Commissioning for Health and Well-Being

Jon Glasby is Professor of Health and Social Care and Director of the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham. A qualified social worker by background, he is engaged in regular research and policy advice around the future of health and social care. He is a former board member of the Social Care Institute for Excellence and is currently a non-executive director of Birmingham Children's Hospital. He also leads the first MSc degree in public service commissioning of its kind in the UK, as well as a series of MSc programmes for National Health Service commissioners.

• Introduction ~ Jon Glasby; Section 1: The commissioning cycle: New forms of strategic commissioning ~ Tony Bovaird, Helen Dickinson and Kerry Allen; Needs assessment ~ Tom Marshall and Eleanor Hothersall; Decision-making and priority setting ~ Iestyn Williams and Suzanne Robinson; Procurement and market management ~ Chris Lonsdale; Decommissioning ~ Ray Puffitt and Lesley Prince; Commissioning for service resilience ~ Ray Puffitt; Commissioning for quality and outcomes ~ Martin Willis and Tony Bovaird; Section 2: Key themes: The economics of commissioning ~ Peter Watt; Public and user involvement in commissioning ~ Jo Ellins; The impact of joint commissioning ~ Helen Dickinson and Alyson Nicholds; Commissioning in an era of personalisation ~ Catherine Needham and Simon Duffy; Section 3: Conclusion and next steps: Conclusion ~ Jon Glasby.

"Commissioning gets a long overdue textbook. The comprehensive range of perspectives provides a great start for anyone wanting to consider how to practice or improve commissioning" Peter Hay, Birmingham City Council, and Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS)