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GM RCC: In Scope Areas (2025 - 2026)

Here you'll find the in-scope and out-of-scope work for the RCC. 

Regional data analysis and forecasting to enable agile, needs-led commissioning and market management

Focus on health and high needs to improve the experiences and outcomes of CYP with the most complex needs.

Create local supply to address sufficiency gaps and improve placement choices for GM children and young people.

Strengthen commissioning approaches to enhance market shaping, enable better access to local services and drive value-for-money improvements.

Invest in ethical market provision to promote a more diverse and sustainable market

The GM RCC does not intend to deliver any of the following activity in 2025/26:

  • Deliver any care services directly itself

  • Intervene in any statutory responsibility or decision making responsibility currently held by a Local Authority

  • Conduct placement finding on behalf of Local Authorities

  • Move into activity linked to Early Help or Prevention