Paul Rackham is an ex Head of Commissioning who believes that good, values-based commissioning is only ever one part of the wider solutions people need to have the lives they want.
He now works freelance helping private providers, voluntary and community sector providers and local authority and NHS commissioning and procurement teams communicate better with each other.
Paul Rackham, ex-commissioner, speaks his mind about the challenges to personalisation in the NHS.
Spoiler alert, this is not the last word on personalisation in the NHS.
It’s a contribution to the debate. ...
When the Head of TLAP asked for a blog on “how not to commission adult social care” I thought I would go one step further and suggest why we shouldn’t be talking about commissioning adult social care at all, ...