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collection and collation of this data. Although there is performance management of contracts using data, the relationship between the commissioners and providers is not always constructive, making the open sharing and use of data to inform commissioning cycles and contracting problematic at times. not always established forums that enable the discussion of this data meaning that while it is used to support decisions and contracts, it is not utilised as fully to support QI as it could be. The approach is limited to one or two provider types and is not systematically used across all contracts. commissioning structures to consider this and it is used to inform decisions in commissioning cycles. There are opportunities for commissioners and providers to jointly consider performance and quality data and a collaborative approach to using this to improve services and inform commissioning. This is not limited to health providers, but the approach is