During the period October 2013 to March 2014 this work package has achieved the following North Wales Performance Monitoring Guidance and Return (PMR) rolled out from April – 2014 North Wales Clawback Statement Launch of the North Wales Outcomes Database North Wales PMR In collaboration with SP Lead Officers, the RDC collated all monitoring forms used by each Local Authority and amalgamated them all together. Discussion then took place on what information was necessary to collect and a draft form and guidance on why we are collecting each bit of information was circulated to partners. A final form was adopted in April 2014. This form was reviewed in March 2015 and updated to take into account feedback obtained via a questionnaire to Providers and Local Authorities. The benefits of the new form are:- Streamlining data requests for Providers who work across more than one Authority Has stopped the collection of information that was not used by local authorities Clarity on why information is being collected and what is done with it Wales Clawback Statement The RDC requested information from Lead Officers on how they calculate clawbacks from Providers. Discussion took place at NWCROG and NWSPIN and a draft statement was sent out to Providers and adopted in April 2014. The clawback statement has been reviewed by the Contract and Reviewing Officers Group and recommendations have been made to update this. Benefits of this statement One statement for North Wales when clawbacks will apply and how they are calculated North Wales Outcomes Database Following presentations from CCBC to NWSPIN on how had developed a system to collect outcomes returns instead of the Welsh Government spreadsheet; it was agreed that the current system would be amended for use across North Wales. Benefits of the database Easier for Providers to input online rather than having paper copies Comparison between each local authority and providers who work in more area than one can be done North Wales Local Authorities joined together to present an outcomes paper for Welsh Government, this outlined the concerns we have with the current outcomes framework. This report was well received by other Local Authority’s in Wales and recommendations from the North Wales Report were carried forward to a report prepared by All Wales SPIN and Cymorth.
During the period October 2013 to March 2014 this work package has achieved the following North Wales Performance Monitoring Guidance and Return (PMR) – rolled out from April 2014 North Wales Clawback Statement Launch of the North Wales Outcomes Database North Wales PMR In collaboration with SP Lead Officers, the RDC collated all monitoring forms used by each Local Authority and amalgamated them all together. Discussion then took place on what information was necessary to collect and a draft form and guidance on why we are collecting each bit of information was circulated to partners. A final form was adopted in April 2014. This form was reviewed in March 2015 and updated to take into account feedback obtained via a questionnaire to Providers and Local Authorities. The benefits of the new form are:- Streamlining data requests for Providers who work across more than one Authority Has stopped the collection of information that was not used by local authorities Clarity on why information is being collected and what is done with it Wales Clawback Statement The RDC requested information from Lead Officers on how they calculate clawbacks from Providers. Discussion took place at NWCROG and NWSPIN and a draft statement was sent out to Providers and adopted in April 2014. The clawback statement has been reviewed by the Contract and Reviewing Officers Group and recommendations have been made to update this. Benefits of this statement One statement for North Wales when clawbacks will apply and how they are calculated North Wales Outcomes Database Following presentations from CCBC to NWSPIN on how had developed a system to collect outcomes returns instead of the Welsh Government spreadsheet; it was agreed that the current system would be amended for use across North Wales. Benefits of the database Easier for Providers to input online rather than having paper copies Comparison between each local authority and providers who work in more area than one can be done North Wales Local Authorities joined together to present an outcomes paper for Welsh Government, this outlined the concerns we have with the current outcomes framework. This report was well received by other Local Authority’s in Wales and recommendations from the North Wales Report were carried forward to a report prepared by All Wales SPIN and Cymorth.