Commissioning

Following the recommendations by the Independent Review of Adult Social Care, the Scottish Government worked with a range of partners to develop ethical commissioning and procurement principles.

I have a confession to make, I am a commissioning geek. For over a decade I've written, argued, researched, lobbied, moved words around in guidance documents, given many conference speeches, and read (and written) some of the most boring reports known to humankind in pursuit of finding out why commissioning seems hard to define, and even harder to do.

The bees are back! Watching these amazing creatures leave their hibernation spots and fly around again this Spring has struck me as I look back on this year’s Foundations for Change work. I’m thinking particularly about the powerful hive mind that colleagues in North Ayrshire have engaged with over the last year to find collective solutions and network their changemaking across different organisations, teams and functions.

I’m writing this with a cup of tea next to me, thinking about colleagues in North Ayrshire who are working with us this year through our Foundations for Change programme. I’m sitting here at my desk tapping away at the keyboard while they are getting active - forming scrums and starting sprints!