News Summary of Collaboration and Shared Services from 25th January 2017

If you have submitted data for a shared service in the 2016 LGA Shared Service Map then we will be in touch shortly about the 2017 refresh of your entry. The LGA have commissioned Shared Service Architecture to update the map in the coming weeks so they can publish a 2017 edition later in the year. We will let you know more next week.   If you are putting together a 2017 learning and development plan, then why not consider our learning and facilitation support programmes and online toolkits. You can click here to download the latest edition of Collaborative Transformation Magazine to explore the options. Below is your collaboration news summary and collaborative working opportunities… Local Government County unveils multi-million pound saving unitary proposal Oxfordshire County Council has proposed the abolition of all six of the county’s councils in order to create one new unitary authority for Oxfordshire. Read more   Buckinghamshire councils submit proposals for two unitary authorities Four Buckinghamshire councils have voted at their respective council meetings in favour of a controversial proposal for two unitary authorities in the county - despite Buckinghamshire CC opposition. Read more   Over 200 authorities join national auditing scheme More than 200 authorities have opted to join a new national scheme, which will negotiate auditors’ contracts on their behalf. Read more   Speed up Dorset combined council plan, MP urges Christchurch MP Christopher Chope has urged the government to speed up the creation of a combined authority for Dorset. Read more Health & Social Care Council CEOs cast doubt on ability of NHB to fund social care Local authority chief executives have warned that the government’s commitment to deliver greater funding certainty to councils has been “complicated” by the government’s decision to use the New Homes Bonus (NHB) to fund social care. Read more Health and social care needs to be better integrated Sandra Gidley, chair of the RPS English Pharmacy Board, makes the case for the integration of health and social care funding and explains why pharmacists are needed across the entire health and social care system and at all levels of the NHS. Read more Social Care: Funding Please use this paragraph as the explanation: This Hansard Report from 16th January 2017 is the transcript of a health & social care exchange between the Secretary for State on CLG and MPs on applying the new homes bonus to social care. Read more   NHS SBS launches new IT hardware framework Updated agreement extends to other public sector bodies. NHS Shared Business Service (NHS SBS) has refreshed its procurement framework for IT hardware and services, taking in 61 individual contracts over 10 lots. Read more Shared Services   Top Trends In Next Generation Shared Services The concept of Shared services is probably about two to three decades old. What is interesting about this space is that unlike disruptive innovation that shakes up previously successful models, the shared services model continues to build innovation in both its range of offerings as well as the way it is being executed. Read more  Blue Light Transformation   Emergency services share life-saving advice with Motorcycle Maintenance students A team of firefighters have shared vital, life-saving advice with Motorcycle Maintenance students from New College Lanarkshire. Read more  Housing   Merging organisations announce board and executive Peabody and Family Mosaic have appointed designate Board members and Executive Team members for the new Group, who will take up their roles on completion of the merger. Read more Receive this Shared Service News Summary into your inbox every week. Just register on our website.