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Public Sector Shared Services Get a Boost
18 November 2008:
This is further evidence of how the public sector is coming around to the idea of consolidation and rationalisation of services.
Sectors such as the emergency services are taking innovative steps to consolidate processes and to work in partnership with other regional branches, with the aim of creating a more streamlined, efficient working models and of ultimately reducing costs.
What gives European governments even more impetuous to focus on shared services is the recession, with Germany entering into a recession last week, all eyes will be on the European market.
The UK currently leads the field in shared services, a great example of this type of partnership is the police authorities in the East Midlands.
The chief constables and chairs of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire Police have jointly published a three-year collaboration plan to work together to increase productivity and improve future performance.
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Source: Computer world UK
