Devolution and public services
The Senedd, the NHS in England and Wales, and policing.
Three hours on devolution and public services: how the Senedd decides, how the NHS is run in England and in Wales, and how policing is governed and held to account.
- Level
- Focus
- Learning time
- 3 hours
- Where
- The Public Sector
- Price
- £69
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Certificate of Completion, or Certificate of Completion and Assessment with a short assessment
Overview and Outcomes.
Who It's For
Leaders and managers in councils, the NHS, policing, housing and charities working in Wales, in England or across the border.
Overview
This Focus brings together devolution and two of the largest public services. It begins with the Senedd and the reserved powers model of the Wales Act 2017, the ninety-six Member Senedd and the Sewel convention. It then compares the NHS in England, with arm's length bodies, Integrated Care Boards and the Health Bill, with NHS Wales, where seven Local Health Boards plan and deliver care under direct Welsh Government oversight. It closes with policing, setting out the Policing Protocol, commissioners, chief constables and panels, and the announced reforms to police governance.
Aims
This Focus aims to develop leaders who know which decisions are made where, can work confidently with the Senedd and Welsh Government, understand how health and policing are governed in each nation, and can lead through reorganisation by asking who plans, who buys and who is accountable.
In summary, you will be able to:
- Identify whether a decision sits with Westminster, the Senedd or a local body before you engage.
- Compare how health services are planned, commissioned and held to account in England and in Wales.
- Work with policing partners in a way that respects both elected accountability and operational independence.
What you'll develop
Through this Focus course, you will build the ability to:
- Identify whether a policy area is devolved, reserved or partly devolved under the reserved powers model, and why that decides who you engage.
- Apply four durable questions about who plans, who buys, who is accountable and to whom, to lead through reorganisation in any sector.
- Compare who commissions, who provides and who is accountable in the split English system and the directly run Welsh system.
- Explain the separation between elected accountability for direction and resources and the chief constable's operational independence under the Policing Protocol.
- Assess what the announced abolition of commissioners and the Police Reform White Paper mean for your partnerships, separating what is settled from what is still proposed.
Built from 2 parts.
3 hours of learning.
- 01Wales and the NHSThe Senedd and the NHS in EnglandBitesize2 modules
- 02Health and policingThe NHS in Wales and policing governanceBitesize2 modules
Keep going.
Part of the The Public Sector topic, also sold whole as How the public sector works.
Go deeper, and pay only the difference
- You are hereFocus, 3 hours, £69
- The whole topicImmerse, How the public sector works, 10 hours, £249. Already own the Focus? You pay £180.
When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Prices per person. Read the full terms
Also part of: Health, care and home, Health and care, joined up, Knowing the public landscape