It’s
raining even more collaboration money!
In the last newsletter I updated you on the hundreds of millions that has been
injected into collaborative working during 2014 across the blue light and local
government sectors.
Well, as of last week, that is a mere drop in the ocean compared to the collaborative transformation funding going into health and social care – just upped from £2.5bn a year to £5bn a year…
Better Care Fund boosted to £5bn
The Better Care Fund (BCF) has been boosted to £5bn a year, to fund an “army” of 18,000 people to better meet the needs of an ageing population, Jeremy Hunt has announced. Read more >>>
…and in the health sector,
collaborative working is blurring the traditional relationship boundaries too…
Social workers and GPs could radically change care, says report
A closer relationship between social workers and GPs could help deliver a radical overhaul of health and social care services. Read more >>>
So what
is the problem...?
Joined-up care: The elephant in the room
Encouraging greater integration between the NHS and social care systems - as the government has set out on Thursday - is like motherhood and apple pie. No-one would argue against it. Read more >>>
Another
example of collaborative transformation in health is in Wales, where there is
talk of reviewing health boards…
A future NHS for mid-Wales with Bronglais at its heart
Elin Jones, local AM
for Ceredigion and Plaid Cymru’s Shadow Minister for Health, has called on the
Health Boards and the Welsh Government to seize the opportunity offered by the
report of Professor Marcus Longley’s Mid Wales Health Review. Read more
>>>
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Local Government
It is
an interesting moment for Minister Pickles and his insistence that all will be
solved through shared council chief executives. The new review of the London
Tri-Borough Partnership, released last week, is suggesting that the councils
should go back to having one CEO each…
Lord Adonis publishes report on Tri-Borough Partnership
Significant cuts in
local authority funding pose a huge challenge for local government. In response
to this, in 2010 the three boroughs initiated the tri-borough arrangement – a
model for collaborative working – with the aim of enabling the councils to do
more with less, sharing resources and management, and reducing costs whilst
improving services. Read more
>>>
You don’t have to be London based to call yourself “tri-something” either. In Dorset they have hi-jacked the name to describe collaborative working between three smallish districts…
Tri-council partnership in Dorset draws closer
A potential
tri-council partnership in Dorset has become more likely, with another town
hall committing to measures that could save £6m every year. Read more
>>>
This is a valuable report suggesting ways in which two-tier
council areas should work more closely together and drop the idea of unitary
reorganisation. Although my bet is that a number of unitaries will emerge in
the next three years…
Politicians urged to rule out council reorganisation
The reorganisation of
local government should be ruled out for the next parliament in favour of more
joint working, says a think tank. Read more
>>>
Finally
this shared environmental health story will make you smile…
Cardiff could become 'capital city' of E.coli and dangerous goods if council shake-up is voted through, union warns
Ken Daniels, GMB
branch secretary at Cardiff council, issued the warning but Cardiff council
said he 'seems to be unable to grasp the basic principles of the new way of
working' Read more
>>>
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