12 January 2010

The Town Hall, Reading

One of the key responsibilities of local authorities in the context of the transformation agenda is the development of local service markets.
The morning sessions of the day were dedicated to presenting the most recent developments of the service markets while the afternoon sessions focused on sharing good practice.

'...  As ever, high quality presentations of direct relevance for the audience. Very topical info that is needed by commissioners to aid them in this important task of facilitating and enabling market transformation. Great content!' (delegate)

Claudia Wood (Demos) presented current research on the market impact on services and explored what prospective personal budget users plan to spend their budgets on, and what difficulties they envisage. Prof Andrew Kerslake (Institute of Public Care) presented a practical model of market facilitation and demonstrated how this could be used for the support of local markets. research in practice for adults provided an overview to include a range of examples of new initiatives in the service market development.
The afternoon sessions were dedicated to sharing good practice in tackling the challenges of market transformation with representatives from both local authorities and service providers talking about their experience. There was also be an opportunity for delegates to discuss in small groups and share ideas of how this applied to their local circumstances.

Programme

Claudia Wood The Local Market Effects of Social Care Transformation

Andrew Kerslade A model of Market Facilitation

Ben Harrison Personalisation and Providers: Big Challenges – Big Opportunities

Graham Varley and Laura Reeves Implementing Market Shaping from a Local Authority Perspective