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What is Best Value?

Best Value is all about making sure that we spend money in the best possible way. We have to make it clear:

  • How we will give more say to service users
  • What we are going to do
  • How much we are going to do of it
  • To what standard we intend to do it
  • How we intend to do it better
  • Where we are not doing it well and why not

To achieve this we have to do two things:

  • Best Value Reviews - reviews of what we do.
  • Best Value Performance Plans - annual reports.

Best Value Reviews

Initially the Government required local authorities to review all their services on a rolling programme over a five year period. This is no longer the case. Now local authorities are required to identify those services which require a Best Value review, following on from discussion with the Commission for Social Care Inspection. The review has to answer a number of questions built around four ā€˜C’ words:

  • Challenge the Activity
    • Why is the service being provided?
    • How is it being provided?
    • Do we actually need to do it at all?
    • Is this the best way of providing the service?
  • Compare with Others
    • Are we as good as other local authorities at providing it?
    • Do other public bodies do it better?
    • How well is it provided by businesses?
  • Consult with People
    • What are the views of the tax payers of Cheshire, the people who get the service and anybody else with an interest in the service.
  • Compete to Prove we are the best
    • Can we show that we are the best provider of the service?
    • Could we provide the service better through working with somebody else?
    • Could the service be provided by someone else

Reviewing our services is not a new idea for Cheshire and we have been carrying out reviews for many years. Best Value has made our approach a national requirement and has set out clear guidelines as to how the reviews should be carried out.

What Services have been reviewed so far in Social Services?

 
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