| Date | News |
| 12 July 2010 | Top ten tips to achieving efficiency savings in local public services
Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands (IEWM) launched an exciting guide to achieving efficiency savings in local public services at last week’s LGA annual conference in Bournemouth (6-8 July). |
| 11 June 2010 | Is this the way forward? Transforming property asset management
Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands (IEWM), one of the nine regional improvement and efficiency partnerships (RIEPs), has been leading the way in helping West Midlands local authorities tackle the property implications of the country’s fiscal crisis. |
| 01 June 2010 | All change - the all new West Midlands jobs portal
In August 2010 the new WMJobs Portal launch. The system offers a full online self service. |
| 25 May 2010 | Building the capacity of Personal Assistants to deliver personal care
As local authorities drive forward their plans to transform adult social care services, there will be a sharp rise in the take-up of personal budgets, with 30% of eligible service users expected to be in receipt of a personal budget by March 2011. This is expected to create demand for directly employed Personal Assistants as more people take greater control of their individual support plans. |
| 24 May 2010 | Nuneaton and Bedworth transformation programme launch event
On Thursday 13 May at Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Christine Kerr, Gareth Owens and Councillor Tony Lloyd launched the first of a series of service interventions which will be used to drive their organisation wide transformation programme. |
| 11 May 2010 | IEWM Annual Report 2009/10
The Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands (IEWM) Annual Report 2009/10 is now available to download. |
| 30 April 2010 | The first ever West Midlands Safeguarding Awards
Last night over 260 representatives from organisations and partnerships involved in Safeguarding, including Local Safeguarding Children Board’s (LSCB’s) descended upon Birmingham to attend the first ever West Midlands Safeguarding Awards, to celebrate the contributions made to making children safer in the region |
| 30 March 2010 | Total Place - The view from the RIEPs
The total place approach is already gaining ground and the task now is to take it forward into everyday behaviour in public services. This round up of views from the regional improvement and efficiency partnerships (RIEPs) shows how local strategic partnerships (LSPs), which in turn bring together different parts of the private, voluntary and public sectors in promoting improvement initiatives, are being supported. |
| 30 March 2010 | New Resource - Organisational redesign
With declining resources and increasing demand, many councils are considering how to reduce costs while preserving key front-line services. The Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), in partnership with Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands has launched a new resource to support councils in undertaking organisational redesign. |
| 25 March 2010 | Total Place: A whole area approach to public services
Total Place: A whole area approach to public services was published by the government last week. The report sets out a new direction for local public services and significant new freedoms from central control. It is based on extensive work over the last year by 63 local authorities, 34 primary care trusts, 13 police authorities and other partners, with more than 70 other local areas engaged in similar work. |
| 22 March 2010 | IEWM receives year three funding for 2010-11
Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands (IEWM) has secured year 3 funding for 2010-2011 from the Department of Communities and Local Government (CLG). |