The clue is in the name: New Minister for Police &
Fire, which confirms even more clearly that the boundaries between the fire
and police services are to be deeply blurred – if not merged. However, it also
signals that emergency ambulances are unlikely to be directly in the mix for
the time being.
The Prime
Minister has begun replacing the entire ministerial team at the Home Office
with the appointment of a barrister as Minister of State for Police and Fire. Read more >>>
Brandon Lewis has been helpful in the recognition of the
Postgraduate Certificate in Collaborative Transformation by government when he
awarded the graduation certificates, and Shared
Service Architect recognition, to students.
We are doing our bit too. In the last six weeks, 34 police/fire
project leads have completed our three day CTPrac
programme™ and 40 FRS staff have attended
collaborative leadership sessions to build both capacity, and collaborative
advantage, in their organisations.
Holiday time for some…
There will be no ’60 second summaries’ for the next few
weeks as I am off on holiday. I hope the weather holds for you if you are
holidaying too. In the meantime, you can read the 3 year back catalogue of
editions at http://sharedservicearchitects.blogspot.co.uk/
Here is the rest of the news and some
really interesting collaborative working vacancies from the last seven days...
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Devolution
VIDEO: ‘Whatever your view on the devolution deal, get involved’
Chesterfield Borough Council’s leaders are encouraging as many
people as possible to get involved in the consultation on the Sheffield City
Region devolution deal. Read more >>>
Northern combined authority
leaders seek Brexit meeting with May
Leaders of the north of England’s combined authorities have
written jointly to Theresa May, inviting her to meet with them to ensure that
they are involved in negotiating the UK’s exit from the European Union. Read more >>>
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Local
Government
Five priorities for the new communities and local government secretary
As Sajid Javid moves to Marsham Street, he’ll need to get up to
speed with the local government agenda. Here are five priorities to concentrate
on. Welcome Sajid Javid. Read more >>>
CIPFA: commercial focus vital to council service innovation
A new report details opportunities to improve authority incomes by
profiting from functions including back office expertise sharing; skill base
and public perceptions among key challenges. Read more >>>
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Health & Social Care
Health & Social Care
Manchester close to 'formal integration' of joint commissioning
Commissioning powers in Manchester are to be shared between the
city council and the city’s three CCGs as part of a drive to better join-up
health and social care. Read more >>>
Building bridges, breaking barriers: Integrated care for older people
Building bridges, breaking barriers looks at how well care for
older people is integrated across health and social care, as well as the impact
on older people who use services and their families and carers. Read more >>>
Quality Improvement in Healthcare: the Case for Change - free online course
Why is quality improvement in health and social care systems so
difficult? Why is it so challenging to bring in new and better ways of
organising health and social care services? Read more >>>
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Blue
Light Transformation
Major step forward for blue light collaboration in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire County Council’s Executive Committee has approved
plans for the emergency services in Lincolnshire to work more closely together.
Read more >>>
Collaboration pledge takes partnership in the North East to the next level
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS), Northumberland Fire
and Rescue Service (NFRS) and Northumbria Police, with their three governance
bodies, have pledged to work even closer together to provide enhanced services
to the public. Read more >>>
Landmark agreement on joint working in South Yorkshire
A landmark agreement between emergency services in South Yorkshire
will see up to five ambulance standby points created at fire stations across
the county. Read more >>>
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