Service users as co-producers
7th July 2006, 10:11 am
A study into the concept of co-production, where the users of services are involved in mutual support and the delivery of services, has identified the government’s focus of full employment as a threat. If successful, it could strip neighbourhoods of the people who make the difference between success and failure of public services, like volunteers and carers.
Researched by New Economics Foundation for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, see NEF’s news item, JRF’s summary and link to downloadable report at http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/0356.asp, or Society Guardian Comment at http://society.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1807074,00.html.