Strategic reviews

We have developed a series of strategic reviews to be carried out within the three service clusters to cover the three year contracting process.

The aims of these reviews are:

• to ensure provision more closely meets the needs of the local population
• to ensure services deliver a positive and effective contribution to the prevention and early intervention agenda and to the targets of strategic partners
• to ensure a wide range of housing and support options are commissioned within the available Supporting People budget

Our approach to these reviews is to focus on:

• ensuring services continue to meet the objectives set out from the previous review
• take on board new strategic objectives of our key stakeholders
• negotiate with providers over what is feasible, ensuring that service users have information and choice and that their preferences are taken into account in the decisions we make

It is our aim to ensure service users have services which meet their needs as far as resources allow.

Where we wish to offer a new contract to a provider to continue a service, we will be clear that we have assessed each service according to the following 5 criteria:

• strategic relevance
• demand and need as evidenced over the life of the contract
• quality delivered during the life of the contract
• performance as assessed over the life of the contract
• value for money

Specific Strategic Reviews of services