Fresh Thinking

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Fresh Thinking

Abstract

This thought piece is intended to provoke better

thinking about how wellbeing is procured in the public arena. It

assesses the difficulties in the UK with achieving social benefits

in public procurement; describes various initiatives aimed at

dispelling myths about good and bad practice; and speculates as to

how the Green Book and other government guidance does not quite hit

the mark in this area. It offers 3 steps towards embedding better

value for money through embracing social, economic and

environmental benefits with the aim of achieving improved outcomes

for places and people in the UK.

Introduction

These times of economic downturn accentuate the role of the

State in its supporting role for businesses and individuals. A

plethora of programmes is being promulgated, often in the context

of global cooperation. The amount of resources being fed into

public commissioning programmes with a central aim of improving

public services requires, especially in these times, the delivery

of efficiency and effectiveness, plus the wider range of social

impacts possible for the local people affect...

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