16.10.14
New information sharing centre to transform public services
The new Centre of Excellence for Information Sharing, launched with support from four government departments, will help in the delivery of better public services.
The transformation of public services is already seeing local authorities explore new ways of delivering services, but information sharing remains a barrier for many in achieving this. The Centre of Excellence, supported by the DCLG, Home Office, DWP and DH, is an innovative collaboration between local and central government.
It will provide support to a number of organisations encountering information sharing issues across policy areas that are affected by public sector reform – from early intervention through to domestic violence.
Mark Fisher, chair of the Centre of Excellence for Information Sharing Steering Group, said: “The Centre of Excellence for Information Sharing is a critical part of the infrastructure needed to join up public services, like health and the police.
“In practical terms, for example, better information sharing will see the police officer attending a call out at three in the morning to a person who is self-harming, gaining the appropriate support for that person by taking a lead from the mental health practitioner, who is also in attendance in the triage car.”
PSE has reported previously on the work of the cross-government Public Service Transformation Network. Find out more here: Redesigning services without new money and here: The Public Service Transformation Network
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