Publication of Annual Performance Report 2024-25
Foreword: Annual Performance Report 2024-25
If two words can summarise the past year for our Partnership – they are changes and challenges.
Like many other Integration Joint Boards and public bodies across Scotland, this year we have put considerable effort into addressing our financial challenges and positioning services for a sustainable future. This pressing challenge comes as we work to balance the resources we have available with an increasing demand for our services.
Setting out to address a £21m budget gap over the next three years, we started an open conversation about the decisions we face and our future outlook.
This led us to launch the widest reaching public consultation ever conducted by the Partnership, engaging with staff, partner organisations, and people in Falkirk who access services and support within their communities.
With service reform at the heart of our proposals, we heard a broad range of views and voices to help inform our next steps. This allowed us to set our annual budget and begin the process of transforming the way we deliver support in the community to help make services fit for the future, and ensure consistent support remains available to those most in need.
Our Partnership has also evolved this past year, introducing new service portfolios and embedding clear leadership across our complex mix of services.
We also prepared to welcome new colleagues from Children and Families Social Work and Justice Social Work Services, bringing us together and integrating services from 1 April 2025.
This wider Partnership presents opportunities for new ways of working and to achieve better outcomes for the people we support.
While changes and challenges can be difficult to navigate, it’s because of our dedicated, passionate, and hard-working local workforce that we can continue to develop and take advantage of our future opportunities.
This annual report is a snapshot of the achievements undertaken by our teams this year, and an example of the continued progress that is yet to come.
Chief Officer, Falkirk HSCP
Chair, Integration Joint Board