Joint Strategic Commissioning Strategy 2022-2025

Strategic commissioning in the adult and children and young people health and social care context relates to all of the activities involved in assessing and forecasting need, linking investment to agreed outcomes, identifying and considering options, planning the nature, range and quality of future services and working in partnership to put these in place.

The JSCS sets out the strategic objectives, priorities, commissioning intentions (pdf) and key market messages and is in line with the policy from Scottish Government and where appropriate references the proposals for the new National Care Service. A key aspect of our collaborative partnership approach within this commissioning strategy is that the HSCP as commissioner will work closely with providers, supported people, carers and their internal colleagues to facilitate and encourage the flourishing of a sustainable, effective range of providers and types of support in an area.

These objectives have been developed through engagement with partners, staff and the public. The strategy has been developed using the best practice guide from the Scottish Government applying the four steps of the Commissioning Cycle; Analyse, Plan, Deliver and Review. The delivery and review steps will be undertaken by each strategic group once the strategy is enacted. This will feed into further refining and developing our Commissioning Strategy over the three year period.