Sadly, we didn’t predict
that Leicester would win the Premier League, but early last year we did suggest
that unitary-creep, in two-tier council areas would begin to accelerate as a
natural consequence of both shared services and devolution. Here are two new
examples from this week…
Bucks to consider single unitary council
Buckinghamshire will explore the possibility
of creating a single unitary council in order to ‘streamline and simplify
services for residents’. Read more
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County appoints experts to explore new models of local government
Oxfordshire County Council has appointed
Grant Thornton to identify what new model of local government should be
established in the county. The accountancy firm will explore what new structure
provides the best value for money while protecting frontline services,
including a single unitary authority. Read more
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However,
maybe you can start to place your bet on whether the end game will be counties
closing down the district councils, or clusters of districts carving up the
counties –
for example the East
Kent Cluster.
Over
the next few years UK landscape could contain a mix of evolving major city
states and mayoral combined authority “powerhouses”, the formation of new
unitary counties and new unitary super-district clusters. What then of the
health and emergency services boundaries that are aligned with the current
landscape?
People like you (Collaborative Transformation Architects & Practitioners) will be needed to support the collaboration journeys in a structured and successful way. So there has never been a better time to have a CTPrac™, or CTArc™, qualification on your CV.
As a friend told me recently, where there’s chaos, there’s consultancy!! That applies just as much if you are an internal consultant in your public sector organisation, as it does to professional consultants.
People like you (Collaborative Transformation Architects & Practitioners) will be needed to support the collaboration journeys in a structured and successful way. So there has never been a better time to have a CTPrac™, or CTArc™, qualification on your CV.
As a friend told me recently, where there’s chaos, there’s consultancy!! That applies just as much if you are an internal consultant in your public sector organisation, as it does to professional consultants.
Here is
plenty of collaboration news and jobs from the last 7 days, to get you
thinking…
(and you can catch up on previous newsletters at http://sharedservicearchitects.blogspot.com/)
(and you can catch up on previous newsletters at http://sharedservicearchitects.blogspot.com/)
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New Public Sector Transformation
Academy
Public Sector Transformation Academy Launch
The Public Sector Transformation Academy and the new programme for the Commissioning Academy are being launched later this month in London, Bristol and Manchester. You can register for a free place on their website. Read more >>>
Public Sector Transformation Academy Launch
The Public Sector Transformation Academy and the new programme for the Commissioning Academy are being launched later this month in London, Bristol and Manchester. You can register for a free place on their website. Read more >>>
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Devolution
Report: GMCA and
Elected Mayor – Transition Arrangements
The latest GM
devolution agreement announced as part of the autumn 2015 spending review built
on previous agreements and reaffirmed commitments from government to maximise
devolution. Read
more >>>
MPs must adapt to changing accountability landscape after devolution
The Public Accounts Committee’s warning that
devolution is hindering public spending scrutiny reveals a deeper challenge at
the heart of the project… Read more
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Lack of devolution deal co-ordination puts rural growth opportunity at risk, says CLA
The government "must give clearer
guidance" on co-ordination between devolved authorities if the Northern
Powerhouse and Midlands Engine deals are to unlock rural business growth. Read more
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Delay adult education budget devolution plans, government told
The government should delay the devolution of
the adult education budge, because the Skills Funding Agency has still not
decided how the system will work for providers that cross regional boundaries,
the Association of Colleges has said. Read more
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Local Government
Continuing the Shared Services Momentum
Today, OMB
issued guidance to agencies institutionalizing many of the ongoing initiatives
and progress on improving administrative functions through shared services. Read more
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North London shared service hunts for ICT and digital chief
Camden, Islington and Haringey advertise
£120,000 chief digital and information officer role. The ICT shared service
being created by the London boroughs of Camden, Islington and Haringey is
advertising for a chief digital and information officer. Read more
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How has austerity affected council bosses, police chiefs and fire service leaders in Suffolk and Essex?
District councils in Suffolk and north Essex
spent more than £20million on redundancy packages over a five-year period, with
some departing staff receiving six-figure payouts, an investigation has found. Read more
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Health & Social Care
Health & Social Care
Six things to change in community healthcare for older people
Reverse cuts to social care budgets - David Oliver,
consultant in geriatrics and general internal medicine, president of the
British Geriatrics Society. Read more
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London develops Health and Care Information Exchange
Health and social care organisations across
the capital are working to develop a London Health and Care Information
Exchange. Read more
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Thousands expected to attend Health+Care Show
Nearly 10,000 people are expected to attend the Health+Care
Show, the largest national integrated care conference for those working in
health and social care. Read
more >>>
NHS Scotland to
launch central fleet support unit
A new National Fleet Support Unit (NFSU) is
being launched in Scotland to maximise fleet acquisition, utilisation and
operating efficiency across the 10,500 vehicles serving the NHS. Read more
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Blue Light Services
Blue Light Services
Southern fire services pool resources with shared command and control system
Fire and
rescue services in Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire have joined
forces to deploy modern command and control technology. Read more
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