Effective Resource and Partnership Management
To get the most from available resources requires appropriate internal controls, robust financial management, and the good use of information and ICT. Any third party suppliers should be identified and used in a way that maximizes quality, value for money and sustainability. Innovative ways of delivering services also need to be considered and supported where appropriate, including formal partnerships. Two relevant practice examples are given below.
Food inspection work has been redesigned using systems thinking.
Performance improvements and financial savings have followed the application of systems thinking to the trading standards service.
An indicative picture of local authority regulatory services budgets for the current financial year is provided in the following paper, which was prepared by LBRO on behalf of the Better Regulation Executive, with the support of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and the Trading Standards Institute.
Local Authority Regulatory Services Budgets 2011-12
Various issues and potential partnership opportunities for regulatory services to consider in the light of the Government's plans for a new approach to public health in England are listed in the following leaflet, launched at the TSI Conference in June 2011. It also provides a little background on the proposed changes.
