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Leicestershire County Council. Savings, Service Transformation and Communities. Nicole Rickard LCC/LRALC Conference 2013. Review of Financial Position. The County Council needs to make £100m savings (£65m currently unallocated ) in the next 5 years, from an annual net budget of £356m
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Leicestershire County Council Savings, Service Transformation and Communities Nicole Rickard LCC/LRALC Conference 2013
Review of Financial Position • The County Council needs to make £100m savings (£65m currently unallocated) in the next 5 years, from an annual net budget of £356m • Health savings across LLR are £290m by 2017/18, including £100m reduced activity funded by CCGs • £30m East CCG • £30m West CCG • £40m City CCG
Timescales County Council • Considering savings on three levels : • Transformation programmes – potential areas for saving through integration • Health and Social Care Integration • Families • Economic Growth & Transport • Efficiencies • Lower priority services • Indicative targets for departments and themes • On-going programme of engagement, including budget consultation – Stakeholder Event (July 16th), Focus Groups, Survey in Leicestershire Matters
LCC Engagement -Broad timescales Options agreed Planning Engagement and consultation Internal communications Stakeholder events Focus groups Survey Analysis Feedback Develop MTFS May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Partnership Priority Outcomes • First draft of revised LT Outcome Framework • Reflects changed context and priorities in 33 key strategies • Additional principles proposed to underpin delivery • Move from 4 priorities to 6 = early intervention/prevention, targeted and high cost services • Vulnerability • Ageing Population • Healthier Population • Communities in Charge • Waste • Economic Growth • Universal services – people and places • Tonight part of process of ‘sense checking’ with key partners/partnerships
Opportunities to integrate • We need a shared, place-based understanding of the financial challenge • We have to appreciate the implications of not working together to tackle this challenge (e.g. displacement effects) • Our starting point has to be ‘citizens’, ‘families’ and ‘place’ rather than ‘organisation’ or ‘service’ (-based silos) • We need to encourage individuals to take more responsibility for themselves and others • We must enable communities to play a role in prevention and early intervention • We should focus on assets and strengths rather than deficits and service-based solutions • We need to have honest conversations about what people value, and therefore want to protect, most
Big Society Survey 2013 • Big Society is… …about placing the main responsibility on the individual and on communities, rather than on government (49% net) …A strategy for ensuring that services continue to be delivered when the state cannot provide (35% net) …a smokescreen for public service cuts (31% net) • Measuring Big Society – Top 3 • Do you agree or disagree that by working together people in your neighbourhood can influence decisions that affect the neighbourhood • How important is it that you contribute to your community in some way? • Would you be willing to work together with others on something to improve your neighbourhood?
Big Society Survey 2013 • Barriers to Big Society • People don’t know what it is (83% net) • People don’t see it as relevant to them/their lives (80%) • People don’t know how to get involved (71%) • Other Barriers (open ended responses) • Lack of time / busy lives • Lack of money / financial security • Apathy / lack of motivation • People aren’t inspired to get involved • Lack of skills • Top-down, something being done ‘to’ people • Reliance on an active few – the ‘usual suspects’
Big Society Survey 2013 – Key Themes • Actively encourage and nurture ownership • Jargon free, regular, clear and honest communication • Less talking and more listening (to everyone) • Support, not lead v pro-active leadership • Provide access to (visible) decision makers • Simplify the process of getting help • Practical support – advice, training, funding, mentoring, project management…and encouragement • Capacity building support – dedicated workers • Minimise barriers and reduce bureaucracy • Devolve decision making, budgets and service delivery – let go! • Culture change - in communities and LCC • Support and empower minority/marginalised communities • Target support – not ‘one size fits all’