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Lean strategies have been adopted by Bradford Council's Occupational Therapy service through a public and private sector partnership designed to streamline working practices and improve across-the-board service delivery.

The project is already making an impact in enhancing efficiencies and cutting initial contact to allocation waiting times among service users.

The council's Occupational Therapy service is working with the Ilkley-based Lean Healthcare Academy, which provides a platform for health and social care providers to adopt and implement Lean thinking as a foundation stone for sustainable service transformation.

They are similar to those already used widely in industry to simplify operational procedures, reduce waste, boost productivity and create efficiencies.

Bradford Council's Occupational Therapy service assesses disabled people, their carers and disabled children and their families across the Bradford Metropolitan District, providing services, equipment and recommending adaptations that will allow them to live as independently and safely as possible within their own homes.