News Summary of Collaboration and Shared Services from 22th April 2015

Last week I scanned through the Conservative and Labour manifestos for you, looking for their commitments on public sector collaborative working policies after the election. They are essentially the same as now, with a stronger emphasis on collaborative transformation across the public sector from Labour.

So what about some other political parties’ views?  I found the following, scanning through their manifestos. However if I have missed a key collaborative transformation or collaborative working policy, please email so I can include it in next week’s news update:

The Liberal Democrats have a substantial section (10.2 p133) covering devolution in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England. With regard to localism in England they set out a policy that (p136) “We will continue the combined authority and city deal style offers and introduce ‘Devolution on Demand’, enabling even greater devolution of powers from Westminster to Councils or groups of Councils working together ...”..

UKIP will review the Barnet Formula (p8) and combine health and social care under the NHS (p19). Otherwise, I could not find any references to collaborative working in other sections of the public sector.

SNP sets out its plans for Scotland (p29) “We will also continue with an ambitious programme of health and social care integration, ensuring that health and social care provision across Scotland is joined-up and provides a seamless service…”. Like UKIP, I could not find any references to collaborative working in other sections of the public sector.

I will have a look next week at the Green Party, Wales and Northern Ireland.

It was a quiet week for collaborative working news items worthy of a mention, but there were an above average number of collaborative working jobs and here are both…

Local Government

Council agrees integrated care deal

Staffordshire County Council has approved plans to extend its partnership with a NHS Trust for three years to deliver integrated health and social care. Read more >>>

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Housing

DCH announces merger with West Devon Homes

The merger reinforces DCH as a key employer in the region with over 900 staff and 22,500 homes in management. Read more >>>

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