Thursday 12 October 2017

News Summary of Collaboration and Shared Services from 11th October 2017



What can you learn about collaborative working in Health & Social Care, from the USA? Yale University has been measuring the impact of joined-up working between multi-agency partners with some influential results and it's worth a quick read in the Health and Social Care section below.

Here is the rest of this week’s collaboration news and collaboration vacancies…  

 Read The Latest Alumni Magazine Articles


Each week you will be able to read articles written by your alumni colleagues, on their successes and challenges in frontline collaboration issues. They will provide you with case studies, reviews and in-depth thinking on how they are addressing the challenges they have encountered in their work. Here are this week’s contributions:

Homeless Reduction Act 2017 - Digital Collaboration
Joe Shah SS(Prac)™, Transition & Scheduling Manager at Camden, Haringey & Islington Shared Digital

What can collaborative working learn from JESIP?
Mandy Johnson (CTArc)™, Senior Project Manager, Emergency Services Collaboration Programme, Essex FRS, & Chief Inspector Richard Melton (CTPrac)™ Essex JESIP Board Chair

Integrating Agencies To Better Serve Communities (Margate Taskforce)
Andy Bigginton, Lead Officer for the Margate Task Force, Kent Fire & Rescue Service

If you would like to submit an article for publication in Collaborative Transformation Magazine please contact me with your idea.

Click here to access past editions of the Collaborative Transformation Magazine.

Health & Social Care


Collaboration of Health Care and Social Services May Decrease Medical Costs and Visits
A Yale School of Public Health study finds that strengthening and better integrating social services with health care for people in need may improve health outcomes and reduce medical costs. Read more >>>

Quarter of GPs ready to swap practice contracts for collaborative deal
One in four GP partners are willing to ditch their existing practice contracts and join a collaborative funding deal across their local area, according to polling by a leading think tank. Read more >>>

Ask the Dentist: Joined-up approach to improving over-65s’ oral healthcare badly needed
At least 1.8 million people in the UK aged 65 and over could have an urgent dental condition, a new report has suggested. The report, published by the Royal College of Surgeons, warns of at least 1.8 million pensioners suffering with dental pain, oral sepsis or extensive decay in untreated teeth. Read more >>>


Health and care catering sector secures its first accredited professional catering qualification
The first professional catering qualification for health and social care catering – Level 2 Award in Professional Cookery in Health and Social Care – developed by the National Association of Care Catering (NACC), ... Read more >>>


Derry health workers receive ‘virtual’ dementia training
Health staff in Derry have taken part in an innovative new training programme aimed at allowing them to understand what people dementia experience every day. Read more >>>


Topic summary: The human/technology frontier in health and social care
The frontier between humans and technology has become increasingly blurred; in some instances, we are seeing a merger of human biology and technology into one, in others technology has come to replace traditionally human roles. Read more >>>

Blue Light Transformation


New issue of Emergency Services Times magazine with collaboration updates
The new edition of Emergency Services Times is available with collaboration updates from page 12 onwards. Read more >>>

 Would you like to host one of these collaborative skills sessions?

Would your organisation like to host, and promote across your locality, one or more of the following collaborative leadership workshops, in return for two free £399 + VAT delegate places?

We would rather reward your organisation, than pay a hotel conference centre.
  • Equipping Yourself To Step Confidently Into Collaborative Leadership…
    A one-day introduction to tools, templates and techniques for managers leading on public sector collaborations (a qualifying postgraduate certificate workshop).

     
  • Collaborative Leadership Between Organisations…
    Unpacking over 20 tried and tested tools, templates and techniques for senior leaders and managers to foster high impact collaborations with partners in councils, health, police, fire, housing and education (a qualifying postgraduate certificate workshop).

     
  • Collaborative Leadership Across Communities…
    Unpacking over 20 tried and tested tools, templates and techniques for senior leaders and managers to support and sustain effective community participation in the development and delivery of services (a qualifying postgraduate certificate workshop).

    Email Magda.Zurba@sharedservicearchitects.co.uk if you would like to informally explore hosting one or more of these workshops and gain two free delegate places.

Local Government

Councils join forces to tackle fly-tipping across Warwick district and Rugby borough
Councils have joined forces to tackle the issue of fly-tipping in areas in and around Leamington and Warwick. Warwick District Council’s executive has approved a proposal for a shared service with Rugby Borough Council enforcement against businesses and residents who fly-tip or accumulate waste. Read more >>>


Council to vote on shared services reform to save £400,000
A proposed management re-structure at South Ribble Borough Council and an increase in the use of shared services could save the authority £400,000. Read more >>>


Six months on from the City Deal being signed in Swansea, this is the state of play
Progress is being made behind the scenes on a £1.3 billion City Deal to create thousands of jobs in Swansea and the wider region, a council leader has insisted. Read more >>>


Scottish Procurement Alliance delivers £1m rebate for reinvestment in communities
One year on from its formation in 2016, the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) used its first AGM to announce a rebate of £1,039,279 to its local authority, housing association and other registered social landlord partners across Scotland. Read more >>>


 Collaborative Working Skills Development

Managing Governance, Risk Management & Control In Collaborative Working – 8th Nov Worcester

This new one-day seminar unpacks a toolkit for auditors or collaboration project leaders and managers, who have been thrust into collaborative working without any formal training in assurance, governance, risk and control and have found themselves lacking knowledge in these key decision-making areas.

Email Magda.Zurba@sharedservicearchitects.co.uk for an information pack.

Equipping Yourself To Step Confidently Into Collaborative Leadership – 24th Oct London & 7th November Derby

This one-day taster session is for managers who are tasked with the strategic leadership of collaborative working across local government, fire, police, HE, FE, schools, health & social care and housing. Equipped with a collaborative leadership toolkit, this will increase the confidence in their role, no matter who the partners are.

Email Magda.Zurba@sharedservicearchitects.co.uk for an information pack.

Managing Communications in Collaborative Transformation Programmes – 27th Oct London

A new toolkit and one-day seminar, supporting communications and project managers, responsible for multi-partner collaborative project communications, often with limited resources or specialist skills.

Email Magda.Zurba@sharedservicearchitects.co.uk for an information pack.

 Accessing The Online Toolkit


If you have ever wondered what the SSA Online Tools look and feel like, click here to visit our new preview site. You can download free tools, templates and techniques and view information on over 100 other tools.

Why not link to a data projector in a room with some colleagues and see if the toolkit could accelerate the scale and pace of your collaborative working?

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Thursday 5 October 2017

News Summary of Collaboration and Shared Services from 5th October 2017


There are several senior management, collaboration job opportunities included in your update this week – I hope it may help you if you are looking for a new role.

The jobs rarely have “collaboration” or “shared service” in the title. We want to flag them up to you because they require multi-partner working and therefore your CTPrac™ or CTArc™ recognition may get your CV looked at more closely.

The 14th cohort of the Postgraduate Certificate in Collaborative Transformation starts today with a wide range of students from police, fire, councils and NHS. If you want to turbo-charge your CV for the rapidly growing number of collaboration roles across the public sector, the postgrad certificate is a rapid way of achieving that.

Here is your collaboration news and job vacancies for the week.


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If you have ever wondered what the SSA Online Tools look and feel like, click here to visit our new preview site. You can download free tools, templates and techniques and view information on over 100 other tools.

Why not link to a data projector in a room with some colleagues and see if the toolkit could accelerate the scale and pace of your collaborative working?


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Pharmacists in GP practices: the role of the medicines management team
Steve Hemsley explains how pharmacists in Bay Medical Group’s Medicines Management Team have become instrumental in easing the burden of GP shortages in Lancashire. Read more >>>


CCGs hungry to move towards collaborative care models in 2017-18
The majority of CCGs in England are embracing change and intend to contract for a new care model this year, NHS Clinical Commissioners (NHSCC) has today stated. Read more >>>


The NICE way of supporting STPS
Nicola Bent, programme director of system engagement at NICE, on how her organisation is helping health and care bodies develop sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) at a local level. Read more >>>


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Combined authorities need ‘meaningful’ fiscal devolution, progress report says
Whitehall should reopen the conversation about ‘meaningful’ fiscal devolution in order to help places attract sustainable investment, says report on the progress of combined authorities. Read more >>>


https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f2cbda977263e2f1921f26c42/images/40dd4698-dcb3-409a-8aac-e61d33de786b.jpg Would you like to host one of these collaborative skills sessions?



Would your organisation like to host, and promote across your locality, one or more of the following collaborative leadership workshops, in return for two free £399 + VAT delegate places?

We would rather reward your organisation, than pay a hotel conference centre.
  • Equipping Yourself To Step Confidently Into Collaborative Leadership…
    A one-day introduction to tools, templates and techniques for managers leading on public sector collaborations (a qualifying postgraduate certificate workshop).

     
  • Collaborative Leadership Between Organisations…
    Unpacking over 20 tried and tested tools, templates and techniques for senior leaders and managers to foster high impact collaborations with partners in councils, health, police, fire, housing and education (a qualifying postgraduate certificate workshop).

     
  • Collaborative Leadership Across Communities…
    Unpacking over 20 tried and tested tools, templates and techniques for senior leaders and managers to support and sustain effective community participation in the development and delivery of services (a qualifying postgraduate certificate workshop).

    Email Magda.Zurba@sharedservicearchitects.co.uk if you would like to informally explore hosting one or more of these workshops and gain two free delegate places.


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Shifting public opinion to enable progressive change by 2025
Transformation to meet service demand is key, and is an issue explored in depth in Civica’s Changing Landscape series of reports. Read more >>>


Council to vote on restructure that could save £400k a year
The exact plans have not yet been revealed, but the authority has said that it could mean savings of over £400,000 a year and will see the development of further shared services between the council and its neighbor, Chorley Borough Council. Read more >>>


Account NI Shared Service leads by example
At the heart of every large organisation is the need for efficient and seamless services to effectively support the delivery of its organisational objectives. Read more >>>


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Merseyside housing associations step up to combined authority role
Liverpool’s metro mayor Steve Rotheram has offered housing associations a formal role in the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s governance arrangements. Read more >>>


Subsidiary merges with Salvation Army Housing Association
Chapter 1 became a subsidiary of saha in March this year following the decision to combine the strengths of both organisations in 2016. Read more >>>


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New name for Digital Service Standard as update announced
The Government Digital Service (GDS) has announced plans to update the Digital Service Standard ahead of introducing a new name for it – ‘Government Service Standard’. Read more >>>


Top 10 strategic technologies for Government
After nearly a decade of “doing more with less,” government CIOs remain under pressure to further optimise IT and business costs while leading digital innovation in the public sector, according to research conducted by Gartner. Read more >>>

Could immersive collaboration tools optimise public sector work?
New survey data released this week has confirmed the growing demand for modern, advanced collaboration systems – technology that the public sector is widely adopting. Read more >>>


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Turbo-charge your CV with a qualification and CTArc™ recognition

The 14th cohort of the Postgraduate Certificate In Collaborative Transformation is now open for student registrations. The six-month, part-time, work-based programme begins in October 2017. Students who successfully graduate from the programme are awarded Collaborative Transformation Architect (CTArc™) recognition by Shared Service Architecture.

For details of the programme, fees, student loan support and the time commitment, email dominic.wallace@sharedservicearchitects.co.uk

Managing Governance, Risk Management & Control In Collaborative Working – 18th Oct Derby

This new one-day seminar unpacks a toolkit for auditors or collaboration project leaders and managers, who have been thrust into collaborative working without any formal training in assurance, governance, risk and control and have found themselves lacking knowledge in these key decision-making areas.

Email Magda.Zurba@sharedservicearchitects.co.uk for an information pack.

Equipping Yourself To Step Confidently Into Collaborative Leadership – 20th & 24th Oct London

This one-day, taster session is for managers who are tasked with the strategic leadership of collaborative working across local government, fire, police, HE, FE, schools, health & social care and housing. Equipped with a collaborative leadership toolkit, this will increase the confidence in their role, no matter who the partners are.

Email Magda.Zurba@sharedservicearchitects.co.uk for an information pack.

Managing Communications in Collaborative Transformation Programmes – 27th Oct London

A new toolkit and one-day seminar, supporting communications and project managers, responsible for multi-partner collaborative project communications, often with limited resources or specialist skills.

Email Magda.Zurba@sharedservicearchitects.co.uk for an information pack.



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Friday 4 August 2017

News Summary of Collaboration and Shared Services from 2nd August 2017

From the volume of news this week, Health & Social Care are the growth areas in collaborative working at the moment. But the mergers of housing associations will provide fertile ground for collaborative working as they begin to explore the collaborative transformation that will need to take place to deliver the change programme required.

Meanwhile, over in Essex the Police & Crime Commissioner has been given the go-ahead to be the first PCC take the fire service into their portfolio; an exercise that we will keep you up to date with.

Here is the collaborative working news, and the job opportunities from the last seven days.


Collaboration
Unravelling the collaboration conundrum

Collaboration is very much in vogue and often talked about in meetings as the must-have function in modern business. But while many companies realise it’s ‘a thing,’ few have been able to implement it thoroughly. Read more >>>


Health & Social Care

New framework released to support person-centered approaches for health, social care
Skills for Health, Health Education England, and Skills for Care have announced a new Framework to support person-centered approaches for the health and social care workforce. Read more >>>

Manchester mental health to be transformed by £134m fund
Health authorities in Manchester have this week launched an enormous £134m action plan to transform mental health care in the area. Read more >>>

Councils ensure strong health and safety service
The two authorities have joined forces to create a shared service. The importance of ensuring strong health and safety advice was highlighted at the official launch of the service on Tuesday, 18 July, particularly following the tragic fire at the Grenfell Tower in London last month. Read more >>>

GM to develop innovative app designed to curb A&E pressures
An innovative measure designed to stop people unnecessarily going to A&E is currently in development by the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership (GMHSCP). Read more >>>

Bolton’s Big Plans for Health & Social Care: Community Roadshow
NHS Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and the community partners are inviting the Bolton public to join us at a community roadshow. Read more >>>

It’s all systems go for the new Health and Social Care Network
The contract for the legacy NHS National Network (N3) infrastructure, supplied by BT, expired in March this year, with health and care organisations set to start to deploy connections to the replacement HSCN from October. Read more >>>

Local Government

South Hams District Council Leader John Tucker has explained the possible merger with West Devon Borough Council and its impact on rates

Councillors are currently discussing how the merger might work and looking at a potential increase in council tax in the South Hams, to raise the council tax rate to the same rate that West Devon residents pay, because at the moment West Devon residents pay more than South Hams residents. Read more >>>

Six mayors to pilot innovative new employment schemes

Thousands of disadvantaged people are to be helped back into work under new pilot schemes being delivered by six combined authorities. Read more >>>


Blue Light Transformation
Essex crime commissioner takes over fire service

Essex's police and crime commissioner is to take on responsibility for the county's fire and rescue service too. Roger Hirst is to become the UK's first combined police and fire commissioner in October. Read more >>>


Devolution

Yorkshire colleges first to publish targets in £56m AEB pre-devolution deal
Colleges in West Yorkshire have agreed a “landmark” partnership with the combined authority to align their annual £56 million adult education budget provision while it waits for an official devolution deal to happen. Read more >>>

Yorkshire councils agree 'coalition of the willing'
Council leaders in Yorkshire have agreed to work together to secure a devolution deal from the Government. Read more >>>


Housing

Local Housing Associations Connect

Shropshire Housing Group and Herefordshire Housing have announced today (28th July 2017) that the two organisations have connected, as equal partners, to form Connexus. Read more >>>

England: Consultation begins on merger to create 12,700 home landlord

Two housing providers have launched a public consultation on a proposed merger to create a 12,700 home Greater Lincolnshire landlord. Read more >>>


Upcoming Seminars

Here are the dates of the next Collaborative Leadership and Collaborative Transformation Practitioner programmes:

The Postgraduate Certificate In Collaborative Transformation (Oct 2017 Cohort begins) You can see what previous students are saying about their experience by clicking here.

Collaborative Transformation Practitioner Programme (London) – 4th to 6th October. Attending this programme will grant you recognition as a CTPrac™.


In-house Collaborative Transformation Practitioner and Collaborative Leadership programmes are available for five or more delegates. These are helpful for organisations who need to reduce staff travel and accommodation costs. Contact Magda.Zurba@sharedservicearchitects.co.uk for an informal discussion on programme content and fees.


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