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The Case of the Vanishing Caseworker Hours

A service team handling evidence-heavy public casework was losing experienced staff time to routing, summarising, and preparing files instead of progressing decisions.

Baker Street 30 January 2025 Central Government
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What landed on our desk

Context: The pressure was familiar: growing volumes, aging backlogs, and a workflow split across inboxes, guidance packs, and legacy systems. Everyone knew the caseworkers were overloaded. No one agreed where AI could help without creating new governance trouble.

The real problem: A careless build would only move the problem around. If the workflow could not show what evidence had been used, how a recommendation had been formed, and when a human had stepped in, the service would reject it regardless of speed gains.

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Which package fit the case

1-3 weeks

Bid Support + Prototype

Short, senior-only support for live bids that need sharper AI solutioning, practical delivery detail, and a credible demonstration under time pressure.

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4-8 weeks

Embedded Rapid Build Package

An embedded delivery package for primes that need specialist AI execution under their umbrella to ship a practical workflow or feature on a tight timeline.

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If public-sector teams are buried in evidence-heavy administration, start where preparation work is repetitive, reviewable, and easiest to defend under governance.

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