News Summary of Collaboration and Shared Services from 1st February 2017

A major change in the public sector collaboration landscape happened yesterday (31/01/17), when the Policing and Crime Bill received royal assent. The key area of interest for you as Collaboration Practitioners and Architects is that it mandates “…a new duty on police, fire and rescue and emergency ambulance services to collaborate where it is in the interests of their efficiency or effeciveness ...” I was teaching the CTPrac™ programme at the Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA) last week, and the week before at Ryton College of Policing. There seem to be few barriers to police and fire working together, but what is noticeable is the consensus that ambulance has yet to fully come to the party. If you haven’t seen the November Emergency Services Collaboration Review the you can download it by clicking here. Here is the rest of your collaboration news and jobs, from the last few days…  Blue Light Transformation   Policing and Crime Bill receives Royal Assent The government marked a major milestone in its police reform agenda today (Tuesday, 31 January) as the Policing and Crime Bill received Royal Assent. Read more Select committee says action needed now to address risks in emergency communication switchover A new Public Accounts Committee report has warned that the target date to replace the radio system used by emergency services is unlikely to be met. Read more Local Government Two districts approve ‘historic’ council merger Suffolk Coastal and Waveney District Councils have approved plans to formally merge and create a new ‘super district’ council. Read more   Assessing the value of regional collaboration in Wales Cardiff Business School (with Shared Intelligence and IFF Research) has published a report, commissioned by the Welsh Government, which identifies a range of factors that contribute to effective regional working. Read more   Kent district councils consider merging to create super council Four district councils are to consider a proposal into the feasibility of creating a single council for east Kent in a move that could save nearly £7m. Read more Devolution   Voluntary sector’s role recognised in Greater Manchester devolution agreement The third sector’s role in designing and delivering services has been formally recognised by the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership. Read more   Significant step in devolution call after Work and Health Programme budget is transferred to London Another significant step along the road to devolution took place today, with Whitehall officially passing the budget for the Work and Health Programme to London boroughs. Read more  Housing Do you think housing associations and local authorities are natural partners? “I get the feeling that housing associations do not really think we as a council are relevant to their business,” commented a senior local government officer to me recently, adding that this is ‘a mistake’. Read more Receive this Shared Service News Summary into your inbox every week. Just register on our website.

News Summary of Collaboration and Shared Services from 25th January 2017

If you have submitted data for a shared service in the 2016 LGA Shared Service Map then we will be in touch shortly about the 2017 refresh of your entry. The LGA have commissioned Shared Service Architecture to update the map in the coming weeks so they can publish a 2017 edition later in the year. We will let you know more next week.   If you are putting together a 2017 learning and development plan, then why not consider our learning and facilitation support programmes and online toolkits. You can click here to download the latest edition of Collaborative Transformation Magazine to explore the options. Below is your collaboration news summary and collaborative working opportunities… Local Government County unveils multi-million pound saving unitary proposal Oxfordshire County Council has proposed the abolition of all six of the county’s councils in order to create one new unitary authority for Oxfordshire. Read more   Buckinghamshire councils submit proposals for two unitary authorities Four Buckinghamshire councils have voted at their respective council meetings in favour of a controversial proposal for two unitary authorities in the county - despite Buckinghamshire CC opposition. Read more   Over 200 authorities join national auditing scheme More than 200 authorities have opted to join a new national scheme, which will negotiate auditors’ contracts on their behalf. Read more   Speed up Dorset combined council plan, MP urges Christchurch MP Christopher Chope has urged the government to speed up the creation of a combined authority for Dorset. Read more Health & Social Care Council CEOs cast doubt on ability of NHB to fund social care Local authority chief executives have warned that the government’s commitment to deliver greater funding certainty to councils has been “complicated” by the government’s decision to use the New Homes Bonus (NHB) to fund social care. Read more Health and social care needs to be better integrated Sandra Gidley, chair of the RPS English Pharmacy Board, makes the case for the integration of health and social care funding and explains why pharmacists are needed across the entire health and social care system and at all levels of the NHS. Read more Social Care: Funding Please use this paragraph as the explanation: This Hansard Report from 16th January 2017 is the transcript of a health & social care exchange between the Secretary for State on CLG and MPs on applying the new homes bonus to social care. Read more   NHS SBS launches new IT hardware framework Updated agreement extends to other public sector bodies. NHS Shared Business Service (NHS SBS) has refreshed its procurement framework for IT hardware and services, taking in 61 individual contracts over 10 lots. Read more Shared Services   Top Trends In Next Generation Shared Services The concept of Shared services is probably about two to three decades old. What is interesting about this space is that unlike disruptive innovation that shakes up previously successful models, the shared services model continues to build innovation in both its range of offerings as well as the way it is being executed. Read more  Blue Light Transformation   Emergency services share life-saving advice with Motorcycle Maintenance students A team of firefighters have shared vital, life-saving advice with Motorcycle Maintenance students from New College Lanarkshire. Read more  Housing   Merging organisations announce board and executive Peabody and Family Mosaic have appointed designate Board members and Executive Team members for the new Group, who will take up their roles on completion of the merger. Read more Receive this Shared Service News Summary into your inbox every week. Just register on our website.