Last year we shared the news we had received funding to help us become a more modern and resilient council. We have been involved in the Future Council pilot and five nationally funded projects: Planning – making it easier for the public to engage with the planning process. Planning – reducing invalid planning applications Adult… Read more Future Council update – spotlight on adult social care
All this month we are celebrating five years of Dorset Council signing the Local Digital Declaration. The Declaration is a shared ambition for the future of local public services. It was written in 2018 by a collective of 45 local authorities, sector bodies and government departments – including Dorset Council – and outlines our goals… Read more How digital has the potential to improve social care
A team of our digital experts and social workers joined forces with the government to look at how digital innovation could help transform adult social care. At the heart of this work, which saw us work with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), was asking our residents and carers how the service could… Read more How digital and understanding people’s needs could help transform adult social care
Dorset Council and its residents are to play an important role in informing how adult social care will be provided in the future. The council was selected to work with the Department of Health and Social Care on a unique partnership to examine how our residents are referred into adult social care and how their… Read more Dorset Council is helping to lead the way to improving adult social care
