One paragraph needs some decoding. "There was a strong preference shown for greater collaboration and partnership, with the inclusion of the third sector and smaller providers likely to be a minimum specification requirement, and effectively ending the notion of sole provider delivery models. The needs of an increasingly diverse customer group, with a growing emphasis on customers on health related benefits, underlined the drive to bring together a mixed economy of provider expertise. Indeed, the direction may see traditional prime provider rivals working on a true consortia basis for the first time." I don't see a great deal of difference between that and what exists at the moment; it just means that the prime contractors have to get more smaller organisations on board before they bid.
Apparently the ministers stressed their commitment to payment only for outcomes, and "some providers continue to seek reassurance that such a model will pay in practice".
I think that translates roughly as "you're going to force loads of sick and disabled people onto JSA, we know these people won't get jobs but we want paying anyway and we'll also do a lot of subcontracting so we've got someone to blame when it finally becomes obvious that its a huge failure"
ReplyDeleteI agree with Anons analysis, and would also add that I can see reneogitation of contracts taking months with some providers dropping out when they see how little profit there will be
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