Comprehensive Area Assessment

The Local Government White Paper and the subsequent Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 set out a new performance framework for local services known as Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA).

CAA looks at how well local services are working together to improve the quality of life for local people. It looks across councils, health bodies, police forces, fire and rescue services and others responsible for local public services, which are increasingly expected to work in partnership, to tackle the challenges facing their communities. It focuses on highlighting barriers to improvement and identifying success and innovation from which others can learn. Rather than a ’one-off’ inspection CAA is ongoing. This will allow immediate discussion to take place and problems can then be addressed straight away.

There are two main elements (which will inform each other). These are:

  • Area Assessment – this looks at how well public services are delivering better results for local people in agreed priorities and how they are likely to improve in the future.
  • Organisational Assessment of the Service – this combines an assessment of Value for Money (through the use of resources theme) and an assessment of our performance through the ‘managing performance’ theme. Our Organisational Assessment detailing our performance in 2008/2009 can be viewed by clicking on the link below


For further information contact the Strategic Planning, Improvement and Risk Team on 0121 380 6680 or by email: _strategicplanningimprovement&riskteam@wmfs.net
 

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