The South West Children's Services Commissioning Forum

This Forum meets three times a year and is chaired by Colin Diamond. Membership is open to Commissioning Managers in Local Authorities, to Children’s Leads in PCTs, to representatives of Providers of Services to the SW (via the Providers Forum) and to other interested parties.

The Forum shares good practice within and outside the region and guides strategic commissioning via the CCSU.

Commissioning Forum Terms of Reference

There are three special interest working groups: Strategic Collaborative Commissioning (chair Maureen Hamer, Bournemouth), Working with Providers (chair Mike Turner, Somerset), and Contracts & Contracting (chair Neil Biddiscombe, N Somerset)