If
"culture eats strategy for breakfast" then maybe you may have to grow
a culture of collaboration in the next generation of public sector workers to
gain true collaborative transformation.
So
it is exciting to learn, in the news item below, that instead of there being
Northamptonshire Police Cadets, Ambulance Cadets, and Fire Cadets there is a
single "Emergency Services Cadets" organisation.
Here
is the rest of the news and collaboration jobs from the last few days...
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Devolution
West of England councils agree to devolution deal
Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset and
South Gloucestershire councils yesterday gave their final endorsement to a
devolution deal. Read more
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£450m Greater Lincolnshire devolution deal collapses
The Greater Lincolnshire devolution deal
worth £450 million looks set to be off for good after it has been formally
rejected by two of the ten local authorities. Read more
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Norfolk and Suffolk devolution deal latest to be withdrawn
Communities and local government secretary
Sajid Javid has withdrawn the Norfolk and Suffolk devolution deal after it was
rejected by local councils. Read more
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Local Government
Council capabilities must be ‘put to use’ in STP joint work, says CIPFA
The sustainability and transformation plans
(STPs) lack robust plans to deliver savings and should make more use of
integrated working, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
(CIPFA) has said. Read more
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Comment: Partnerships are pathway to transformational change
Birmingham City Council's planning director
Waheed Nazir explains the importance of partnerships between private companies
and public bodies in moving the city forward. Read more
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Controversial outsourcing contract saves council over £30m
A review of a controversial contract between
Barnet Council and private company Capita has revealed overall savings of £31m
and high levels of resident satisfaction. Read more
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Blue Light Transformation
PCC Investigates taking over Fire and Rescue Service Authority
Hertfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner
has confirmed he intends to make use of new government legislation which allows
PCCs to take responsibility for the fire service. A business case for the PCC
to become the fire authority is now being explored. Read more
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Emergency Services Cadets, Northampton
The Emergency Services Cadets have now
expanded and from September will be delivering a combined Emergency Services
curriculum allowing our young people to develop skills across our Emergency
Services as well as important social and life skills. Read more
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Health & Social Care
NHS outsourcing contract collapses due to 'catalogue of failures'
MPs say contract was 'undermined from the
start by poor commercial expertise, a lack of realistic pricing, and weak
oversight'. Read more
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Health Secretary Vaughan Gething launches new dementia framework for Wales
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and
Sport Vaughan Gething AM is today (Thursday 17 November 2016) launching a new
training resource that will help provide better, more consistent care and
support for people with dementia in Wales. Read more
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Information-sharing agreement to improve children’s services
A new information-sharing agreement looks set
to improve children’s care services across England. The Local Government
Ombudsman (LGO) and Ofsted have agreed to share information with a view to
improving each other’s intelligence of local authorities children’s services. Read more
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Housing
Sovereign merger completes
As a result of the merger, the new Sovereign
will become a 55,000-home housing association. With a strong regional focus,
the new social business can better serve the needs of existing residents by
continuing to invest in homes and services as well as being able to build more
affordable homes for people in housing need across the south. Read more
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