Abstracts: June 7th, 2005

This programme is now available to view on egovtv.tv, the online television channel for public service modernisation. Telford & Wrekin Borough and Shropshire County Council, joint Children’s Services Trailblazer, have worked together with Ciber UK to implement a Microsoft technology-based ISA solution. The video reviews their experience and how they have connected the different agencies and teams to share information and to deliver a coordinated set of services to 40,000 Children and Young People. The case study is part of the programme “Sharing and Partnership – A Future for Council Services?” It examines the potential to further raise the efficiency and quality of front-line services and back-office functions through a more collaborative approach between councils.GovTV (www.eGovTV.tv) is a dedicated web-cast television channel for governors of public bodies, council members and senior executives across all public sector organisations and is available free to an unlimited audience at anytime, at any location via the internet. The programme can be viewed at: http://www.egovtv.tv/programmes/Sharing%20and%20Partnership%20A%20Future%20For%20Council%20Services