Introduction

 
Thank you for completing this consultation survey. Please use the link below for further background information relating to the National Commissioning Standards. 
If you have any questions or further comments, please contact: lucy.richardson@wlga.gov.uk, or maria.bell@wlga.gov.uk

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* 1. Are you:  (Tick all that apply)

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* 2. Do you feel there should be any amendments needed to the draft principles?  (When detailing any changes, please ensure you detail which principle the change is suggested for)

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Principle 1: Relationships matter, care, compassion, inclusivity, equality, collaboration
Principle 2:  Value is “what matters” quality & safety
Principle 3: Leadership is inclusive, transparent & honest
Principle 4: Plan forward - forecast, prevent and sustain
Principle 5:  Evidence what works through stories and numbers
Principle 6:  Sharing  accountability, risks, resources & assets
Principle 7: Fair work
Principle 8: Focus on What's strong, not what's wrong, improve not prove.

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* 3. Do you feel there should be any amendments to the draft standards? (When detailing any changes, please ensure you detail which principle the change is suggested for)

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1. Leadership in health and social care must be: ​
collective, focussed on priority needs, ​
inclusive, compassionate, transparent and honest.
2. Local Health Boards and Local Authorities (Councils) must​
-   recognise, balance and deliver all elements of the commissioning cycle ​
-   ensure they have sufficient, skilled, capacity to plan, secure, monitor and evaluate whether care & support services deliver intended outcomes & outputs demonstrate value for money and continuous improvement
3. Regional Partnership Boards should share, assets, resources and risks and have clear  accountability for decisions. Where, appropriate this should include aligning the resources (including funds) of co-funding / co-delivering partners.​
4.   Local Authorities and Local Health Boards must evidence that care & support is ​
co-designed, co-delivered and co-evaluated with citizens (including people in need of care & support and their carers) partner organisations (including care & support providers and the workforce)​
5.  Local Authorities must have meaningful data and sufficient analytical capacity and  capability to ensure that plans and resourcing decisions are based on evidence of:  ​
-  population need and required service level outcomes (including projected future demand, timely and equitable access) ​
 -  required sufficiency and quality of future health, care & support provision​
 -  assessment of what services will best deliver the outcomes that matter to individuals, over time (based on evidence of what is valued and works).​
6. Local Authorities and Local Health Boards must ensure that [area and commissioning] plans and their implementation, promote innovation (building on what is going well) and result in seamless accessible, consistent, high-quality care & support. ​
7.  Local Health Boards and Local Authorities must:​
-   demonstrate plans and resources aimed at nurturing local (care & support) development, including the promotion of social value models. ​
-   share local (care & support) needs analyses and market stability reports with current and potential future bidders (including those outside of care & support services) to inform local value creation.
8. Local Authorities and Local Health Boards must be able to demonstrate that commissioning and / or procurement plans are based on evidence informed ("make or buy") decisions regarding the reason/s for either direct provision of, or tendering / re-tendering for, care & support services. ​
9. Value in health and care must be measured by people’s experience of and outcomes from care & support. The procurement and quality and performance management of (contracted and directly delivered) care & support services must:​
-  be focussed on (wellbeing) outcomes, safety and sustainability ​
-  be evaluated (measured) by their economic, social and environmental impact.  ​
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10.  The full costs of directly provided and contracted care & support services (underpinned by fair work principles) must be understood and evidenced. ​
Commissioners of care & support must collaborate with Providers to agree fair and sustainable fees for all contracted services. ​
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11.  Local Authorities and Local Health Boards should ensure that their Financial and Contract Standing Orders allow commissioners, planners and procurers to be flexible, efficient and effective in promoting a sufficient, sustainable and balanced market for care & support.​

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* 4. Do you:  (Tick only one)

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* 5. THE REMAINING QUESTIONS ARE OPTIONAL, please complete if you feel you would like to.  Many thanks.  Would you like to receive updates about the principles and standards?  If so, please complete the boxes below:

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* 6. Equality Questionnaire : We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected and your information is managed across all systems that we use in accordance with our Privacy Policy and if you have any questions about this please contact us at any time via: enquiries@wlga.gov.uk

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* 7. Age group

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* 8. Sex

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* 9. Gender Identity: Is the gender you identify with the same as your sex registered at birth?

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* 10. Disability: Do you have a physical or mental health
condition or other impairment that has
lasted, or is likely to last at least 12 months,
or is of a progressive nature

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* 11. If you answered yes to the previous question, please provide more details:

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* 12. Do any of your conditions or illnesses
reduce or limit your ability to carry out day-to
-day activities?

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* 13. Caring responsibilities
Do you look after or give any help or support
to family members, friends, neighbours or
others because of:
● learning disability / difficulty
● long term physical or mental ill-health /
disability; or
● problems related to old age
Do not count anything you do as part of your
paid employment.

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* 14. If you answered yes to the previous question, please tell us how many hours of care you provide every week:

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* 15. National identity (Tick all that apply)

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* 16. Ethnic group

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* 17. Preferred language (Spoken)

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* 18. Preferred language (written)

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* 19. Religion

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* 20. Sexual orientation: Which term best describes your sexual
orientation?

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* 21. Marital Status: 

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* 22. Who is (was) your legal marriage or registered civil partnership to?

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