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Care and Health Improvement Programme: Efficiency Project

Care and Health Improvement Programme: Efficiency Project
Local Government Association Local Government Association, London. 2018


Project ID (Internal) 114
Project Status completed
Full Reference (text) Local Government Association (2018) Care and Health Improvement programme: efficiency project. Local Government Association Report. [The report can be accessed here]
Full Reference (URL) https://www.local.gov.uk/care-and-health-improvement-programme-efficiency-project
Summary / Abstract

This report provides practice examples from ten councils who took part in the Care and Health Improvement Programme during 2016/17. It describes the innovative approaches they took to achieve greater efficiencies from their adult social care budgets and draws conclusions as to what other councils might learn from them. The examples cover three main areas: managing demand for social care by offering residents a different type of service; more effectively using the capacity in communities to help find new care solutions; and working closer with partners in the NHS to reduce pressures in the care and health system. They highlight the importance of councils dealing with people effectively at their first point of contact; the benefits of using strength-based approaches; that developing social enterprises can be a cost effective way of meeting demand and reducing shortage of supply; and the potential of collaboration between councils to reduce costs and demand for services. The 10 councils are: Bristol City Council, Poole Borough Council, Swindon and Wiltshire Councils; Norfolk County Council; Waltham Forest Council; Somerset Council; Newcastle City Council; Nottingham City Council; and Nottinghamshire County Council.

Publication Title Care and Health Improvement Programme: Efficiency Project
Author(s) Local Government Association
Publication Details Local Government Association, London.
Publication Year / End of Project 2018
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