Commissioning

Effective strategic commissioning is at the heart of developing preventative strategies and improving outcomes for children and young people. It is an activity that will involve all Medway Children’s Trust partners and will operate by drawing on pooled and aligned resources including staff, finance and buildings, and will be informed by the direct involvement of children and young people.

NHS Medway and Medway Council have jointly funded a Commissioning and Strategy Division that will work on behalf of both agencies and the Trust Board to develop and commission programmes set out in the CYPP.

Commissioning is not just about purchasing services, it is the strategic process of identifying need, current provision, available resources and priorities, tendering procuring and contracting provision, monitoring and evaluation, following the commissioning cycle below

Working with the six Strategic Partnership Groups  commissioning reviews will result in the procurement of evidence-based services that are able to demonstrate impact and effect real change for children and young people.

The joint commissioning framework sets out a shared vision for the Medway Children’s Trust, common principles, and joint commissioning for the services to be provided for children and young people in Medway. It establishes a common language and approach to help all stakeholders to understand the commissioning process.