Congratulations go to Chief Fire Officer Darran Gunter and his team at the newly established Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue . The merger of the two fire services will cover 50 fire stations, 73 fire engines and over 1,000 firefighters, protecting over 1.45 million residents in the local authority areas of Bournemouth, Dorset, Poole, Swindon and Wiltshire.
They have been using SSA training and toolkits as part of their mix of project activity from the beginning, with the senior management teams and project leads completing the Shared Service Practitioner programme in the early days of the merger discussions.
Which brings into focus the future of current blue light integration and shared service activity. They could well be buffeted by helpful, or destructive, winds of change during this year. For example, newly elected PCCs will have their own views about who their forces partner with. In addition, combined authorities, city deals and local devolution could redraw the geographic boundaries so that current partnerships no longer sit within suitable boundaries.
We are delivering the CTPrac
Programme at the College of Policing (Ryton) at the end of May for police collaboration and
shared service project teams and there will be much discussion on this topic at
that event.
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jobs from the last 7 days…
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Devolution
English devolution deals
Devolution deals to devolve power from central government to local
areas in England offer opportunities to stimulate economic growth and reform
public services for local users, but the arrangements are untested and
government could do more to provide confidence that these deals will achieve
the benefits intended. Read more >>>
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Local
Government
Joint ventures offer ‘great opportunities for savings’, report says
Local authorities can use joint ventures (JVs) to deliver services
effectively, but only if objectives and partnership arrangements are carefully
considered, report says. Read more >>>
Making money ‘not main driver’ for council ABS
Generating income was not the motivation behind a council’s
decision to set up an alternative business structure, one of the early town
hall pioneers has told solicitors. Read more >>>
SoRDs 'shared services' not a step towards council amalgamation - councils
A regional development team wants Southland's four councils to
create a "one stop shop environmental agency" but says total
amalgamation is not on the cards. Read more >>>
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Health & Social Care
Health & Social Care
Why this council handed the running of children’s social care to the NHS
Big changes are afoot in Trafford. This month, the council
integrated its children social care service with its adult social care and
community health services, and handed the running of them to an NHS trust. Read more >>>
Council to regain control of
social work from provider following performance issues
A council is to take back control of social work services from an
employee-run social enterprise because of performance concerns, financial
pressures and NHS policy changes. Read more >>>
Social Care – Training and Course Overview
In a broad range of health and social care setting, the training
program in health and social care management is designed to equip participants
with the right skills, interest, and knowledge required to care for others. Read more >>>
WEARSIDE MATTERS – Joined-up teams improving care
Recently formed Community Integrated Teams (CITs), which are based
in five locations across Sunderland, are bringing together groups of
professionals including district nurses, community matrons; general
practitioners, practice nurses, social care professionals… Read more >>>
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Blue
Light Services
Southern police forces pick preferred bidder for £120m ERP deal
Thames Valley, Surrey and Sussex forces say announcement of
mystery ERP vendor is imminent. The Police and Crime Commissioners for the
Thames Valley, Surrey and Sussex forces are understood to have chosen a
preferred supplier for a new £120m Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System
across the three forces. Read more >>>
Cambs, Herts and Beds police to expand shared service work
Forces expect to go live with integrated HR, finance and payroll
system from next year to curb use of separate technology solutions. Read more >>>
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service comes into being
A new era began in Dorset and Wiltshire on 1 April, when the two
county fire and rescue services formally combined into one organisation. Read more >>>
JESIP – have your say on Joint Doctrine guidance
Throughout April any organisation involved in emergency
multi-agency response has the opportunity to review JESIP‘s revised
Joint Doctrine guidance. Read more >>>
Ambulance and fire crews report for duty at new joint Resource Centre
The Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust and North Wales Fire and
Rescue Service have jointly invested more than £15m in a purpose-built resource
centre in Wrexham – the first of its kind in Wales – which boasts an eight-bay
fire station, a six-bay ambulance station, a make ready facility and fleet
workshop plus top-of-the-range training facilities. Read more >>>
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