the disconnects that exist within health and between health and social care.\u00a0 Strategic commissioning provides a robust, coherent cross-system methodology for identifying the priorities for change in support of this.\u00a0 Its cyclical nature \u2013 analyse, plan, do, review – will bring the strategic plan to life.<\/p>\n

‘A co-production approach will be essential to effective strategic commissioning and finding common ground among the stakeholders on changes which need to be made will be central to the success of integration.\u00a0 Strategic commissioning gives a process for finding this common ground, \u00a0a methodology for ensuring it is established on a solid foundation and links the agreed changes to improved outcomes.<\/p>\n

‘Over time, integration must be built on more mature relationships and transparency between all stakeholders.\u00a0 Strategic commissioning will be a critical part of the scaffolding which will support this movement and that is ultimately why it is so important.’<\/p>\n

Annie Gunner Logan, Director, Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Traditionally the starting point for forward planning for many of us is to consider what we\u2019ve already got and then look at how to preserve, sustain or increase it. Joint strategic commissioning enables us \u2013 indeed expects<\/em> us \u2013 to start somewhere else and ask a different set of questions:<\/p>\n