http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2006/ News and Events from the Centre for Public Services from 2006. en Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit 2003-11-03T16:14:40Z European Services Strategy Unit, Duagh, Camp, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. Chris Croome news, 2006 daily 1 2001-04-13T12:00Z http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2006/marketisation-typology/ A paper setting out a four part typology of privatisation and marketisation. The typology provides examples and explanation of the different types of privatisation and marketisation; methods; political, social and economic objectives; and the impact on the state and public services. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2006-11-15T17:36:43Z privatisation, marketisation, typology, public services, modernisation, transformation, public sector, global public goods, governance, democracy, public domain, infrastructure, private finance, welfare state, procurement, partnerships, contracts. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2006/nhs-outsourcing/ ESSU was commissioned by UNISON Northern to prepare a detailed report on a PPD/KPMG proposal to outsource and offshore prescription processing. This comprehensive report examines value for money, risk assessment, insourcing trends, public cost analysis and other issues. A decision to outsource was expected in November 2006 but has been postponed indefinetly following intervention by the Health Minister. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2006-11-03T12:28:25Z NHS, outsourcing, offshoring, Business Services Authority, prescriptions, UNISON, options appraisal, value for money, risk assessment, public costs, health, insourcing, Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2006/employment-risk/ The European Services Strategy Unit has devised an Employment Risk Matrix which assesses the degree of changes in four categories of risk: * Risk of changes to terms and conditions of service. * Pensions arrangements (not covered by TUPE regulations). * Risk of changes to staff consultation and representation. * Risk of problems with secondment agreement. Download from Employment Impact section in the Outsourcing and PPP Library. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2006-11-03T11:01:22Z employment, risk matrix, transfer, TUPE, secondment, choices model, pension, terms and conditions, trade union representation, Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2006/north-tyneside-commissioning/ In June 2006 North Tyneside Council published an edited version of a Business Transformation Plan prepared by management consultants KPMG in conjunction with Council officers. Local government trade unions in North Tyneside (including teacher unions) commissioned this report from the European Services Strategy Unit to assess the Council’s transformation plan and to provide an evidence base to support their opposition to this plan. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2006-09-24T19:57:26Z outsourcing, North Tyneside, school trusts, leisure trusts, efficiency savings, commissioning, transformation, impact assessment, in-house bids, privatisation, savings, insourcing, market testing, Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2006/shared-service-york-humb/ Dexter Whitfield presented research on strategic partnerships and shared service projects to chief executives and senior officers from local authorities in the region in September 2006. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2006-09-24T10:59:37Z Strategic partnerships, shared services, Regional Centre of Excellence, Yorkshire and Humber, Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2006/21c-financing-infrastructure/ A paper on Financing Infrastructure in the 21st Century: The Long Term Impact of Public Private Partnerships in Britain and Australia was presented by Dexter Whitfield to senior public sector managers, PPP advisers and trade unions in Adelaide, Australia in July 2006. It was organised and funded by the Don Dunstan Foundation, Australian Institute for Social Research, University of Adelaide, Australia. A copy of the paper will be available for downloading soon. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2006-09-24T10:55:44Z Private Finance Initiative, PFI, Public Private Partnerships, PPPs, Britain, Australia, long-term impact, Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2006/southampton-ssp/ The ESSU has undertaken an analysis of proposals for a Strategic Services Partnership in Southampton which examined the implications for services and staff. It assessed standard and variant bid proposals for ICT and related services and employment models. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2006-09-24T10:47:56Z strategic partnership, outsourcing, employment model, Southampton Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2006/hdc-leisure-alternatives/ East Hertfordshire’s Leisure Services contract with Enfield Leisure Centres Ltd (Aspire Trust) has a major financial crisis. It is £500,000 in the red in the first year of a five-year contract. Resignations of senior staff and the possible liquidation of the Enfield Trust add to the scale of the crisis – a crisis in the making during the evaluation of the market testing bids in 2005. Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit en Dexter Whitfield 2006-09-04T15:54:41Z leisure trust, east herts, leisure management, leisure services, cuts, terms and conditions, savings, TUPE, contractor failure, financial analysis, Copyright © 1998-2008 European Services Strategy Unit