Turbo charging volunteering: co-production and public service reform

Turbo charging volunteering: co-production and public service reform This report sets out ways that ‘co-production’ of services can be applied more widely in health, housing, social care and other contexts and finds that there are clear social benefits from producing services in this way. It argues that service users, their friends and families, are able to build a much broader range of activities and gain the respect that goes with being “equal partners”. In addition, the report finds that there are significant savings to be realised through co-production. For example, research has identified that it could cut NHS costs by at least 7% (£4.4 billion) a year and potentially up to a fifth. Centre Forum