Thursday 7 July 2016

News Summary of Collaboration and Shared Services from 6th July 2016



There is no particular panic re Brexit and public sector collaborative working activities for the moment. However, it does no harm to keep an eye on some of the Highway Code issues in your folders. Here is a useful perception on which relevant laws may, or may not, come under review...

Brexit - A View from the Coalface

The sky’s not fallen and in the short term Brexit makes no difference to UK employment law. Our law may have been driven by EU Directives but these have been implemented through legislation and regulations which remain in force until repealed. In the medium term. Read more >>>

Here is the rest of the news and jobs from the last seven days...

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Devolution

Technology and devolution: the mutual enablers

The benefits of investing in infrastructure are well established and it is right that infrastructure is the driving force behind Government’s plans to bridge the north south economic divide. Read more >>>

 

East Anglian councils agree to pursue regional devolution

Nineteen councils across East Anglia are to proceed with plans for regional devolution despite four Norfolk authorities rejecting the plans. Read more >>>

New Solent authority 'secures £900m' from government

Southampton, Portsmouth and Isle of Wight councils have announced plans to create a combined authority. A joint statement said a deal had been agreed with the government, which had allocated £900m for the authority to spend over 30 years. Read more >>>

 

PAC raises doubts about devolution scrutiny

MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have stated they have little confidence in scrutiny arrangements being put in place around the government’s flagship devolution deals, and called for these to be improved in order to protect taxpayers’ interests. Read more >>>

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Local Government

 

Data sharing programme uncovers £17m in fraud

A data sharing exercise between councils and other public sector organisations in Scotland has uncovered nearly £17m of fraud and errors. Read more >>>

London peer group launched to steer GDS implementation

LocalGov Digital has launched a London peer group to support councils in implementing its Local Government Digital Service Standard. Read more >>>

 

Five risks to cost saving from sharing services

Shared services are a popular reform for public agencies under financial pressure. The hope is to reduce overheads and increase efficiency by consolidating support services like HR, finance and procurement across multiple organisations. Read more >>>


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Health & Social Care

GMCA publishes new integrated care plans

Health and social care needs to be integrated in Manchester to improve public services for the city, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has said. Read more >>>

Launch of £200m ICO ‘will link up health and transform Salford care’

Salford’s health and social care system is set for a major overhaul to join up services and make them easier for patients to use. Read more >>>

 

The Use of Data to Improve our Health & Social Care System

Data, evidence and information are the foundations for improving the health and social care system. Without them, we wouldn’t know the mortality rates for any given condition, we wouldn’t know how or where to invest resources, and we wouldn’t know what treatment works and why. Read more >>>

 

New care roles are a distraction warn experts

New integrated care jobs are not necessarily the best way of bringing services together, a leading think tank has warned. Read more >>>



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