News Summary of Collaboration and Shared Services from 5th October 2016

15 senior managers from across the public sector start their six-month journey on the Postgraduate Certificate in Collaborative Transformation (PCCT), today. This will bring the number of senior leaders and managers with the PCCT on their CV to over 100.

The question for you, is: If you were recruiting to a role that required the skills to work across a multi-million pound, multi-partner, change management programme (shared services, combined authorities, blue light transformation, health and social care integration, for example) would you be attracted to a CV with a qualification in collaborative working, as well as the experience?

If your answer is “yes”, then maybe you should consider adding the PCCT to your CV.

Here is the collaborative working news, plus 17 collaborative working jobs, from the last few days…

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Devolution

Northern Powerhouse, devolution and NIC part of Hammond's economic foundations

Chancellor Philip Hammond has given his strongest backing yet to the Northern Powerhouse but stressed that devolution should be spread right across the UK. Read more >>>

The Conservatives Have Gone Walkabout On Devolution

What to expect as we head towards Conservative conference? There’s a growing sense that the time has come for the Government to say something, anything, about how it sees the future. Read more >>>

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Health & Social Care

Working together we are better placed to tackle health challenges – McGuinness

The deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness today addressed the Northwest Health Innovation Corridor conference at the North West Regional College, Derry. Read more >>>

£35m funding agreement for new health centre

Property and investment company Citybranch has completed a £35m funding agreement with Canada Life for the development of a new health and wellbeing centre in Greater Manchester. Read more >>>

New frameworks to increase integrated health and social care launched

A new framework to help local areas establish a single primary and acute care system (PACS) has been published by NHS England, as well as another for improving the lives of care home residents. Read more >>>

‘Political maladministration’ blamed for unsafe hospital discharges

Urgent action is needed to better integrate social care with health care and ensure it is sustainably funded, the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) has said in a new report into hospital discharges. Read more >>>

Linda turned up at A&E twice a day. A dedicated team now stops that

In a desperate effort to get relief for excruciating pain caused by osteoarthritis, curvature of the spine, and abdominal discomfort following surgery, Linda Douglas went to A&E twice a day. Read more >>>

Camden CCG integrates digital health records

Project provides single platform for patient data – with potential to make available for wider use. Camden Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has taken steps to ensure hospital doctors in the borough can access information on patients from their GPs and other sources with the creation of the Camden Integrated Digital Record (CIDR). Read more >>>

The ugly duckling of health and social reform

Over 60s have always made up a significant minority of the prison population, but are now the ‘fastest growing’ demographic in custody, said Nigel Newcomen, Prisons and Probation ombudsman, in his annual report. Read more >>>

Uniting care review

In January 2016 NHS England commissioned an initial, independent review into the circumstances leading up to the termination of the contract between Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group and Uniting Care Partnership (UCP) LLP, which ran from the 1 April 2015 until 3 December 2015. Read more >>>

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Local Government

Two London councils to share a workforce

Wandsworth and Richmond councils have launched new arrangements to share their workforce in a move they expect will save them £10m a year each. Read more >>>

Site visit: North West Shared Infrastructure Service

In an old, red-brick workhouse in Preston is the nerve centre for a health IT infrastructure that stretches from Cheshire to the Lake District. Ben Heather visits the North West Shared Infrastructure Service. Read more >>>

Have your say on the Greater Cambridge City Deal

You are invited to an event on Wednesday 5 October, in partnership with the Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce, to find out more about the City Deal proposals and ask any questions you have. Read more >>>

Research claims councils could save £186m a year through 'quick-wins' in care services

Councils could save at least £186m a year by transforming the way they deliver care services, according to new research published today.  Read more >>>

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