... experience in developing commissioning. Findings Published documents such as MPS and joint strategic needs assessments do not give an encouraging picture of progress in commissioning with and for people with learning disabilities. Actual commissioning practice may or may not be stronger than...

... disability MPS. Sarah Broadhurst can be contacted at: sbroadhurst@brookes.ac.uk © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Learning disabilities Commissioning Local authorities Inclusive communities Market shaping Ordinary lives...

... Care programme in England. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Learning disabilities Challenging behaviour Commissioning Change management Mental health problems Policy implementation James Colman Kerrigan can be contacted...

... Commissioning Cycle and experience of working with commissioners across the UK over the past 29 years. Findings Empowering commissioners to be transformational leaders and enabling them to secure good outcomes for people with learning disabilities will require broadening the responsibilities for creating...

... of organisational change at the same time as reductions in funding; families disconnected from commissioning; and lack of effective joint working across social care, health and other partners. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Change management Personalization Learning disabilities...

... other areas. Findings – The main barrier to personalisation was the volume of, and priority given to, safeguarding referrals by frontline commissioning social care workers. This reduced capacity for a proactive approach to support planning. Workers who participated in the project appreciated...

... and economic climate. Findings – The lack of a clear consensus about “prevention” in the learning disability sector and a failure to give sufficient time to effect cultural change that will help reduce dependency, allied to a set of system dynamics that militate against creative commissioning and the use...

.... What is the aim for the person using the service? Learning disabilities Indirect intervention Multidisciplinary working Commissioning Outcomes Communication Graphic 1 The research underpinning this paper started as an attempt to improve understanding of the barriers...

... repeating the process annually, thus allowing comparative analysis of progress, and identification of the factors that have helped to achieve that progress. The self‐assessment has strengthened commissioning and offered a foundation and rationale for service development. It has led to better local...