Community Services - Transformation at last?

Community services account for around 9% of the total amount spent by PCTs; they have been for some time, and remain, an area where reform has been half-heartedly pursued. The Coalition Government has dramatically accelerated reform, however, bringing clarity and ambition where before there had been drift.

But new public service mutuals, vertically integrated providers and other social enterprises are being born into a system in upheaval and the system is likely to suffer from insufficient data on community services for new commissioners to work with as they seek to create...

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