Birmingham City Council
We collected evidence during our initial LDF project that slow progress and duplication was due to the lack of a sector specific structure, organisation, and network for coordinating efforts across […]
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Laying the foundations for the local public services of the future
We collected evidence during our initial LDF project that slow progress and duplication was due to the lack of a sector specific structure, organisation, and network for coordinating efforts across […]
Loneliness is a universal public health issue that impacts health and wellbeing (Nyqvist et al., 2016) and generates more demand for social care and health services. The problem that […]
All 152 Local Authorities with Adult Social Care responsibilities are required to ensure they operate a sustainable, high-quality market for their local population, with efficient operation of all adult social […]
Problem Statement At Newcastle City Council we have adopted an agile approach to developing digital services for our customers. We don’t, however, have a consistent process to receive, analyse and […]
NHS Choices estimate that over the next 17 years more than 16 million of us will be over the age of 65. With less money available and increasing demand, adult […]
The 12 North East Councils wish to progress their digital ambitions by doing the necessary preparatory work to ensure our digital system architecture is ready to plumb into the regional […]
Moving house is stressful and this is not helped by the complexity of the public sector front-end, as a new resident has to navigate individually a disjointed mass of bureaucratic processes in […]
Problem Statement The Digital Economy Act 2017 enables greater powers to share Registration Services data for birth, deaths and marriages with other local public sector partners – the common ‘problem’ […]
Our project wishes to bring joined-up, best-practice digital thinking to the challenging problem of local service directories. Every local authority, health organisation, police force, together with other voluntary sector partners […]
Adult social care (ASC) is currently one of the most analogue and expensive services that councils deliver. The Care Act increased the pressure particularly around assessments and with an ageing […]
The cost of providing social care to families has increased by 8.4% in Waltham Forest over the last 5 years and at the same time the pressure on providing quality […]
The key objective of the project/programme is to help local people with health and care needs to get access to available beds without unnecessary delays and to save local public-sector […]
The fundamental issue to address as part of the project is to produce a one-stop-shop of all services across the city. Currently there are multiple databases and multiple service providers, […]
By utilising physical and digital interactions to offer human-centred support before needs become critical we could save money on expensive high-need treatments and also ensure our population is happier, healthier […]
The problem that we intend to address is whether we can support and connect people with social care needs through the use of personal AI devices. The capabilities of these […]
There are many problems to solve when it comes to helping people with Learning Disabilities (LD) and / or additional needs find employment. The particular problems we are trying to […]
Local authorities have a duty to ensure that people can get the information and advice they need to make good decisions about care and support, including preventative measures such as […]
Within Gloucestershire we have many silo’ed services that all have the joint aim of increasing independence, mobility and safety within the home and community. We want to join these up to […]
We want to discover how we reduce demand on the public sector by developing community led digital platforms to connect local people, to each other, activities, information and assets. The […]
Adult Social Care provides home care support to over 7000 citizens who are vulnerable, frail and may suffer early signs of cognitive impairment. Following guidance from the NICE, and Birmingham […]