When you look at the Tri-borough Partnership article below, it evidences that, unless merger is the desired outcome, mirror partnerships (eg council-with-council, police-with-police) are losing their lustre and locality-based collaborations are taking preference. In that context, it could be time for your organisation to review its collaborative working strategy, to test if it is still fit for purpose in a rapidly changing world. Here are your collaborative working news and jobs from the last seven days… Local Government Why did the Triborough fail? The Triborough collapse is about more than shared services – it tells us something fundamental about what’s been happening in local government. Read more Health & Social Care Occupational therapy could save NHS and social care – but don't call us OTs With a general election around the corner, the call has gone out to work out what can be done about an NHS and social care system in meltdown. Read more   New 'Shop Front' Social Care Scheme Aims To Offer Welcoming Place of Support A new way of providing adult social care is launching in Calderdale to boost the health and well being of local residents. Read more Shared record system to be implemented in four Surrey CCGs Four Surrey CCGs will this month begin rolling out records for integrated care to the 1.03 million patients in the area. Read more Upcoming Seminars Here are the dates of the next Collaborative Transformation Practitioner Programmes:   16-18 May 2017, Cambridge – Collaborative Transformation Practitioner Programme (three days) – open to all sectors   12-14 June 2017, Cambridge – Collaborative Transformation Practitioner Programme (three days) – open to all sectors   19-21 July 2017, Chief Fire Officers Association, Tamworth  – Collaborative Transformation Practitioner Programme (three days) - open to all sectors  ICT & Digital Southwark to join Brent-Lewisham IT service Director of modernisation says London borough to enter arrangement on expiry of its outsourcing deal. Read more Receive this Shared Service News Summary into your inbox every week. Just register on our website.

I wonder what your thinking is, about the impact of the two sets of elections on your collaborative working? For example, in the news item below, Dorset Council has put their potential collaborative reorganisation on hold for the moment until after the general election. Maybe some fire services will be impacted by the county council elections if they are still in local government control. Maybe there will be a cabinet re-shuffle after the general election, with new ministers in place who may have a different mindset on collaborative working across health from the current ones. Whilst you are mulling on that, here is the collaborative transformation news and related job vacancies from the last week… Local Government Dorset council postpones reorganisation referendum until after general election Christchurch councillors in Dorset have voted to defer a referendum on local government reorganisation until after the snap general election on 8 June. Read more >>> Breaking up: Councils sever legal services partnership The gloss of public sector shared legal services appears to be wearing off following the decision by two councils in Surrey to end their partnership. Read more >>> Health & Social Care Shouting about health and care integration in the capital Cllr Kevin Davis, London Councils executive member for health and leader of Kingston Council, celebrates the work being done in the capital to integrate health and social care, but argues there is still a long way to go. Read more >>> Workforce integration: The rise of the everyday evaluators The integration agenda exists to provide improvements to the quality of health and social care provision. With this ambition in mind, there is a need for local systems to be able to make ongoing sensible assessments of the impact that their initiatives may have. Read more >>>   Your questions answered on information and advice under the Care Act Trainer Belinda Schwehr unpicks the thornier legal issues relating to the provision of information, advice and equipment in England. Read more >>>   Where does councils' money come from to pay for adult social care? Public spending on social care in England isn’t allocated in the same way that spending on something like health is. It’s also not provided completely free at the point of care like the NHS or schools. Read more >>> Blue Light Transformation Emergency services comms system delay could cost lives, says PAC The government’s costly plans to upgrade the emergency services communications system are “catastrophic” and could put people’s lives at risk, the Public Accounts Committee has warned. Read more >>> ICT & Digital Closing the digital gap is not without its challenges, survey finds Over a third of public sector organisations are missing key opportunities to embrace digital technology, according to a new iGov survey. Read more >>> Finance The Secret to a Successful (Finance) Future: Continuous Accounting Today's pressures are immense with organizations constantly expected to run leaner and be more effective. Read more >>> Receive this Shared Service News Summary into your inbox every week. Just register on our website.