News
Traverse: the terrain of outcomes based commissioning
No Comments
In February 2018, Traverse conducted a survey of England’s Local Authorities exploring their engagement with and perceptions of outcomes based commissioning (OBC). Of the 32 out of 153 local authorities who responded, 23 (72%) are currently implementing OBC while 3 (9%) have done so in the past (but not currently).
Traverse conclude that there is a risk that, as more public bodies struggle with financial pressures, the growing compulsion to deliver OBC when most commissioners may still be unclear about the determination of appropriateness and are also unfamiliar with good practice, may lead to poorly constructed OBC and/or inappropriate use of OBC.
Traverse is the new name for the OPM Group