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Kevin Wong proposes a new way of recognising the value of the voluntary sector in supporting offenders and desistance
New report from Reform think tank identifies 3 main faults with public sector commissioning: a lack of focus on outcomes, fragmentation & centralised control.
Reform Think Tank sets out a starting point for Michael Gove’s proposed prison league tables, highlights lack of reliable data especially for private prisons
The idea is that by commissioning outcomes rather than outputs, commissioners allow provider to work in any way they see fit, safe in the knowledge that if the outcomes are not achieved, they do not have to make payment. But do PbR schemes achieve better outcomes?
Reform argues that the current system does not encourage innovation or quality. Whether provision is public or private it is typically a local monopoly with limited or no incentives to improve performance. Too often national and local commissioners prioritise price over effectiveness.
PbR has great potential but only in the context of high quality commissioning, says a new NCVO/BWB report analysed here…
Most payment by results pilot schemes are targeted at entrenched social problems. These problems – troubled families, long term unemployment, re-offending and drug dependency – are complex by nature. They require a coordinated response which addresses a wide range of issues. PbR funded interventions are a natural commissioning approach to tackle complex problems. However, PbR schemes quickly run into trouble when the outcomes themselves become complex.
12 things I learnt from the Policy Exchange PbR Event Policy Exchange hosted a payment by results event on Monday (4 March 2013) to follow
Toby Eccles is the founder and Development Director at Social Finance. This post originally appeared on Toby’s personal website. You can follow Toby on Twitter @tobyecc
In this latest in a series of short video interviews on payment by results, Nicola Singleton from the UK Drug Policy Commission gives her views
Measuring recovery The biggest challenge of the drug recovery payment by results pilots has been agreeing a simple but robust measurement system to report on whether
In this latest in a series of short video interviews on payment by results, Roma Hooper, founder of Make Justice Work, gives her views on PbR
