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.

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