Departmental Services

Departmental Services resources can be found in the following sub categories

Adult Social Care

Title Overview & Theme Date Added
Getting More for Less (PDF 264kb) A paper by Demos and James Bartlett exploring how the landscape for public service delivery is changing with greater citizen involvement as well as better strategic leadership in serving the public better than before. 28/07/09
Transforming Adult Social Care (PDF 865kb) DoH paper setting out information to support councils and their partners in the ongoing transformation of adult social care as set out in the "Putting People First" policy documents. 21/05/2009
Common Standards for Procurent of Adult Social Care (PDF 350) The overarching aim of this project,commissioned by the LCE, is to identify the scope for standardising and streamlining the procurement processes for Adult Social Care with a West London focus. 19/09/2008
WLA Adult Social Care Procurement (PDF 455kb) This document reviews the West London Alliance's existing arrangements for the procurement of adult social care and identifies way in which the authorities could work together more collaboratively to procure more effectively. 18/09/2008
Social care Procurement Pack (PDF 1,141kb) This pack ahs been published by 4Ps with the intention of making the delivery of Social Care PFI projects more efficient and reducing transaction costs for both Local Authorities and private sector bidders 14/04/2004
Configuring Future Services Toolkit (PDF 232kb) This toolkit service configuration options to support people's preferred lifestyle, in their own homes, as long as possible. These options exist at the health and social care interface and represent opportunities to build on Joint Strategic Needs Assessment with specific, practical joint projects 14/04/2008

 

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Children's Services

Title Overview & Theme Date Added
Protection of Children in England - Progress Report (PDF 1031kb) "Please keep me safe" A progress report on the protection of children in England 21/05/2009
Overarching Children's Services (PDF 206kb) This report was written by PWC for the DfES who wish to develop an evidence-based strategy for  developing the market in children's services. 18/09/2008
Narrowing the Gap (PDF 329kb) This report provides an overview of key themes emerging as councils and their partners in local areas work to deliver services that improve outcomes for children and young people. 17/09/2008
Children's Homes and Fostering (PDF 358kb) This report by the DfES reviews the market for fostering provision i.e. children cared for by approved foster parent agencies or with a local authority rather than cared for by friends and family.   17/09/2008

 

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Health

Title Overview & Theme Date Added
Delivering Health and Well Being in Partnership (PDF 1.9Mb) A joint DH and DCLG publication looking at the role of Local Area Agreements on care and health provision 14/04/2008

 

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Highways and Transport

Title Overview & Theme Date Added
Contracting for Highways Maintenace- Executive Summary (PDF 62kb) The Highways Agency maintains England's motorways and trunk roads. The NAO commissioned a report to see how well the contracts for Highways mainteance were run. This Executive Summary gives a brief breadown of the findings. Maintenance 03/11/2009
Contracting for Highways Maintenence - NAO Report (PDF 928kb) The Highways Agency maintains England's motorways and trunk roads. The NAO commissioned a report to see how well the contracts for Highways mainteance were run. This is the full report 03/11/2009
Local Transport Efficiency Gains Toolkit 2 (PDF 364kb) The purpose of this toolkit is to give advice and guidance to local authorities on how to identify and measure efficiency gains in Highways 17/09/2008

 

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Housing

Title Overview & Theme Date Added
Temp to Perm Housing (PDF 513kb)    This project carried out research to evaluate existing and prospective temporary to permanent  models, provide an options appraisal and make recommendations on the most appropriate model/s for West and North of London. 17/09/2008

 

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Leisure

Title Overview & Theme Date Added
Public Libraries 2008/11 (PDF 72kb) Through consulation on A Blueprint for Excellence, the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) will set out a shared universal understanding of the role of the public library and the core services that the public can expect 23/09/2008

 

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Waste and Environment

Title Overview & Theme Date Added
Well Disposed Waste - Summary (PDF 371kb) Summary of the Audit Commission report on new ways to dispose of the country's waste. 28/09/2008
Well Disposed Waste - Report (PDF 2Mb) This Audit Commission report looks at how English councils are responding to the challenge of finding new ways to dispose of the country's waste which has traditionally been burried in landfill sites. 28/09/2008
Front Line to Bottom Line (PDF 816kb) Efficiency Savings for Environmental Services in London 19/09/2008
Setting standards for waste and use of recovered materials in construction (PDF 310kb) Highly topical for those authorities seeking to show how the sustainability agenda can also mean less cost. Produced under the WRAP initiative and published by the East Midlands RCE, this is an excellent publication showing how an organisation can deliver results on more than agenda 14/04/2008

 

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