{"id":3382,"date":"2016-03-09T11:56:57","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T10:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=3382"},"modified":"2016-03-09T11:56:57","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T10:56:57","slug":"adoption-of-smart-technology-to-help-public-sector-weather-the-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=3382","title":{"rendered":"Adoption of smart technology to help public sector weather the cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paul Excel with the tabs app design award<\/p><\/div>\n

With technology\u2019s ability to drive efficiencies, cut costs and improve scalability, flexibility, productivity and immediacy, adoption of new smart technologies is increasingly being cited as the antidote to the swathing cuts hitting the public sector. The government\u2019s G-Cloud 7 digital marketplace, where such technology as multi-award winning tabs\u00ae<\/strong>(www.mytabsapp.com<\/a>) – the 24\/7 mobile shift management solution, that can save 40% in recruitment and deployment time and costs, and is fully automated from shift alert, through acceptance and compliance to payroll and sign off \u2013 represents a seismic shift from 2010 where only 38% of the public sector were prepared to rely on such technologies, to 78% prepared to do so last year.<\/p>\n

By the end of this year local governments will have seen their spending reduced by 35%, compared with 8% in education and a small but welcome 4% increase in health, some councils see a perfect storm on the horizon with an increasing need for elderly social care and yet ever decreasing budgets. That horizon seems primarily in focus in Metropolitan regions, with many urban local authorities stating they face a \u2018tipping point\u2019 by the end of 2016. Technology, like tabs\u00ae<\/strong> that truly can save local governments 40% in staff implementation, and even drastically reduce reliance on expensive recruitment agencies, could indeed help rebalance this tipping point.<\/p>\n

Professional services leader, Grant Thornton\u2019s \u20182016 Tipping Point Report\u2019, the third annual financial health check of English local authorities, stated. \u201cThe majority of councils in the south east \u2013 with the exception of one single London borough \u2013 felt they will approaching a financial tipping point during 2016\/17 and expected that to extend into 2018. Councils in the south west, Midlands and the north concurred. And while many local government leaders are realistic enough to accept the inevitability of the government\u2019s funding policies, some commentators question the sustainability of the current funding model.\u201d<\/p>\n

PWC, another professional service giant say in their public sector blog. \u201cThe promise to free councils from their council tax caps if they agree to invest more in social care \u2013 though welcome \u2013 is not the long-term answer to making elderly care sustainable. \u00a0It will, however, offer some much-needed respite from the diet of cuts that the care sector has been experiencing \u2013 in the last year alone 3,000 care home beds have been lost with a ricochet felt in hospitals throughout the country.\u201d\"tabs<\/a><\/p>\n

In essence the cuts, caps and increased pressure on the public sector will continue, forcing local government leaders to seek evermore creative ways to save money. And with pre-approved budget-saving technology, such as those on G-cloud 7 – tabs\u00ae<\/strong> in particular – the road to substantial savings is proving to be a digital one.<\/p>\n

tabs\u00ae<\/strong> – described as \u201crecruitment revolution\u201d by one of the judges of the technology\u2019s 5 awards and 8 nominations (in technology, app design, HR and business innovation) from across two continents – is wholly customisable and so can be deployed across the entire public sector, from social services to HR departments, health to emergency services, social care to education. With the ability to issue live 24\/7 job alerts to permanent workforces and recruit temporary workers, freelancers and contractors via smart technology, tabs\u00ae<\/strong> is reactive to its users\u2019 busiest periods, sickness and holiday cover on hour by hour basis.<\/p>\n

Paul Excel previously Chief Technology Officer at BT and Chairman of Global iLabs, the makers of tabs\u00ae<\/strong> says, \u201cThe public sector and the NHS are under increasing budget pressures, but also facing an ever-growing need. tabs\u00ae<\/strong> represents a potential saving of millions for councils, the NHS and even the police, fire, emergency and prison services where staff are deployed around the clock and paid via the public purse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Greg Wixted MD of Global iLabs and Inventor in Chief of tabs\u00ae welcomes the opportunity show local authority and public sector leaders just how the solution will create huge savings. \u201cThe hundreds of hours of insight that defined in invention process of tabs\u00ae coupled with the cutting edge technology means it truly does impact positively on budgets. Our commitment to continually update our technology and offer that free of charge to our customers means that the savings tabs\u00ae offers will last a generation. \u201d<\/p>\n

tabs\u00ae<\/strong> is a powerful yet simple mobile solution enabling live, fully automated staff deployment.<\/p>\n

tabs\u00ae<\/strong> utilises smartphone technology via a dedicated app and web portal and is customisable for all businesses.<\/p>\n

tabs\u00ae<\/strong> is more than just an app \u2013 it\u2019s a complete end-to-end technology platform that saves time and money.<\/p>\n

What are the benefits of tabs\u00ae?<\/strong><\/p>\n