Updated 21 October 2026: the next National Commissioning Academy cohort will start in January 2027. Exact dates and the full timetable are to be confirmed.
This article was first published on 10 August 2026 and updated on 30 September to announce a November start. That timetable has now been superseded by the January 2027 start. Please use the Academy programme page for current booking information.
This is not technical procurement training. The National Commissioning Academy is for people who need to shape services, partnerships, systems, markets, and outcomes in difficult conditions. It combines practical commissioning methods with systems thinking, leadership, peer challenge, and action on a live issue from each participant's own organisation or place.
Participants work through five learning cycles covering whole-system design, relationships and organisations, capacity and capability, citizen- and outcome-centred practice, information and insight, innovation, the commissioning process, service design, and convening sustainable change.
The fee is £2,490 excluding VAT per participant. A 15% group discount applies to bookings of three or more people. Ask David about discounts for organisations willing to host an anchor day.
Contact David Mason to discuss a place or an organisational cohort.