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Ready, Willing and Able? Responding to public service reform for 21st century social care
At its conference on 23-24 November 2006, CCPS launched its report Ready, Willing and Able?, which responds to the vision set out for voluntary sector social care providers in documents such as Changing Lives, The Vision for the Voluntary Sector and the recent public service reform consultation. The report highlights some of the contradictions and difficulties in these visions, and makes suggestions about what needs to happen to allow providers and commissioners to move towards the compelling vision of empowered individuals and communities; strong public services that are joined-up, efficient and accountable; and high quality services that offer a personalised approach. The report makes a number of recommendations regarding priorities for reform, radically changing the commissioning process and organising the 'market' for social care more fairly.