Care Services Efficiency Delivery

West Midlands

The West Midlands region have agreed to engage with CSED and initial workshops were held in mid July 2007. CSED are now working with all nine regions and all 150 CSSRs in England on implementation.

Councils throughout England are now receiving regional support for implementation of the full suite of the CSED's interdependent, interlinked initiatives, tools and workstreams designed to deliver end to end solutions for sustainable efficiency improvements.

The CSED offer now includes:

The collaboratively developed "To-Be" process for efficient and effective Assessment and Care Management
A set of nine easy to implement Initiatives with "quick win" components designed to release speedy savings
Solutions for improvements around council Demand Forecasting and capacity planning including:

The highly regarded POPPI (Projecting Older People Population Information) web based tool

Tools to develop enhanced procurement and commissioning strategies for Better Buying including:

The TRACS database tool to assist councils with spend analysis and contract rationalisation

Generic project skills for the development of new and existing Homecare Re-ablement schemes
Structured, evidence based research and support for sites who have decide to implement an Electronic Monitoring system

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John Bolton (Coventry Council)

"I am very happy to be involved in this important pilot project for councils in the West Midlands. I believe there is a lot that we can learn and contribute to the work carried out be CSED. The project offers an opportunity for the region's councils to work together and learn from each other to develop more efficient practises and improve the quality of the services we deliver."

John Bolton, Project Sponsor & Director of Community Services, Coventry County Council

West Midlands pilot

Care Services Efficiency Delivery held a workshop with the fourteen councils of the West Midlands on 20 June 2006. The objective of the workshop was to explore ... more

Dave Martin (Walsall Council)

"We have just started our work with CSED on reviewing and reshaping our assessment and care management processes and activities. We are excited and enthused by the approach being taken and have high ambitions for the improvements that we will be able to deliver between us".