Use of resources

This page provides advice on how council can improve productivity and make better use of resources, through social care transformation.

• How to make the best use of reducing resources: a whole system approach
  This paper, producedby ADASS, summarises the key components of a system designed to help councils to make the best use of available resources. It draws on documents from government departments, academic...
• Productivity and personalisation
  The Putting People First consortium has published a guide called Practical approaches to improving productivity through personalisation in adult social care. This paper suggests that self-directed support...
• After the Downturn: Managing a significant and sustained adjustment in public sector funding
  This discussion paper (and subsequent update) explores the impact of public sector funding cuts on public services, and the strategies and actions that Government and public bodies might adopt to manage...
• Use of resources in adult social care
  The Department of Health produced this guide in October 2009 to help councils to change their use of resources. It offers advice as to how managers can make shifts in the balance of the use of their...