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Huntingdonshire District Council is a Local Authority that serves a community of around 180,000 people in Cambridgeshire. Its different departments provide a variety of services such as housing, planning, recycling, transportation and much more.
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Eliminating the inefficiencies of pen & paper
As a Local Authority, Huntingdonshire District Council provides various services to the local community, with the priority of using public resources in the most efficient way. During a recent process improvement project, it was identified that the organisation could digitally transform the way inspections are conducted.
“We used a process flowchart to see how long each step was taking. The main areas we needed to focus on was finding an alternative way from pen and paper, as well as reducing the time and improving the quality of our inspections,” explains Joanne Cook, Project Support Officer at Huntingdonshire District Council.
The team turned to GoAudits to achieve these objectives, and were quickly up-and-running with a digitised inspection process.
“With their fantastic customer service, the GoAudits team supported us by creating and uploading our current templates onto the software, that we could start using immediately“, said Joanne.
The team was pleased with the results, which were clearly visible even after the first month of use, and looked to further expand the use of GoAudits.
Parking and market inspections:
savings and improved collaboration
The team started by digitising its Parking and Market inspections, which aim to ensure the public’s safety and the appropriate use of the public space. Users from different departments started conducting inspections on the app several times a week.
This eliminated the need for paper forms, as well as removing any scanning or printing to share the information across the departments. After an inspection, PDF reports are shared with the team, and also stored safely online.
The team noted the ease of use, seamless reporting, as well as time savings brought by this new process. Describing the benefits of the GoAudits app, Joanne says: “The inspection mobile app is simple to use and the quality of the reports is outstanding. We have decreased our inspection process time over 30% within the first month (and have yet to use all the tools available!)”
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In particular, users appreciated the instant reports, and how easy it is to attach pictures to illustrate any issues that are found. According to Joanne, this helped improve communication between the teams: “Inserting images in the report is a great tool, making it easier to collaborate with other stakeholders within the Council. The images are also stored separately online, meaning we have access to them for future use.”
Regarding the implementation of GoAudits, Joanne highlighted how easy the whole process was from start to finish.
“The Customer Support was extremely responsive and this aided the transition from our previous process to onboarding with the app. The GoAudits team also efficiently and effectively answered any queries we had regarding the software. Once again, the online portal and mobile app is brilliant, and we can’t wait to start using it to its full potential!”
The inspection mobile app is simple to use and the quality of the reports is outstanding. We have accelerated our inspection process by over 30% within the first month.
The online portal and mobile app are brilliant tools, and we can’t wait to start using it to its full potential!
Joanne Cook
Project Support Officer
Huntingdonshire District COuncil
A mobile audits app for the Public Sector, Central Government, Local Authorities, Health and Education
GoAudits increases efficiency and brings savings across different departments within the Public Sector that need to carry out inspections and standard checks. That may include:
- Health & safety inspections
- Workplace safety checks
- Fire safety checks
- Food safety & hygiene standard inspections
- Compliance checks in local health & care facilities
- Parking facility inspections
- Parks, pools and other leisure facility inspections
- Highways and Environmental inspections
- Markets and local events safety and compliance
- Pest control checks
- Public equipment and infrastructure maintenance
- Cleaning and waste removal standards
- And much, much more!
Learn more about GoAudits inspection software for the Public Sector here, and check our Template Library for more audit checklist templates.
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