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Tag Archives: Public Services
Chief Medical Officer’s First Annual Report: Volume 2 (BBC News / Department of Health / NHS Choices)
Summary Volume Two of the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies’s first annual epidemiology and surveillance report offers a comprehensive overview of the threat of antimicrobial resistance and infectious diseases. Volume One appeared late last year. Full Text Link … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer: Volume Two - 2013. State of the Public's Health, Antibiotic Stewardship, Antibiotics, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Carbapenum Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Chief Medical Officer: Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer’s First Annual Report (Public Health), Chief Medical Officer’s First Annual Report: Volume 2, Communicable Diseases, Cost of Healthcare Associated Infections, Cost of Hospital Acquired Infections, Demographic Change and Public Services, Epidemiology, Genomic Diagnostic Testing for Infections, HCAI, Health and Wellbeing, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Protection Agency, Healthcare, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HCAIs), Inequalities in Health Outcomes, Infectious Disease and Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Influenza, Innovative Medicines Initiative, Life Course Approach, Morbidity, Mortality, Mortality Morbidity and Wellbeing, Mortality Morbidity and Wellbeing: Cancers, National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies, Public Health, Public Health in England, Public Health Research: NIHR, Public Services, Risk Factors, Social Determinants of Health, Social Epidemiology, Surveillance, Surveillance Report: Public Health in England, UK Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy and Action Plan, Urinary Tract Infections (in Patients with Catheters), Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), Wellbeing, Wellbeing: Communicable Diseases
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Social Value Guide (Social Enterprise UK)
Summary This guide from Social Enterprise UK, in association with Anthony Collins Solicitors, is intended to help with embedding social value in commissioning and procurement. It is aimed at local government or public bodies which will be affected by the Public … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Social Workers (mostly), National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Anchor Institutions (Including NHS Hospital Trusts STPs and ICSs), Anchor Institutions in Place, Anchor Organisations, Anthony Collins Solicitors, Best Value Duty, Contract Management, Duty of Best Value, Local Area Plan, Local Assets, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Decision-Making, Local Government, Local Policy Development, Local Strategic Commissioning, NHS as an Anchor Institution, Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), Public Service Reform, Public Services, Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, Sandwell Community Caring Trust, Social Economics, Social Economy, Social Enterprise UK, Social Enterprises, Social Value, Social Value Act 2012, Social Value Guide, Sustainable Community Strategy
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Citizen-Led Change in Public Services (Groundswell Partnership)
Summary This document describes the process of working together for change. It places an emphasis on coming-up with solutions, robust action plans and the identification and measurement of outcomes. A “step by step” method has been designed for use by … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Social Workers (mostly), National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accountability, Adult Social Care, Bennett & Stockton Limited, Citizen-Led Change in Public Services, Commissioning on Grounds of Quality and User Involvement, Community Empowerment, Empowerment, Engagement, Groundswell Partnership, Helen Sanderson Associates (HSA), Local Authorities, Public Service Reform, Public Services, Quality and User Involvement, Service User Involvement, Social Care, Social Care Provision, User Involvement, Working Together for Change, WTfC: Working Together for Change
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Impact of Demographic Change on Public Services (International Longevity Centre)
Summary The International Longevity Centre (ILC) publication, entitled “The impact of demographic change on public services: submission by the International Longevity Centre – UK”, presents evidence for the House of Lords Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change. It tackles … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Research Reviews, Asset Accumulation Across the Life Course, Burden of Dementia, Centenarians, Costs of Dementia Care, Costs of Social Care for Older People, Costs to the National Health Service (NHS): Dementia, Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Changes, Demographic Time-Bomb, Disease Burden, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Scheme, Future Long-Term Care Costs, Health and Social Care Costs, House of Lords Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change, ILC-UK: International Longevity Centre UK, Impact of Demographic Change on Public Services, Innovation and Co-Design, Intergenerational Fairness, Intergenerational Solidarity, International Longevity Centre, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), Lifecourse Approach to Demographic Change, New Models of Ageing, Nudge, Nudge or Compel, Preventative Care, Prevention, Public Health Services, Public Services, Reinventing Ageing, Retirement Housing, Retirement Policy, Wellbeing and an Ageing Population
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Choice and Competition in Public Services (Institute for Government)
Summary This document is a review of attempts to create markets in public services in four areas: welfare-to-work, social care, health care and local government. It highlights high level conclusions. This is part of broader research into political transitions, policy and … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, King's Fund, National, NHS, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Choice, Competition, Health Care Reform, Health Reform, Institute for Government, NHS Reform, Public Service Reform, Public Services, Reform
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Curbing a Public Services Culture of Denial and Failure? (BBC News / PASC / NESTA)
Summary The Commons Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) has urged public services to learn more from the Stafford Hospital scandal and improve complaints handling generally. PASC has suggested appointing a minister with responsibility for complaints handling. Full Text Link Reference … Continue reading →