Services

Commissioning, social care, and public value

Services are under pressure, demand is rising, and the arrangements for buying and delivering support are getting in the way.

Make better commissioning decisions, understand demand, and organise support around people’s lives.

What we do with you

  • Establish what people need and what the current service actually does.
  • Review pathways, markets, costs, and commissioning arrangements together.
  • Develop and test practical changes with people, practitioners, providers, and decision-makers.

What you take forward

  • A shared diagnosis, with evidence and assumptions separated.
  • Options for service and market development, with their costs and consequences.
  • A delivery plan, clear decisions, and a way to learn from what changes.

Commissioning starting-point review

From £4,500 excluding VAT

One live commissioning challenge: a scoping call, review of up to five supplied documents, up to four interviews, a half-day working session, and a concise decision note. Delivered over two to three weeks. This first step establishes what to investigate and change; a wider market review or service redesign is scoped separately.

Guide fees assume remote preparation and one UK working session. Travel and venue costs are agreed separately. We confirm the total price and deliverables before you commission work.

See the practical starting point

Start with the situation

Tell us what needs to change, the decisions already made, and the constraints you are working within. We will agree the scope, team, timing, and fee before work starts.

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