Local Government Blog - Sharing the load – are shared services the answer?
more »Capita IB Solutions today announced that Capita plc will attend and sponsor The MJ Awards 2012, which will be held in London, 21st June 2012.
more »Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust saves money by streamlining order management, virtually eliminating paper and increasing accuracy throughout the procurement process.
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In the past, Tayside Contracts used software that had only very limited project management functionality. The software was not capable of generating complete job costing reports so accountants maintained a running summary of project costs in a spreadsheet. This took a considerable amount of time and meant that the spreadsheets were often considerably outdated so project managers often didn’t find out about a problem until it was too late to do anything about it. Tayside Contracts wanted to improve time recording efficiency, automate the posting of time costs and improve the range and flexibility of management reporting. A project team was brought together to find a better way to serve customers and improve Tayside Contracts business efficiencies through an integrated Project Management solution. To ensure that all the important criteria would be met, key members of management were invited to participate in in-depth software demonstrations as well as on-site visits to see the various software packages in action. During the process of evaluating software solutions, the importance of having a single, integrated Project Management solution became exceedingly clear. more »
Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust
Through organisational changes, Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust has run Integra for more than 10 years. Most recently, the Trust has implemented the Integra eSeries with the Integra Catalogue Expert (ICE) as part of a complete eProcurement solution. As a result, the Trust has saved money by streamlining order management, virtually eliminated paper and increased accuracy throughout the procurement process. more »
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
With increasing pressure to meet the public sector objectives for reduced costs and improved efficiencies, many District Councils are struggling to implement and support the required level of technology complexity. In December 2007, High Peak Borough Council and Staffordshire Moorlands District Council announced plans to establish a Strategic Alliance under the management of a single, shared Chief Executive and to develop a joint Transformation Programme. more »
With 3,400 staff, 390 A&E ambulances, 68 stations and a turnover of £119.5m, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS) provides an A&E service for the Greater London area, through a service agreement with London’s 16 health authorities. It also provides a patient transport service, covering non-urgent out-patient journeys to hospital. more »
Health Information and Quality Authority
The Health Information and Quality Authority (formerly Irish Health Services Accreditation Board) have the distinction of being the first national health accreditation body worldwide to introduce a web based accreditation process management system. more »
Situated on the north-east coast of England, Hartlepool Borough Council serves a population of 92,200. The Council became a unitary authority in 1996, following the abolition of Cleveland County Council. Hartlepool is one of the country’s best performing local authorities - assessed as a ‘four star’ authority under Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA). This is the highest possible rating and was awarded by the Audit Commission for the sixth consecutive year. more »
Essex Shared Services Agency (ESSA) is one of the leading Shared Services Centres in the country. It employs 70 people and provides specialist financial and accounting support, transaction processing and help desk facilities for health sector organisations in Essex. more »
Birmingham Specialist Community Services NHS Trust
With over 100 sites, 4,400 employees and £115m turnover, Birmingham Specialist Community Services NHS Trust is a large and impressive organisation. Formed from the merger of Southern and Northern Birmingham Community Health NHS Trusts, it delivers consistent, accessible, high quality and clinically effective services for a population of 1.1 million people. more »
Mole Valley District Council, West Hertfordshire NHS Trust & Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust
Budgets are coming under scrutiny across the public sector. The pressure is on to make cuts wherever possible. This is driving many organisations within the NHS and local authorities to look at advanced, integrated budgetary control management systems to ensure they cut costs without impacting service. more »
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust
Based in the heart of North Staffordshire, the University Hospital of North Staffordshire is the main provider of emergency and acute hospital services, and serves a population of half a million in Stoke-On-Trent, Newcastle-Under-Lyme and the Staffordshire Moorlands. The Trust also provides specialist services for the surrounding areas of Staffordshire, Cheshire, Shropshire, Derbyshire and Wales. more »
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust enjoys a rare luxury with its financial management and procurement systems. Since 2003, all the hardware, maintenance, networking and security requirements have been provided by Capita IB Solutions in a comprehensive and cost-effective Managed Services solution. This has provided a host of time and cost savings benefits, including reduced capital expenditure, and has removed the need for specialist IT hardware resources on site. more »
English Heritage Financial Information Systems - Upgrade Project
The Financial Information System (FIS) is English Heritage’s main tool for financial management. The main objective of the FIS upgrade is to enable the provision of information directly to budget managers and finance teams in simple formats, whilst saving time through streamlined processes. The upgrade fully supports the modernisation agenda within the organisation. more »