SH7061 Understanding the Policy Process, Summative Assessment 1

Your Response needs to contextualise this Call for Evidence on Improving Integrated Commissioning in Health and Social Care. In what context is this Open Call for Evidence provided? Consider the contextual background and rationale in which this policy change has been suggested. Then, answer accordingly as per the questions you choose to respond to. You have to present your answers in a scholarly manner, supported by broad reading from relevant literature, legislation and theories of public policy and the policy process studied on this Module. Therefore, you will be expected to interrogate relevant policy process theories that you consider applicable to this policy consultation and reflect on your own practice and the consultation process as you apply them, in line with our study of the policy making cycle on this Module so far. 

As this assesses against LO1 and LO4, you will have to demonstrate your ability to apply the policy process theories to this Policy Consultation. Your work will be marked using the standard PG Marking Template provided here on WebLearn. Remember, you are responding to this Call for Evidence as an academic paper. Hence, you are strongly expected to maintain a high standard of academic writing and conventions.