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