Total Place

 

Total Place is a new initiative that looks at how a ‘whole area' approach to public services can lead to better services at less cost. It seeks to identify and avoid overlap and duplication between organisations - delivering a step change in both service improvement and efficiency at the local level, as well as across Whitehall.

"Total Place is not just another Whitehall initiative. It is about giving local providers the incentive to work together in new ways for the benefit of their clients and citizens - and the opportunity to tell Government how it could behave differently to make this kind of collaborative action more likely. As we enter a period when resources will inevitably be constrained, Total Place is also a chance for local agencies to ‘get ahead' by examining how they can deliver better services at less cost. So the hope is that Total Place will provide good experience to share about service improvement, suggestions about cost savings and proposals for changes in Central Government. There is no time to lose!"

Lord Bichard, Executive Director of the Institute for Government and Chair of the high-level officials' group.

Read more about the Total Place initiative on their website and click here to read some of the press coverage regarding the initiative.