To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence was recived from Cllr McWilliams.

To receive any declarations of interest.

There were no declarations of inteerst received.

Members considered the presentation regarding Corporate Transformation Delivery Plan.

Members were informed that in September 2020, the Transformation Cabinet Sub Committee approved the Corporate Transformation Strategy. Projects had srated however the impact of the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic slowed the publication of the supporting delivery plan.  Significant transformational activities were tested and delivered during the first year of the Strategy.

The report being considered tonight set out the delivery plan for the next two years focussing on three key areas the Transformation Service would focus on whilst supporting and managing other smaller projects within the programme.

The Delivery Plan was shaped around three key areas, service redesign,

community working, and digital and automation.  There would be delivery of 

transformation, at three levels; individual, service and council-wide.

There were changes to the way we worked and enablers to help us do this.  Climate and environmental issues would be incorporated into everything we do and this would be made more explicate in future publications.  Transformation was about doing things differently and we had to accept that not ever new project would be successful but there would be learning from our experiences. 

The Chairman thanked officers for the excellent work already undertaken as discussed at the previous meeting and appendix 2 showed this.  He asked that with regards to Adult Social Care as there had been a lot of work undertaken what were key learning for other departments.  He was informed that it was important that you took the workforce with you and included them on the projects.  Some areas would work, other would not so it was important to accept, stop and learn when results were not as expected.  We needed to be flexible and agile.

The Chairman also highlighted the use of technology and was told that this was a key element and highlighted the discussion at the last meeting and the effective use of data, although GDPR compliance had to be at the heart of this.

Cllr Johnson commented that he was delighted to see the report and that it was ambitus and aligned to the Corporate Plan and draft budget that was due to go to consultation.  It was good to see granulation what transformation was, a better way of working, better use of technology and not just about costs.

Cllr Clark also said he was delighted to see the report and the great progress being made for residents, you could see improvements in everything we do and plan.  It was an evolving process and during the 2 year plan and he was pleased to see that people who could not use new technology were not being left behind and provision was being provided for them.  He encouraged both internal and external input into the process. 

Cllr Hilton reported that the strategy was discussed at Corporate O&S Panel and in his view the general opinion of the opposition was that transformation was about saving money and making cuts, however talking to directors he had the opinion that it  ...  view the full minutes text for item 17.