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Commissioning plan

Calderdale Council and NHS Calderdale are committed to ensuring the way that services are commissioned makes a real difference to children and young people’s lives. This plan has been developed to promote a clear and consistent way forward for the commissioning of children and young people’s services and is intended to set out how services will be commissioned in the short term for 2011-12 and how a medium to longer term strategic approach will be developed.

This plan aims to:

• Outline how we can continue to develop a single commissioning approach in order to improve outcomes and services to children and young people in Calderdale from April 2011 onwards.
• Set out key developments and implications for commissioning across schools, post 16 learning, children and young people’s services, public health and health commissioning.
• Set out a framework within which services can be commissioned against the Calderdale Continuum of Need and Response both across Calderdale and within communities and localities.
• Identify resources available and commissioning priorities for 2011-12.
• Describe the potential scope of a single commissioning function for children, young people and maternity services.
• Describe how we will begin to develop the market.

This plan sits under the Single Commissioning Plan for 2011-12 which encompasses services adults as well as children and young people and sets out the following high level outcomes:

• Preventing deterioration, delaying dependency and supporting recovery particularly in relation to long-term chronic conditions and disabilities
• Promoting personalisation and improve life-quality
• Ensure a positive user / patient experience
• Treating and caring for people in a safe environment and protecting them from avoidable harm
• Reducing premature death.

Commissioning Services Plan for Children, Young People and Maternity in Calderdale 2011-12 [PDF file 552KB]| 

Single Commissioning Plan 2011-12 [PDF file 1135KB]|

Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)

Calderdale Council and Calderdale Primary Care Trust are working closely together to improve our understanding of the future health and well-being needs of the District's residents. We are doing this through a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA).

For other related plans and policies Search Council publications

Children and young people can have a say about services provided. If you want to find out more, contact Calderdale Council on 0845 245 6000.

If you have any concerns regarding a young person, you can contact Social Services on 01422 393336 or, in an emergency, contact the police.

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