{"id":68823,"date":"2024-07-22T11:40:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T10:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/?p=68823"},"modified":"2024-07-22T11:45:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T10:45:11","slug":"tackling-the-public-sector-puzzle-with-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/cross-industry\/2024\/07\/22\/tackling-the-public-sector-puzzle-with-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Tackling the public sector puzzle with AI\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
How can we use AI to lower the administrative burden on public sector workers, and meet increasing demand for public services? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Whether someone is a nurse, a social worker, or a knowledge worker, being part of a public sector organisation can be uniquely rewarding. This is due to the significant value they deliver to people across the UK and their deep connection with local communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Yet it’s also uniquely tough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Resources are precious everywhere, but especially within the NHS and local government. The independent think-tank Institute for Government<\/a> reports that local authority spending in England fell by 17.5% between 2009 and 2020<\/a>, largely because of reductions in central government grants. The government’s Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities also published a local government funding reform policy paper<\/a> in March 2024, concluding that local authorities have seen significant reductions in their spending power coincide with increasing demand for their services and inflationary pressures exceeding those in the wider economy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Building on this, a new report called Harnessing the Power of AI for the Public Sector<\/a>, featuring findings and analysis from Goldsmiths, University of London, reveals the scale of the administrative burden on public sector workers, and how it compounds the effects of existing resource constraints. <\/p>\n\n\n\n