West Lancs VCFS Forum 18 February 2015

Setting the Context : Drivers for Change

Professor John Diamond, Director I4P,Edge Hill University, UK

1. Context : Austerity, Change and Instability

2. Austerity : experiences since 2010 and anticipating the next five years

3. Change : Not only about resources but about voice, ability to influence and capacity to respond

4. Instability : changes to organisations / commissioning / political and social change

Anticipating the next 5 years :• Disruption and change• Difficulty in planning / new networks –

willingness to be flexible• Changes within existing partners – local

authority as well as health and social care – commissioning and procurement

Unresolved but key :• Combined Authority and Devolution – VCFS

needs to be engaged • New structures of health and social care• New structures for VCFS• Leadership role(s) for VCFS – where (level?)/

who ? / how ? • Unresolved : accountability , scrutiny and

voice