What is joint commissioning?

Joint commissioning has been defined as "the process when two or more commissioning agencies act together to co-ordinate their commissioning, taking joint responsibility for translating strategy into action." In practical terms, this means making the best use of available resources to meet identified needs.

Effective joint commissioning is crucially important in the process of developing a whole systems approach to service delivery and improving outcomes to users and carers. Joint commissioning involves a range of activities including:

  • Needs assessment
  • Financial planning
  • Working in partnership with key stakeholders, including users and carers and service providers
  • Planning innovative services
  • Effective review and redesign of services.
Current JIT work on commissioning

JIT has agreed a work plan linked to the work of the Joint Resourcing Group

Key areas of work include:

  • Practical work with partnerships to improve joint commissioning with the aim to produce a practical toolkit for use by partnerships.
  • Development of an e-work book in collaboration with the Change Agent Team (Opens in new window).

We're working with partnerships in Forth Valley on capacity planning.