EXAMPLE CGR AGENDA

Theme

  • Budget ’09 and the Operational Efficiency Programme:
    The real implications for departments.
 

AGENDA (proceedings confidential to members)

09:15 Arrival and refreshments
 
09:30 Welcome and introductions
Matthew Wolstenholme, Director, ITW Networks
 
09:40 Initial views: Departmental status?
Roundtable: to set the scene, departmental guests will be invited to summarise their department’s status in shared services – a major source of new efficiencies in the OEP recommendations.
 
10:00 The Operational Efficiency Programme (OEP):
Recommendations of the Back office / IT Workstrand

Position statement and strategy for implementation
Collaborative Procurement Workstrand Leader, HM Treasury
10:30 NHS Shared Business Services; a case study of good practice

 
NHS SBS now serves over 100 health trusts and delivers 20-30% savings on like-for-like services.

The OEP recommends that greater use of shared services arrangements, such as NHS SBS, should be made by local government, health and police, using financial incentives as necessary. The OEP also recommends that there should be an increased consolidation of shared services operations in central
government.

This item will include a summary of the NHS SBS offer and its status, leading into a discussion about the future of shared services in central government and the wider public sector.
11:00 Refreshments

11:15 Open discussion and experience sharing:

What do the recommendations mean for departments in practice, and how will the lessons of transformation be deployed to realise additional savings?

The open discussion will address, through experience sharing, questions such as:

  1. Will the additional (£15bn) savings identified in the budget drive radical or incremental change in public sector service delivery?
  2. Will the current financial situation bring about radical changes in the number and role of government departments (and public authorities in the wider public sector)?
  3. What investment is required (and where will it come from) to achieve the £7.2bn of additional back office / IT savings within the three year timescale?
  4. Will the budget and OEP recommendations really lead to a new acceleration of shared services? What does the future landscape for provision look like?
12:30 Roundtable of forum insights

12.50 Summary and AOB

13.00 Lunch and networking

13.30 Close