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
Shared activity
VISION &
LEADERSHIP
DIRECTION
& DELIVERY
SUPPORT &
INTEGRATION
Growth, Jobs & Skills
Commissioning for People
WPCB
Programmes
(x3)
Growth Deal
Pilots
(x2)
West London
Infrastructure
Plan
Collaborative
Public Health
ASC Efficiency
Programme
Children’s
Services
Programme
Housing
Interface
West London
(business)
Property
Programme
Health
Integration
CarePlace
Demand
Management
WLA PROGRAMME OFFICE
Procurement Hub Communications & Reporting Resourcing / Funding / Benefits Realisation / Evaluation
Programme Management Business Development
Lobbying
Stakeholder Engagement
An example: CarePlace
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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
Critiquing ourselves
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
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