Response to guidance on collective involvement duty for Clinical Commissioning Groups
24 October 2012
We welcome the guidance on collective involvement for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), including a brief outline of CCGs’ equality duties under the Equality Act 2010. We also find the case examples of involvement and of the benefits gained helpful to make a start. However, we think these case examples are not comprehensive enough for CCGs to be convinced of engaging in genuine co-production. The guidance does refer to ‘why’ involvement is necessary but it lacks a clearly illustrated business case and some kind of manual on how to go about embedding involvement throughout the commissioning cycle. This would help both commissioners and user-led projects to approach involvement hands-on.
For illustration of a more comprehensive example of an empowerment approach to involvement we will circulate as soon as possible our report on ‘user-driven commissioning’. For the time being we enclose at the end of this document a range of case studies illustrating the benefits of user-led organisations in support of commissioning.....
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