Commissioners want third sector to understand them

By Andrew Green, Third Sector Online, 7 April 2008

The Institute of Commissioning Professionals has issued a new definition of commissioning to help voluntary sector organisations understand how commissioners work.

When it was created last year, the institute admitted that commissioning had a “bad reputation in the third sector”. The new definition is the first stage of its charm offensive. “Commissioning means securing the services that most appropriately address the needs and wishes of the individual service user, making use...

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