Commissioning and Brokerage Procedures
Amendment
In February 2026, a link to the Commissioning Responsibilities under the Care Act chapter of the Care Act 2014 Resource was added.
This procedure should be used by all adult social care practitioners, with the exception of:
- Practitioners arranging assistive technology or Telecare;
- Practitioners arranging minor works or low level adaptations;
- Occupational Therapy practitioners arranging equipment or a major adaptation.
Although this procedure may be helpful to those people with responsibility for commissioning or brokering services, it does not provide specific guidance about arranging, monitoring or reviewing contracts, or any other associated actions that may be required. Anyone carrying out such actions should refer to available local processes.
This procedure will be developed at a later date. In the meantime, please refer to all available processes in the local resources area or held outside of this site.
To read about commissioning responsibilities under the Care Act 2014, see: Commissioning Responsibilities under the Care Act.
Last Updated: February 3, 2026
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