News Summary of Collaboration and Shared Services from 08 March 2017

This is the final call for entries for the LGA Shared Services Map. In addition to entries from Councils, the map is open to details of collaborations in Public Health, One Public Estate and Fire & Rescue Services too. The final deadline is 10 March, although if you contact me, we may be able to give you a few day longer if this has just arrived in your mail box. There are three ways in which we can support you with submitting your data, click here for more details on how to update existing partnership or submit a new one. Here are this week's collaboration news and jobs...

Local Government SSON's State of the Shared Services Industry 2017: European Market Report The past two years have been full of dramatic headlines foretelling the end of Shared Services as we know it. Read more Salford and Liverpool City Councils plan IT trading venture Two northern councils have teamed up to sell technology and services commercially. Read more Chancellor Philip Hammond expected to confirm support for £1.3bn City Deal for Swansea Bay While talks between the Swansea Bay City Region - made up of the local authorities of Neath Port Talbot, Swansea, Carmarthenshire, and Pembrokeshire - and the Treasury after continuing, it is anticipated that Mr Hammond will reference the deal in his speech on Wednesday. Read more   Call for closer working between Shropshire and Telford councils Plans by the opposition Conservative group in Telford & Wrekin to work more closely with Shropshire Council have been put forward. Read more   Performance Tracker: Spring 2017 The first Performance Tracker report finds that until recently the Government managed to maintain the quality of public services while controlling spending. Read more

Health & Social Care   Leading the way in procurement partnerships Mario Varela, managing director of NHS London Procurement Partnership (LPP), discusses the changing landscape of NHS procurement and the importance of clinical engagement. Read more   All health professionals should practice ‘realistic medicine’ by 2025, says CMO All healthcare professionals in Scotland should adopt a personalised approach to their care by 2025, Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Catherine Calderwood has said. Read more

Housing   The London Borough of Hounslow has selected Willmott Partnership Homes to help accelerate its house-building plans Willmott Partnership Homes, part of the Willmott Dixon Group, will work in joint venture with the council’s wholly-owned subsidiary Lampton 360 to bring forward an initial 11 council-owned sites to create 844 homes. Read more Receive this Shared Service News Summary into your inbox every week. Just register on our website.