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Service assessments improvements: fixing the basics

A person writing a service assessment report on their laptop; the top headline says: understand user needs

The service assessments service is one of the largest services that GDS offers to the rest of government. Leighton Mitchell and Sanjay Poyzer looked at the operational efficiency of the current process and fixing the basics before putting themselves in a position to measure efficiency and success in a meaningful way.

‘Start a business’ service community: Food Standards Agency and Business Support Helpline working together

A hand pointing at a service landscape map around starting a business

A service community is a network of people from across the public sector who work together to design and deliver an end-to-end service. As part of the ‘start a business’ community, the FSA and BEIS worked together to improve things for users.

We’re all involved in government services

Someone holding a smartphone showing a step by step overviewing of getting tax-free childcare on GOV.UK

Over the past decade, government has started to adopt a user-centred design approach to shape services for everyone. This post gives an overview of what’s happening across government and what to expect on this blog.