Commissioning health and social care services

Our strategies and Market Position Statements

Strategic commissioning helps us and our partners provide services that achieve the priority outcomes set out in our plans and Market Position Statements.

View our commissioning strategies and Market Position Statements
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Fair cost of care

In December 2021, central government published the White Paper ‘People at the Heart of Care’, which sets out a 10-year vision for care and support in England. This introduced the principle of a ‘fair cost of care’.

Find out more about the fair cost of care
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Other services

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    Doing business with us

    Find out key information about doing business with us, such as how you're invoiced, how to search for open tenders, how to invoice us, and more.

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    Commercial opportunities

    Find out about competitively priced council services for businesses and organisations.

Decision making

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    Policies, strategies and reviews

    We use policy and strategy documents to guide our decisions. We also use them to develop and run our services fairly and consistently.

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    Councillors and committees

    Councillors are responsible for agreeing provision of services and how the council's money is spent.