What are the key factors that could drive improved productivity and efficiency in the delivery of DWP services? How can DWP services be designed to effectively identify vulnerable groups and those with complex multiple needs, in order to facilitate early intervention in partnership with other organisations?

Background

This encompasses priorities around:
- continuing to reduce and prevent fraud and error in benefit expenditure
to deliver value for money for the taxpayer and an appropriate balance between effective fraud prevention and good customer experience
- becoming an increasingly data driven organisation with modern, secure, sustainable, and automated systems to drive better experiences for DWP customers, staff and taxpayers
- understanding customers’ experience so DWP can target interventions when and where they have the most impact
- working smartly and flexibly to deliver services when, where and how DWP customers need them, increasing analytical capability to tailor services to customers’ individual needs and circumstances

Next steps

Send correspondence and further questions to evidence.strategyteam@dwp.gov.uk.

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

DWP Areas of Research Interest 2023 GOV UK

Related UKRI funded projects


  • Health economic skills for advancing health policy: capturing effects of prevention and intervention beyond traditional health services

    Health systems around the world are lagging behind the needs of their patients. Larger, older populations with increasing numbers of long-term conditions are increasing demand on health services. Until recently, services...

    Funded by: MRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Manchester

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question by examining the relative effects of NHS/Local Authority public spending on prevention and priority outcomes, but does not address the design of DWP services to identify vulnerable groups and facilitate early intervention.

  • NQM Care Analytics

    "NQM Care Analytics applies Artificial Intelligence and Statistical techniques to the problem of social care delivery. The compound impacts of an ageing population and diminishing resources for local authorities me...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: NQMCARE

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question by providing performance analysis and impact analysis to better manage service provision in social care, but does not address the design of DWP services to identify vulnerable groups and facilitate early intervention.

  • Fast ASsessment and Treatment in Healthcare (FAST Healthcare)

    NHS England produced a publication in its 65th anniversary year (2013) entitled 'The NHS Belongs to the People: A Call to Action'. It articulates the aspiration to deliver the very highest standards of patient care again...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Cambridge

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question by proposing a new methodology for clinical diagnostics and treatment process in healthcare, but does not specifically address the design of DWP services to identify vulnerable groups and facilitate early intervention.

  • University of Central Lancashire And NHS Blackburn with Darwen Teaching Care Trust Plus

    To develop a mechanism to improve efficiency, effectiveness and co-ordination of service users' and carers' contribution and involvement in future health and social care service developments....

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE

  • IMPACT: Improving Adult Care Together

    IMPACT stands for 'Improving Adult Care Together'. It is a new £15 million UK centre for implementing evidence in adult social care, co-funded by the ESRC and the Health Foundation. It is led by Professor Jon Glasb...

    Funded by: UKRI

    Lead research organisation: University of Birmingham

  • Investigating deliberative methods for setting a monetary capability threshold in the context of social care and public health

    A limited budget makes health and social care 'economic goods' (scarce relative to demand). Institutions such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) set guidelines which influence resource alloca...

    Funded by: MRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Birmingham

  • What Works Scotland Centre

    What Works Scotland will be a collaborative centre bringing together staff from the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, other academics and key non-academic partners. Its aim is to support the use of evidence to plan ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Glasgow

Similar ARIs from other organisations