Thinking outside the box
Why Public Service Reform...
The Christie Report
"Unless Scotland embraces a radical, new,
collaborative culture throughout our public
services, both budgets and provision will
buckle under the strain"
John Swinney,
Deputy First Minister
“Public service reform is built on…a decisive shift towards prevention; and greater integration of public services at a local level driven by better partnership, collaboration and effective local delivery”
What Works Scotland
“There needs to be a stronger focus on improving the deliberative quality of formal partnerships, and a clearer move towards a culture of co-production in public services”
To address these issues in Public Service Reform a new innovative partnership model has been developed, called Social Bridging Finance. It aims to draw on the strengths of previous developments such as Public Social Partnerships and Social Impact Bonds, without many of the drawbacks and weaknesses associated with these models. It truly is Thinking Outside The Box......