by Darren | Mar 30, 2016 | blog, Opinion |
I’ve got an existential question about commissioning. Although it’s a question about commissioning it relates in just the same way to people who commission services and those that provide them. When working with organisations to achieve our Quality Mark for Evidence...
by Darren | Mar 8, 2016 | blog, Opinion |
Over the years I’ve heard many organisations talk about the desire to move away from commissioning services based on need and move to asset based commissioning. Whilst it’s something I’ve heard discussed many times in many places it’s not something I’ve often seen...
by Darren | Mar 7, 2016 | Opinion |
When you are designing or commissioning a new service where do you start? Do you start with an idea of what the service should look like and build a specification around that? Or do you start with the change you would like to achieve and build a service that you know...
by Darren | Feb 24, 2016 | blog |
Everyone knows there is a link between decent housing and improved health and wellbeing. It appears so obvious but this is an area that is still frequently ignored in commissioning improvements in health and wellbeing. Whilst you will see the recognition of the role...
by Darren | Feb 4, 2016 | blog |
Recently we have been working with Gateway Family Services to refine our Risk Tracker System to help them to support clients that have been diagnosed with Prediabetes as part of the National NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme. Such a diagnosis can be a great shock to...
by Darren | Nov 23, 2015 | blog |
We are really pleased to be able to bring you this video guide to our Risk Tracker software. We have created this software as an easy to use, web based method of managing clients and demonstrating the impact you have with them. Over the last six months we have been...
by Darren | Sep 11, 2015 | Uncategorised |
Engagement with the people that you provide services for is a key element of how you identify the outcomes that your organisation is judged on. The quality and method of engagement is one of the key factors in determining whether or not an organisation is listening to...
by Darren | Sep 1, 2015 | blog |
A key part of providing services to members of the public is the amount of information you need to collect. If you’re like most of the organisations that we work with then it is likely that the types of information you collect has grown over time and is now fairly...
by Darren | Aug 20, 2015 | blog |
Do you know what an outcome is? That’s not meant to be a rude question, but if you were given a long list of the information that your organisation collects from all the people it helps, would you be able to identify what’s an activity and what’s an outcome? It’s...
by Darren | Jun 3, 2015 | blog |
Over the last few months we have had a great opportunity to work with Public Health England by taking place in some of their regional events. We have met a wide variety of commissioners and commissioned services and given them an overview of how we demonstrate...
