west london alliance solace summit ‘learning to share’ session 17th october 2014 martin smith,...

West London Alliance

SOLACE Summit ‘Learning to Share’ session 17th October 2014

Martin Smith, Chief Executive, Ealing

Shared objectives:• Improve the prospects of achieving

participant councils’ strategic objectives by working together where it adds value

• Share investment, purchasing and resources where it will achieve improved services, better value for money and financial savings.

• Provide a unified voice for public sector interests in West London in order to have a greater impact on the regional and national policy

Shared financial challenge

Growth, Jobs & Skills Commissioning for People

ASC Efficiency Programme

Collaborative Public Health

Growth Deal Pilots

(x2)

West London Infrastructure

Plan

WPCB Programmes

(x3)

HousingInterface

West London (business)

Property Programme

Health Integration

VISION & LEADERSHIP

DIRECTION & DELIVERY

WLA PROGRAMME OFFICEProcurement Hub Communications & Reporting Resourcing / Funding / Benefits Realisation / Evaluation

Programme Management Business Development Lobbying Stakeholder Engagement

SUPPORT & INTEGRATION

Shared activity

CarePlace

Children’s Services

Programme

Demand Management

An example: CarePlace

• Benchmarking tool• Service directory/brokerage tool• Data warehouse• eMarketPlace• Procurement management tool• Supports personalisation and

the use personal budgets• E-Brokerage• Care Act Compliance

Defining characteristics

• Variable geometry

• Longevity

• Strong leadership (from somewhere)

• Overcoming ‘the tyranny of the the business case’

• Focus on procurement, commissioning and market management

• Big wins sustain us through the leaner times

• Adaptability over time

From less of this..…

Disputed benefits & savings

Bureaucratic burden

Disconnected Governance

Management in silos

Analysing input costs

Shared Service - Efficiencies

….. to more of this

MTFS Alignment, budget lock-in

Enabler / Catalyst

Clear Leadership

Integration across services

Investing to extract value

Shared Outcomes - Transformation

Critiquing ourselves

wla.london

What next for us?

• Efficiency – business as usual

• Growth - a route to demand management

• Devolution – an opportunity

• Public service reform – an imperative

• WLA leadership & governance – an enabler