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Factors that constrain and enable

Aspect of Commissioning 7: Commissioning process. Teaching text from June 2025.

June 2025 teaching template, slide 72

Commissioning process – Factors that constrain or enable

Risk appetite

Flexibility or alignment in terms of different commissioning teams in the same ‘place’ following the same approach

Flexibility of procurement and commissioning approach – enabler, or fixed constraint?

Ability to de-commission to free up resources for innovation or alternative delivery

‘Permission’ to be innovative/use different approaches

Which of these factors most holds back your ability to work in this space? Which most supports you?