Commissioning and Purchasing

Commissioning and Purchasing by Terry Bamford

This essential guide to commissioning and purchasing in social care provides case studies, guidelines, and checklists to help readers to assess need, develop care plans and select suppliers of care. It clearly explains: the reasons for the shift to commissioning and purchasing away from direct provision the distinction between commissioning and purchasing how to ensure that the commissioning and purchasing process fully reflects the views of users and carers contracts and tenders costs and prices in relation to providing quality care how safeguards can be built into the commissioning and purchasing process. This is an invaluable resource that focuses on the practical skills required to deliver effective care. It has been written for social care students, frontline staff and their managers to help them through the process.

Messiness may sum up this topic but the clarity Bamford brings to it makes the book essential reading for those seeking greater understanding of one of the most important issue facing social services in the next few years Mike Young Healthmatters

Bamford, Terry: - Terry Bamford has been active in social work for five decades. He has chaired the British Association of Social Workers, been a Director of Social Services in Northern Ireland and a London borough. He was a founder member of the General Social Care Council. He has chaired a Primary Care Trust and is currently Chair of the Social Work History Network and of Healthwatch in Bexley.

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ISBN 13	9780415247436
ISBN 10	0415247438
Titel	Commissioning and Purchasing
Autor	Terry Bamford
Serie	The Social Work Skills Series
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2001-09-27
Seitenanzahl	152
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