Achieving Further Efficiencies

The venue for this event has been confirmed as The QEII Conference Centre. Directions can be found by clicking here

09:15 – 09:45
Coffee and Registration

09:45 – 10:00
Welcome and opening remarks by chair
Roberta Woodcock, Financial Training Consultant

10:00 – 11:00
Explaining the new efficiency agenda in the UK – Examining the impact of the Chancellor's budget proposals
Roberta Woodcock, Financial Training Consultant

• Defining the scale of the challenge – What does with the departmental cuts and freeze on council tax mean in practice
• Defining the common approaches to efficiency saving;
  • Shared services
  • Redesigning delivery 
  • Streamlining
  • Revising procurement
  • Optimising asset management  
• How can you identify which solution is most adapt for your organization

11:00 – 11:45

Understanding how Hammersmith and Fullham achieved the next wave of efficiency savings through rethinking service allocation and project funding
Jane West, Director of Finance and Corporate Service - London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (CONFIRMED)

• Putting the value for money agenda into practice with local partners
• Revaluating the core business of your authority 
• Understanding what lean government means in practice
• Overcoming staff and managerial preconceptions and objections to the process through effective communications
• Delivering funding for major new build projects in new ways

 11:45 – 12:00
Coffee and biscuits

11:30 – 12:30
Analysing the common barriers to realising efficiency saving

• Rethinking the core principles in service delivery to identify further efficiencies – Ensuring your corporate planning is not hampered by assumptions
• Using proactive planning to identify the pressure points in the process
• Overcoming staff and managerial preconceptions and objections to the process through effective communications
• Maintaining the momentum of efficiency driven reform to ensure the savings are sustainable

12:30 – 13.30
Lunch

13:30 – 14:30
Insights from a successful efficiency driven reform process
Sarah Mcclinton, Assistant Director, Quality, Commissioning & Procurement - London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (Invited)

• Taking bold step – Integration and staff reduction
• Undertaking a critical review of your processes to identify overlap and waste
• Using engaged and empowered staff was a lever for efficiency  
• Incorporating environment targets and priorities into your planning
• Measuring and assessing the effectiveness of your efficiency programme to maintain pace of reform

 14:30 – 15:00
Coffee and biscuits

15.00 – 16.00
Workshop:  Refining your efficiency programme to efficiency savings
Catherine Staite, Director, OPM – CONFIRMED

Participants in this workshop will break down into small groups and draft five detailed action points for optimising their organisation’s efficiency planning. These action points will incorporate insights from earlier sessions and focus on refining existing efficiency plans to ensure organisation can achieve further saving. The course leader will offer feedback on the action points to ensure they are effective and achievable.

16:00 – 16.15
Closing Remarks and End

Please note that discounts are available for early registration and multiple bookings, for more information please call 0800 542 9440.

If you do not wish to book online, please fax back the form below to this number 020 7484 4950.