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Alliancing in the UK Public Sector
Linda Hutchison, MB, BS, MSc, MRCPCH
LH Alliances Ltd
19 October, 2016@academyjustice
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Background to the Academy
• The Academy’s mission is to bring people together to share knowledge and best practice and to promote excellence in social justice commissioning
• The Academy was created in 2007 and now has over 3200 cross sector members
• Services are designed to support the development of social justice commissioning and include nationwide events, elearning, commissioning themed learning groups and a website offering commissioning information
Alliancing in the
UK Public Sector
19 October 2016
Alliancing in the UK Public Sector
1. What is alliancing and alliance contracting?
2. Experience to date and lessons learnt
3. Application to Justice Commissioning
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Alliancing and alliance contracting
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Alliances are not new
“owner led”
“mutual benefit”
STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
PROJECT ALLIANCES
Making decisions together
Implementing those decisions
Being jointly accountable for the results
Collaboration is …
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A vehicle to share risks, responsibilities and opportunities
A way of working based on alignment around the outcomes and commitment to the principles and behaviours
Not a legal entity; participants retain own identity and internal controls
An Alliance is …
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Alliance contract
Alliance
Commissioner
P
P
PP
PP
Commissioner
• Separate contracts with each party
• Separate drivers for each party
• Performance individually judged
• Commissioner is the co-ordinator
• Provision made for dispute
• Contracts based on tight specification
• Change not easily accommodated
• One Agreement, one performance framework
• Aligned objectives and shared risks
• Success judged on overall performance
• Shared co-ordination, collective accountability
• Expectation of trust
• Agreement describes outcomes
• Change and innovation in delivery are expected
Traditional contract Alliance
P
P
PP
PP
Commissioner
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Aligned drivers, governance and focus on outcomes
Unanimous, principle based, ‘best for service’ decision making
No blame, no dispute
Integrated management team committed to the principles and behaviours
Financial and commercial framework appropriate for the purpose
Key attributes
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Integrated governance
Wider Integrated Team
Alliance Management Team (AMT)led by Alliance Manager
Alliance Leadership Team (ALT)
Commissioner
Commissioner as Owner
Sets mandate, outcomes, risk strategy, etc for the Alliance
Delivery Teams
Delivery Teams
Delivery Teams
Delivery Teams
Delivery Teams
Alliance Leadership Team
Senior members (including
commissioner) with authority
to commit on behalf of their
organisations
Alliance Management Team
Key people with subject expertise from each of the participating organisations
Alliance Manager runs the
alliance (‘go to’ person)
Experience to date and lessons learnt
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Examples in health and care
Service Area Commissioners Providers
Stockport Mental Health Council 2 charities N
Lambeth Mental Health CCG and Council 2 charitiesFoundation TrustAdult Social Care
N
Leicester Elective services 3 CCGs 3 NHS (incl GP organisation)
T
Stockport Targeted prevention
Council 6 community and housing organisations
T
Scotland In Care Survivors Support
ScottishGovernment
3 charities and HealthBoard
T
N – Negotiated T – Tendered
A few examples – not exhaustive
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Health and care examples
IPSA
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Potential development in Women’s Services in
Staffordshire, West Midlands (SWM) and
Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and
Rutland (DLNR) Community Rehabilitation
Companies
Justice sector examples
Lessons learnt
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Number of parties to the alliance
Definition of scope
Extraction and recast of finance and governance
Negotiated contract versus procurement
Emerging issues
African proverb
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Commitment to change
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What makes it work?
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Evidence base
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Alliancing is a method to drive collaboration and innovation
It is not a silver bullet, needs right context
Choosing the right partners is key – right competences and commitment to new way of working
Increasing number of case studies and learning from application to public sector commissioning
In summary
Application to Justice Commissioning
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