Thursday 28 April 2016

News Summary of Collaboration and Shared Services from 27th April 2016



Congratulations go to Chief Fire Officer Darran Gunter and his team at the newly established Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue . The merger of the two fire services will cover 50 fire stations, 73 fire engines and over 1,000 firefighters, protecting over 1.45 million residents in the local authority areas of Bournemouth, Dorset, Poole, Swindon and Wiltshire.

They have been using SSA training and toolkits as part of their mix of project activity from the beginning, with the senior management teams and project leads completing the Shared Service Practitioner programme in the early days of the merger discussions.

 

Which brings into focus the future of current blue light integration and shared service activity. They could well be buffeted by helpful, or destructive, winds of change during this year. For example, newly elected PCCs will have their own views about who their forces partner with. In addition, combined authorities, city deals and local devolution could redraw the geographic boundaries so that current partnerships no longer sit within suitable boundaries.

 

We are delivering the CTPrac Programme at the College of Policing (Ryton) at the end of May for police collaboration and shared service project teams and there will be much discussion on this topic at that event.

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Here is the collaborative transformation news & jobs from the last 7 days…

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Devolution

English devolution deals

Devolution deals to devolve power from central government to local areas in England offer opportunities to stimulate economic growth and reform public services for local users, but the arrangements are untested and government could do more to provide confidence that these deals will achieve the benefits intended. Read more >>>

 

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Local Government

Joint ventures offer ‘great opportunities for savings’, report says

Local authorities can use joint ventures (JVs) to deliver services effectively, but only if objectives and partnership arrangements are carefully considered, report says. Read more >>>

Making money ‘not main driver’ for council ABS

Generating income was not the motivation behind a council’s decision to set up an alternative business structure, one of the early town hall pioneers has told solicitors. Read more >>>

SoRDs 'shared services' not a step towards council amalgamation - councils

A regional development team wants Southland's four councils to create a "one stop shop environmental agency" but says total amalgamation is not on the cards. Read more >>>

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Health & Social Care

Why this council handed the running of children’s social care to the NHS

Big changes are afoot in Trafford. This month, the council integrated its children social care service with its adult social care and community health services, and handed the running of them to an NHS trust. Read more >>>

Council to regain control of social work from provider following performance issues

A council is to take back control of social work services from an employee-run social enterprise because of performance concerns, financial pressures and NHS policy changes. Read more >>>

 

Social Care – Training and Course Overview

In a broad range of health and social care setting, the training program in health and social care management is designed to equip participants with the right skills, interest, and knowledge required to care for others. Read more >>>

WEARSIDE MATTERS – Joined-up teams improving care

Recently formed Community Integrated Teams (CITs), which are based in five locations across Sunderland, are bringing together groups of professionals including district nurses, community matrons; general practitioners, practice nurses, social care professionals… Read more >>>

 

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Blue Light Services

Southern police forces pick preferred bidder for £120m ERP deal

Thames Valley, Surrey and Sussex forces say announcement of mystery ERP vendor is imminent. The Police and Crime Commissioners for the Thames Valley, Surrey and Sussex forces are understood to have chosen a preferred supplier for a new £120m Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System across the three forces. Read more >>>

Cambs, Herts and Beds police to expand shared service work

Forces expect to go live with integrated HR, finance and payroll system from next year to curb use of separate technology solutions. Read more >>>

 

Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service comes into being

A new era began in Dorset and Wiltshire on 1 April, when the two county fire and rescue services formally combined into one organisation. Read more >>>

JESIP – have your say on Joint Doctrine guidance

Throughout April any organisation involved in emergency multi-agency response has the opportunity to review JESIP‘s revised Joint Doctrine guidance. Read more >>>

Ambulance and fire crews report for duty at new joint Resource Centre

The Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust and North Wales Fire and Rescue Service have jointly invested more than £15m in a purpose-built resource centre in Wrexham – the first of its kind in Wales – which boasts an eight-bay fire station, a six-bay ambulance station, a make ready facility and fleet workshop plus top-of-the-range training facilities. Read more >>>




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News Summary of Collaboration and Shared Services from 13th April 2016



Plenty of news and jobs for you in the newsletter this week. The predicted devolution project adverts are beginning to pop up too – very much in your zone of skills if you are a recognised Collaborative Transformation Practitioner or Architect.

 

There are still a few days left to register your council’s shared service so it appears on the LGA Shared Service Map 2016 at http://www.sharedservicearchitects.co.uk/LGA-Map-2016 or we can do it over the phone in about 10 minutes if that would help. Over 90% of councils, and over 300 shared services they are involved in, have been registered or updated by the sector over the last eight weeks. The map will be published in the spring.

 

Our “elephant in the room” sessions (see below) have proved very popular. Email me for an informal chat if you would like to know more about how they can accelerate your projects.


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Devolution

Devolution ‘could herald expansion of early intervention approaches’

Devolution could free local authorities to develop early intervention and prevention services that make greater use of social investment, a senior third sector figure has told Public Finance. Read more >>>

Devolution deal for Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to get first full council airing at County Hall

Chancellor George Osborne announced in last month’s budget that an Eastern Powerhouse would be created, with a draft devolution deal on the table for the three counties. Read more >>>

Talks on 'flawed' plans for directly-elected mayor continue

Councillors have voted for negotiations to continue over plans for three counties in East Anglia to have an elected mayor with devolved powers. Read more >>>

Ruth Davidson: Tay city deal money is on the table

UK Government money is on the table for a multi-million-pound city deal and it’s up to local councils to bring the cash to Tayside, Ruth Davidson has claimed. Read more >>>

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Local Government

Council pension funds get go-ahead to pool assets

Two local government pension schemes are due to join forces after they got approval to pool their assets by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Read more >>>

 

Councils urged to apply for One Public Estate funding

Councils are being urged to apply for up to £500,000 funding to deliver property-based transformation initiatives. Read more >>>

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Health & Social Care

We're really excited: Big buzz for Manchester's new Health and Wellbeing Service

One of only five combined mental health and social care Trusts in England and Wales, buzz has been implemented to improve the health of people in Manchester. Read more >>>

Health devolution deal is a key moment for Manchester – and England

Manchester is becoming master of its own destiny with a new “united” approach to health and social care. Read more >>>

Council boss takes on second job managing NHS service but won't add to £124k pay

A Kirklees Council health boss is set to take over the running of an NHS service on top of his council duties. Read more >>>

Former health secretary to oversee five-year health and social care blueprint

In a move that signals the launch of a radically new approach and partnership, the former Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell has been appointed as independent chair of the board that will oversee the delivery of a five-year blueprint to transform health and social care in Birmingham and Solihull. Read more >>>

WEARSIDE MATTERS – A year of success for trailblazing care programme

A pioneering health and social programme that is transforming care in Sunderland is celebrating success, one-year in. Read more >>>

 

Lincolnshire to integrate health and social care data

County care teams to make use of Intersystems platform for sharing information between different agencies. Read more >>>

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Blue Light Services

Sharing Cheshire fire chief is another cut to Cumbria service, says union leader

The advent of a “shared” chief officer for Cumbria has been described as yet another “attack” on the service. Read more >>>

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Housing

Leading Housing Associations call for close working relationships with new Scottish health and social care boards

Three of Scotland’s leading housing associations, Bield, Hanover (Scotland) and Trust Housing Associations, have combined to write to all of the newly established integrated joint health and social care boards in Scotland…Read more >>>

L&Q, The Hyde Group and East Thames to merge

Stronger together – new organisation to deliver 100,000 new homes. Making a real difference to the housing crisis in London and the South East. Read more >>>




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