Delivering savings in adult social care

Date: 24 November 2010
Venue: ORT House Conference Centre, London NW1



Adult social care is the largest single service provided by local authorities. It has not been protected from expenditure cuts – unlike hospitals or schools – and will have to make real savings over the rest of the decade. At the same time it faces unprecedented increases in demands for its services. This conference will examine some new approaches to services which have delivered real sustainable savings while protecting frontline services. Many of these approaches are being, or have been, successfully replicated elsewhere. They are tried and trusted techniques which others can apply to reduce costs and protect frontline services in their own authorities.

Aims of the conference

To examine how recent new approaches to managing services, working in partnership with providers and the NHS have helped very differing authorities deliver sustainable savings while protecting and in some cases improving frontline services. Specific case studies will identify:

• how a large county council has achieved over £1m of savings on long-term placements
• how the development of the reablement service in a London borough has led to significant cost reductions and reduced the number of re-admissions among vulnerable groups to hospitals and nursing homes
• how joint working across health and social care has delivered real improvements to service users and patients and resulted in real sustainable cost savings.

Speakers at the event


  • Chair: John Bolton Director JRFB
  • Sally Warren Deputy Director, Social Care Strategic Policy and Finance, Department of Health
  • Peter Hay Strategic Director Adults and Communities, Birmingham City Council
  • Sara Pickup Director of Adult Services, Hertfordshire County Council

Who should attend


Adult social care

• Directors
• Assistant Directors
• Finance Managers
• Commissioning Managers
• Joint Working Managers

PCT

• Chief Executives
• Directors
• Assistant Directors
• Finance Managers
• Commissioning Managers
• Joint Working Managers

Workshops


Parallel workshop sessions to be confirmed

Pricing

£ 255.00 + VAT for Public sector/educational/charity/NHS'/local gov/voluntary orgs
£ 295.00 + VAT for Central gov/private orgs
£ 195.00 + VAT for Unwaged/student/small vol orgs