Re-commissioning day and employment services guide

About Time – Commissioning to transform day and vocational services’ is a practical new toolkit to help those involved in commissioning mental health day and employment services published by the Centre for Mental Health. Launched on 12th June 2008, About Time recognises the key role commissioners have in ensuring that necessary changes are made to day and vocational services and provides detailed guidance to assist them in this task.

It is the first step-by-step guide to re-commissioning day and vocational services and includes:

• How to review the services commissioners are currently paying for

• How to construct a vision of what new services might look like.

• How to develop a range of personalised services that will help people fulfil their hopes and ambitions.

It costs £25 and can be ordered from the Centre for Mental Health website: http://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/about_time.aspx.