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However, the equivalent role within the statutory services were salaried roles. There was also an ongoing
discussion regarding the supervision of the qualified family therapists in the Pastors Network, however,
it appeared that the possibility to shift this systemic change was prolonged due to a lack of
institutionalized practices of shifting finances from the statutory agencies to WCEN.

In order to shift the power associated with financial resources, the process of shifting finances would
need to be formalized at an institutional level.With that said, a more reassuring approach was offered
by two members of statutory agencies, where they acknowledge that the health services provided by
WCEN coproduced initiatives should be funded.

‘I think you can’t just expect people to do it and go into that void without some encouragement,
some structures, some formalisation about some things, some resources as well to do it.’

‘Yes, no, no, no, I do, I think it’s, I think at the end of the day the community can do things cheaper
than we could be commissioning them and it’s only fair that if they are doing things that we are
currently paying for, that we commission them. We can’t just expect them to do it, do us a favour
continually without funding them.’

It may be argued that only when these views materialise and there is economic redistribution, between
the statutory agencies and WCEN, that transformative power will be evident. The development of
governance and accountability (discussed in the previous section) will remove some of the potential
barriers to institutionalising practices of shifting financial resources.

The outcomes highlighted from this stage of the model makes clear that WCEN have transformed and
reconfigured identities, relations, power and values amongst its community groups and the statutory
agencies. However, what is also noted is some of the key barriers to change that emerged from the
data; risk adversity, professional views and the redistribution of financial resources. Whilst all barriers
require continued efforts on behalf of WCEN there is potential for change as WCEN move into their
next phase of development. The future of the network will be discussed in the following chapter.

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