There has been plenty of food for
thought on collaborative working across sectors this week. One element of that
relates to the King’s Fund report that suggests the re-organisation of the NHS
in 2010 is failing to deliver on a number of its promised outcomes.
Some of it is effective, but as we
have discovered in our Collaborative
Leadership work with CCGs,
they are piecing back together parts of the structure swept away in 2010.
The NHS under the coalition government - The King's Fund
This report concludes that the coalition government’s reforms have resulted in greater marketisation of the NHS, but that claims of mass privatisation are exaggerated… that the top-down reorganisation of the NHS has been distracting and damaging… new systems of governance and accountability resulting from the reforms are complex and confusing and the absence of system leadership is increasingly problematic when the NHS needs to undertake major service changes… The Care Act has created a legal framework for introducing a fairer system of funding of long-term care. Read more >>>
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Local
Government
Richmond and Wandsworth agree shared services deal
The Conservative leaders of Wandsworth and Richmond have announced
plans for a “shared staffing structure”. Read more >>>
Newcastle City Council being urged to provide shared services to cope with cuts
Liberal Democrat councillor Robin Ashby called on the council’s
leadership to consider the prospect of providing services alongside other
authorities. Read more >>>
Shared chief chosen for tri-council partnership
Matt Posser has been chosen as
the new shared chief executive for the Dorset tri-council partnership. The
appointment is the first stage in amalgamating the three districts into a
single administrative organisation with a joint management team, as proposed
earlier this month. Read more >>>
£6.4m of taxpayers' money towards putting all council services online
The costs of pushing people towards using council services online
has been revealed - up to a whopping £6.4 million. Read more >>>
St Edmundsbury Borough Council calls on communities to be ‘self reliant’ following budget announcement
Families are being urged to
"take ownership" of their communities for the future. This is the
message from St Edmundsbury Borough Council, following the announcement of its
budget for the forthcoming financial year. Read more >>>
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Police
Police forces agree to share services
Talks for a ‘strategic alliance’ between Police and Crime
Commissioners (PCCs) and Chief Constables at Avon and Somerset Constabulary and
Wiltshire Police began in December. Read more >>>
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Housing
Landlords in merger talks to create largest landlord in north west
Two landlords have agreed to enter talks about a merger deal which
would create a mammoth 56,000-home landlord in the north west. Read more >>>
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International
I have included this USA news, just to remind ourselves
that collaborative working is not just a UK approach to reducing duplication of
effort and costs…
Time for serious discussion of shared services in N.J.
The small towns of Greenwich,
Hopewell, Shiloh and Stow Creek in Cumberland County are considering the idea
of sharing one municipal building. Nothing's set in stone, but there's
discussion and that's a good thing. A county planning official recently met
with them to review advantages of government sharing. Read more >>>
Will three become one? Orange councillors to discuss merging options
Despite attempts from surrounding councils to maintain their
independence, Orange City Council will discuss options for a merger on Tuesday
night as part of a statewide effort to improve local government sustainability.
Read more >>>
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