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The Dynamics of Co-Production in the Context of Social Care Personalisation: Testing Theory and Practice in a Scottish Context

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2019

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STEPHEN OSBORNE
SARAH SOPHIE FLEMIG*
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Centre for Service Excellence, University of Edinburgh Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9JS email: sophie.flemig@ed.ac.uk
STEPHEN OSBORNE
Affiliation:
Centre for Service Excellence, University of Edinburgh Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9JS email: stephen.osborne@ed.ac.uk
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Abstract

Increasing pressures on social systems have spurred innovations in service delivery models. One such innovation is an increased focus on co-production-based models of care, which focus on increased personal autonomy and service-user self-determination. However, there is little empirical evidence on how co-production interacts with other social policies, such as personalisation. This paper uses data from two qualitative case studies to explore the role of co-production for personalisation in the context of recent Scottish policy initiatives. We use Osborne et al.’s (2016) [‘Co-production and the co-creation of value in public services: a suitable case for treatment?’, Public Management Review, 18, 639–653] co-production matrix to understand what forms of co-production are used in personalisation, what factors act as drivers and barriers, how co-production relates to outcomes, and how co-production theory can inform social policy and legislative reform on personalisation.

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 48 , Issue 4 , October 2019 , pp. 671 - 697
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