Issue - meetings

·        That the next steps for each of the public service transformation strands, as outlined within the report and Annex 1 submitted, be agreed and the final partnership endorsed business cases for each of the individual projects be brought back to Cabinet as they are ready.

·        That the broad approach and methodology taken for the cost benefit analyses and the business cases based on this methodology be agreed.

·        That it be noted that £10m of efficiencies relating to Surrey County Council services’ element of the public service transformation programme is included in the council’s Medium Term Financial Plan(2014-19) from 2015/16 onwards and that progress towards delivery of these efficiencies will be monitored using the same mechanism agreed for all MTFP(2014-19) efficiencies.

·        That the Health and Wellbeing Board and the Cabinet Member for Public Health and Health and Wellbeing Board as co-chairman, be authorised to sign-off the ‘draft’ Surrey Better Care Fund plan for submission to NHS England.

·        That Surrey County Council commit an ‘invest to save’ funding of £300,000 for additional resources as outlined in paragraph 29 of the report submitted, covering the period to March 2016.

·        That the Chief Executive be asked to work with partners to bring forward proposals for effective and appropriate governance arrangements.

Reasons for decisions

Partners in Surrey believe that working together more effectively will enable services to be transformed so as to give better value to Surrey residents.

The council is working closely with partners to develop its plans for public service transformation in Surrey, which forms a key part of its overall strategy to improve services and outcomes as well as delivery of its medium term financial strategy. Significant progress has been made towards the ambitions of the County Council and its partners, providing a strong basis for further development of both the business cases and implementation plans.

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Partners in Surrey have a shared ambition to transform services and outcomes for Surrey residents. The vision is that by working together more effectively across the public sector, partners will shift services away from an emphasis on high cost responses towards prevention and earlier intervention. The intention is for services to deliver better value for money and improved outcomes for Surrey residents.

This ambition had been strongly endorsed by central Government.  Surrey was one of only nine areas in the country to be included in the Public Service Transformation Network which was providing active support to the work underway. 

The Cabinet considered an update on the progress made since it agreed five outline business cases as part of the public service transformation programme in Octo0ber 2013. Officers had continued to develop business cases for each area. Due to the markedly different nature of each strand, the businesses cases were noted to be at different stages of development, however each represented significant progress towards the ambition agreed with partners and endorsed by the Cabinet.

The work to date had identified additional resource requirements for limited specialist support to the public service transformation programme over the coming two years.  This investment would enable further development and implementation of the proposals and the delivery of improved outcomes and savings.

The Chairman advised that Surrey was taking a lead in work to transform services and that this had been recognised by Government. Cabinet Members agreed that the benefits of this approach were being seen with organisational boundaries being crossed. The Cabinet Member for Public Health and Health and Wellbeing Board provided an update on the potential of team building across organisations in Surrey, exemplified by the work of the Health and Wellbeing Board, and the conversations now taking place with partners which couldn’t have happened previously. Prevention was noted to be the next area to address across organisations. This work should result in a better health and social care system for residents.

RESOLVED:

1.         That the next steps for each of the public service transformation strands, as outlined within the report and Annex 1 submitted, be agreed and the final partnership endorsed business cases for each of the individual projects be brought back to Cabinet as they are ready.

2.         That the broad approach and methodology taken for the cost benefit analyses and the business cases based on this methodology be agreed.

3.         That it be noted that £10m of efficiencies relating to Surrey County Council services’ element of the public service transformation programme is included in the council’s Medium Term Financial Plan(2014-19) from 2015/16 onwards and that progress towards delivery of these efficiencies will be monitored using the same mechanism agreed for all MTFP(2014-19) efficiencies.

4.         That the Health and Wellbeing Board and the Cabinet Member for Public Health and Health and Wellbeing Board as co-chairman, be authorised to sign-off the ‘draft’ Surrey Better Care Fund plan for submission to NHS England.

5.         That Surrey County Council commit an ‘invest to save’  ...  view the full minutes text for item 10