Intro Series No.3: Coproduction Reading List

2 October 2019

Let's #CoproduceCare - Democratising the care debate & uncovering the hidden opportunities for people-led coproduced care.

These series of blogs will explain what coproduction is, what Coproduce Care plans to do and to explore good examples of coproduction. In blog 1 we aimed to define coproduction, blog 2 aimed to give a taster of some good moves being made by organisations to promote coproduction. This blog will provide a reading list for the ‘coproductive curious’.

Coproduce Care Reading List

For all those ‘Coproduction’ boffins interested in the academic and policy arguments around coproduction. Here is a starter for ten reading list. We’ll keep this updated so let us know if there’s something we should add at: hi@coproducecare.com

In this post you’ll find information on:

Coproduction literature - Good example links - Promoters of coproduction

Coproduction Literature

We’ve tried to reference as many publicly available documents as possible, however where they aren’t we have included some google scholar page links.

The New Economics Foundation (NEF), 2005

Co-production: A Manifesto for Growing the Core Economy, London: New Economics Foundation.

NEF is an independent think-and-do tank that inspires and demonstrates real economic well-being.
This document considers the history of coproduction and how it can change the way we conceive public policy

NHS

NHS, Co-production model
A great definition and model for coproduction in health

Think Local Act Personal (TLAP).

Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), co-production ladder.
Helpful depiction of coproduction

C. Durose & L. Richardson, 2016.

Designing Public Policy For Co-Production: Theory, practice and change [ebook]. 1 ed. s.l.:Policy Press Scholarship Online.

This is one of our favourites, especially for those looking for a business case for adopting coproduction in policy and processes. Contains good examples and also points out that poor policy making can fail people but doesn’t fail everyone equally and coproduction can go a long wait towards providing progressive policy decisions. We couldn’t find a freely accessible version. However, the first few chapters very useful and some are available on google scholar.

Maren Batalden, Paul Batalden, Peter Margolis, & others, 2016

Coproduction of healthcare service - Access it here
This article traces the history of the coproduction concept and presents a model of healthcare service coproduction whilst exploring its application as a design principle in three healthcare service delivery innovations.

Susan Hunter and Pete Ritchie, 2007

Co-Production and Personalisation in Social Care: Changing Relationships in the Provision of Social Care (Research Highlights in Social Work) Access parts here
An introduction and some good practical examples of what happens when coproduction goes wrong.

Noreen Blanluet

Blog on ‘Public service operating principles’ - Access it here
New graphic which compares traditional approaches in public services to the co-productive approach.

Glyn Elwyn, Eugene Nelson, Andreas Hager, Amy Price, 2019

Coproduction: when users define quality - Access here
This article describes the potential added value of ensuring that end users are engaged in an effective process of coproduction when seeking healthcare.

Vennik, F., Bovenkamp, H., Putters, K. & Grit, K., 2016.

Co-production in healthcare rhetoric and practice. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 82(1), pp. 150-168. - available here
This article explores why hospitals involve patients and staff in co-production activities and hospitals’ experiences with co-production in practice. They found that through coproduction, seeing patients and hearing their experiences created a sense of urgency among staff to act on the improvement issues raised.

Thomas-Hughes, H., 2018.

Ethical ‘mess’ in co-produced research: reflections from a U.K.-based case study. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 22(2), pp. 231-242 - You can request access to this article here
Whilst this article focuses on co-produced research, it is a reminder that co-production can be difficult (possibly because it is a new concept) and requires resources and commitment