Blue light integration has hit the
ground running this week; let’s start with these example news items:
Emergency services 'should share control rooms'
Mike Penning said it did not "make sense" to have
different premises. It comes as new plans are published to get the services
working more closely. Read more >>>
PCSOs to train as on-call
retained firefighters
Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) from Herefordshire and
Shropshire will soon undertake training to become on-call firefighters. Read more >>>
Welsh Ambulance Service and Wales’ fire and rescue services work together to save lives
The Welsh Ambulance Service has teamed up with Wales’ three fire
and rescue services in a pilot designed to improve the quality of the services
provided to Welsh communities. Read more >>>
Fire, police and council services now under one roof
Newhaven residents can now get assistance from East Sussex Fire
and Rescue Service, Sussex Police and Lewes District Council all from under one
roof. Read more >>>
I suggest
you definitely store this article in your practitioner bag as a story
of what advanced collaboration and co-location could feel like. When you have a
prescribing pharmacist in the 999 call handling centre, you know that radical
collaborative transformation is taking place….
A revolution on the Isle of Wight? How island became health hub pioneer
Six winters ago, the Isle of Wight was buried in rare volumes of
snow. Cars were abandoned and the island’s small stretch of dual carriageway
blocked. Read more >>>
I am teaching the 3-day Collaborative Transformation Practitioner session
this week with a group from a PCC, Police and FRS collaboration so that they
can adopt a common way of working together.
We will certainly be talking through
these examples. Back office shared services is very valuable, but frontline collaborative
working is likely to yield the richest dividends. Here is the rest of the last
7 days’ news…
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Devolution
Cambridgeshire rules out a joint devolution deal with Suffolk
The county’s top brass have written to their neighbours telling
them they will look at an informal partnership but they will not be part of a
formal devolution bid to the government. Read more >>>
Northern Powerhouse: North East devolution by summer would be a 'miracle'
It would be a “miracle” if action was taken on the North East
devolution deal before the summer, council leaders have said. Read more >>>
Three things that must happen for devolution to be a success
The leader of Birmingham city council this week argued for the
creation of a “West Midlands sovereign wealth fund” – an idea that would see
money raised from local government pension funds invested in housing and other
local projects. Read more >>>
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Local Government
Local Government
Councils less optimistic about coping with future cuts
A new report into the future of financial management has revealed
that councils are less optimistic about coping with upcoming cuts than they
were in dealing with past spending reductions. Read more >>>
Planning for shared cloud services in local government: How to make it work
Shared services across the public sector continue to grow.
Councils in particular are choosing to partner with neighbours, to share
capacity, costs, risk and best practice. Read more >>>
Councils ponder communications teams merger
Two South London town halls could merge their communications teams
in a bid to save money. Lambeth and Lewisham are considering the move, which
will be debated at a Lewisham council meeting. Read more >>>
A truly unified approach to procurement
In local government, there is a range of approaches to
procurement, from single organisations setting up full procurements themselves
to regional or national frameworks. Read more >>>
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Health &
Social Care
Northants Neighbourhood Watch members to report health and social care concerns in new partnership
Neighbourhood Watch members are joining forces with the Care
Quality Commission to improve health and social care in Northamptonshire. Read more >>>