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Efficient Financial Strategies for Public Health & Protection Services in Cornwall Council

Learn how Cornwall Council saved budget, streamlined management, integrated services, and maximized income to preserve outcomes with fewer resources in public health and protection sectors. Discover the key lessons learned and successful strategies implemented.

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Efficient Financial Strategies for Public Health & Protection Services in Cornwall Council

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  1. Preserving outcomes with fewer resources:The financial dimension • Allan Hampshire • Head of Public Health & Protection

  2. Cornwall Council • Created April 2009 • Second largest unitary • 7 councils into 1 • 550,000 residents • 22,000 staff • Billion £ budget

  3. New regulatory service created • Public Health & Protection • Environmental Health • Trading Standards • Licensing • Port Health • Registration • 340 staff • £12m gross budget • 23 offices

  4. Saving requirement • 2009/2010 • 10% service budget • £1.12m • 2010/2011 • 5% service budget • £600k

  5. Economies of scale

  6. Slimdown & flatten management • 38 to 20 senior manager • Area managers • -manage area teams • -countywide strategic coordinator • Structure delivers: • -Local accountability (flexibility) • -Consistency • -Targeted & integrated enforcement action

  7. Increase income • Fees & charges • Pest control • Invest to save

  8. Amalgamate and size up contracts • Pest control • Stock condition surveys • Air quality monitoring • Food & water analysis

  9. Rationalise accommodation • Work from fewer offices • Hot desking • Home working • Watch out for creeping mileage costs!!

  10. Integrated ICT system • Invest to save • Longer term revenue savings: • -Over legacy system costs • -Admin support • Critical for: • -Integration • -Being intelligence led

  11. Outsourcing v’s in house provision • Outsourced : • Pest control • Lower risk hygiene insp. • Air quality monitoring • Sampling & analysis • Delicate balance: • Reduce costs • Know what get for money • Reduced flexibility • Reduces potential for integration • Can increase in house demand

  12. Lessons learnt • Invest in getting the no’s right • Don’t put off big savings • Be realistic about timing of savings • Being bigger makes it easier

  13. Thank you for listening

  14. Cornwall CouncilCounty HallTruro TR1 3AYTel: 0300 1234 100www.cornwall.gov.uk

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