" Changes in NHS regulations in 1995 introduced locally devolved services that allowed health authorities to contract with community pharmacies to provide an extended hours pharmacy service"
www.pharmj.com/pdf/papers/pj_20020824_openinghours.pdf

"It was recommended that the number and roles of Senior Dental Nurses should be enhanced to develop services in each CHP in recognition of the range and opportunities for development around the health range of development. There had been a lot of discussion around the management arrangements. Agreed to support the devolved services including the establishment of Practice Managers which had received positive feedback and clinics were being arranged to see the maximum number of patients. This had made a huge difference."
http://www.tripdatabase.com/search?criteria="devolved servic...

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i.e. either:
a) services that were once a part of, but have been separated from the main service provider organisation - "hived off" is the derogatory term often used when referring to this in the NHS,
or
b) services that may be new, where the responsibility for ensuring provision lies with the main service provider organisation, but the actual provision has been devolved or contracted out to others.

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"Policy implementation through devolved government
Commissioner’s Foreword
"Australia has a long history of using non-government entities for service delivery. For many years, governments have funded non-government ‘third-sector’ organisations to deliver a range of social, health and education services. More recently, firms and markets have been used to help in the delivery of services, such as employment services.
"This approach, known as devolved government, has grown in its usage and diversity. It has enabled delivery to better meet government and citizen needs. It is consistent with the approach taken by the Government of ‘no ideological preference’ for mode of service delivery. But problems can arise, and they tend to highlight the issue of effective oversight by governments and public administrations of devolved government arrangements."
http://www.apsc.gov.au/publications09/devolvedgovernment.htm