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Preparation for Assurance Peer Challenge Report, Cornwall Council

Final report - October 2023

"We need to acknowledge capacity and demand is complex"

Gareth Jenkins is a partner at Changeology Group. For the past 15 years, Gareth has worked in health and social care both as an NHS employee and external consultant. Specialising in transformation, change, performance improvement and productivity, he has worked across the UK and Ireland delivering better outcomes for staff and patients. Changeology have been working with the Better Care Fund (BCF) Support Programme to deliver improvement support in systems. This is the first of a two part blog.

LGA State of the Sector report: The Visitor Economy

As leaders of place, councils play a crucial role in planning and developing their local visitor economies. Councils are direct providers of visitor and tourist attractions, including castles, historic buildings, museums, theatres, galleries, piers and amusement parks, and they act as destination management organisations for their areas.

Local Government Disability Champions Network (LGDCN)

The Local Government Disability Champions Network (LGDCN) is an informal network of council officers and councillors which is open to anyone in local government who has a formal or informal role as a Disability Champion, is Disabled or considers themselves an ally.

Local Government Digital Switchover Working Group

The Local Government Digital Switchover Working Group aims to give councils an opportunity to discuss issues, opportunities and good practice relating to the analogue to digital switchover for adult social care and local government more broadly. 

Digital switchover external resources

We’re working across the public and private sector to develop guidance and support for local government over the switchover period. Here you can find external resources for both councils and residents that might be useful.

Digital switchover glossary

In 2016, it was announced that the telecommunications industry would replace all analogue (PSTN) lines and upgrade to digital internet-based infrastructure by 2025. As part of our sector-led improvement work, this hub intends to offer support to councils throughout the switchover period.

Digital switchover FAQs

These questions are based on three LGA webinar sessions that took place in October 2021, with delegates from councils. The webinar contributors were Openreach, Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) and Norfolk County Council.

Digital switchover hub

The UK is moving toward a digital age. Both the landline telephone and 2G/3G mobile networks are changing, which may impact services for council residents.