Benchmarking is critical in managing change in the public sector. For councils it is vital in developing shared service agreements, for cost cutting and for outsourcing.
In this briefing, the Society for IT Management, presents a forceful case for benchmarking and it highlights particular areas of change where it can bring greater benefits.
This report describes the challenges faced by traditional high streets with threats not just from the growth of internet shopping, but also out-of-town shopping. There are also concerns about the so-called ‘clone town’ phenomenon, with local character being lost as major chains dominate the high street.
Evidence centres are being set up to provide rigorous, high quality, independently assessed research to support decision making at every level of public services. The Centres will cover areas with public spending of over £200 billion.
This Briefing from the Society for IT Managers offers advice on how to respond to the developing situation. The advice is based on a survey of IT trends which shows that the UK local authority ICT market has a value of £3.3bn, and provides employment for about 27,100 people.
This report gives a snap-shot of the status of social investment innovation. It describes how public-private partnership structures are emerging.
The report from the Cabinet Office draws together the insights of senior policy-makers, investors, advisors, academics and analysts from over ten countries. It highlights a range of issues in the development of the social investment market. It also describes new social finance instruments, the experience of implementing Social Impact Bonds and the recently launched government initiatives to tackle social problems through payment by results.
This Briefing from the Society of IT Management warns heads of ICT that they are not an automatic choice for the new role of digital leader.
Digital leaders appointed so far in central government have tended not to be IT specialists, citing examples of people with backgrounds in banking and local authority management with leadership experience in transformation, efficiency, customer service and marketing.
The report on the introduction of mobile devices at 11 NHS pilot sites sets out the benefits of mobile technology for health staff and patients.
The aims of the project were to understand the requirements of mobile working, and to demonstrate that increased productivity and efficiency can be achieved by making changes to working processes.
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Greater use of information and digital technology in the NHS and social care will bring benefits to patients and staff according to a new study.
The study by Price Waterhouse Coopers, ommissioned by the Department of Health, found that measures such as more use of text messages for negative test results, electronic prescribing and electronic patient records could improve care, allow health professionals to spend more time with patients and save billions of pounds.
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‘Smart cities’ that make effective use of information and technology to inform policy and decision-making are in fashion, but the same approach can make all government smart, argues the Society of IT Management.
This paper sets out the plans for the Office for Civil Society.
Intelligent commissioning will be promoted through the new Commissioning Academy, the Social Outcomes Fund and a £20 million central top-up fund that will bring in investment to help finance early, preventative programmes on some of the most complex and expensive social problems. In addition the Centre for Social Society will promotes the development of more and better Social Impact Bonds.
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