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Economic Survey of Australia 2010 Given the multiple and inter-related characteristics of social exclusion - homelessness, health/disability problems, insufficient education and training, poor social networks - a comprehensive approach to service delivery is needed OECD (Nov 2010) Privacy in the Workplace guidance to Victorian public sector organisations about human resource and employee monitoring practices... media release Vic Privacy Comm (Nov 2010) A question of balance: independent assurance of information governance returns an internal audit assurance framework for IGT self-assessments....As public awareness of information assurance increases; tolerance of poor performance, mishandling, data losses and breaches of confidentiality decreases.. UK Health (Nov 2010) A vision for adult social care: Capable communities and active citizens sets a new agenda for adult social care in England. ...to make services more personalised, more preventative and more focused on delivering the best outcomes for those who use them. Also: Transparency in outcomes: a framework for adult social care places outcomes at the heart of social care, improves quality in services, and empowers citizens to hold their councils to account for the services they provide. UK Health (Nov 2010) Making written information easier to understand for people with learning disabilities At present, public sector organisations produce Easy Read publications in a variety of styles. It can be difficult for people with learning disabilities and their supporters to switch from one style to another. So instead of improving access, organisations are inadvertently creating barriers. UK Health (Nov 2010) Staff engagement in the NHS: some local experience Effective staff engagement can help deliver change even in difficult conditions. UK NHS (Nov 2010) Health, work and well-being in the NHS outlines the important role of staff health and well-being in delivering quality, innovation, productivity and prevention ...examines the business case for improving staff health and well-being UK NHS (Nov 2010) Developing an Australian evidence-base for policies and interventions on work hours, fatigue and work-family strain Fatigue is commonplace in the general working population; 30.4 per cent of employees frequently feel fatigued (extremely tired or completely exhausted)...Nearly one quarter of workers on non-standard schedules are concerned about the impact of their fatigue on safety at work also: Long time, no see: The impact of time poverty on Australian workers Countdown to National Go Home On Time Day on November 24 SA Hawke Institute (Nov 2010) Beth Israel Deaconess Case Study How the merger of two Boston hospitals with different cultures and management styles almost ended in financial collapse...How leadership and a focus on quality rescued it.."The underlying problem with many medical professionals is that they are willing to accept that a certain amount of harm is a statistical eventuality... The management task is to work with those people and demonstrate that a proportion of harm is preventable" UK Health Foundation (Nov 2010) Using audit and feedback to health professionals to improve the quality and safety of health care no strong recommendations can be given regarding the best way to introduce audit and feedback into routine practice. However, decisions about if, and how, this approach can. also How to create conditions for adapting physicians’ skills to new needs and lifelong learning WHO Europe (Oct 2010) Assessing future health workforce needs Assessing future HW needs is not only about projecting the numbers. Policy-makers need also to address the issues of recruiting, educating, distributing, retaining, motivating and managing the HW, which implies improving the knowledge about the expectations and behaviours of health workers... WHO Europe (Oct 2010) Making apprenticeships an important and sustainable part of the health sector workforce Whilst there is limited quantitative evidence in relation to the economic benefits of an apprentice in the health sector, there is some evidence of the potential savings that health sector employers can make by employing apprentices....the NHS employs around half a million people in both clinical and nonclinical roles that could use apprenticeships as a method of entry or progression. UK Health (Nov 2010) The support workforce: developing your patient-facing staff for the future explains why employers need to assess the shape of their workforce and invest in the development of their support workers to ensure both flexibility and sustainability in workforce supply...Role substitution and reviewing the skill mix of teams may deliver savings but may not necessarily be the best options for patients. UK NHS (Nov 2010) Advanced level nursing: a position statement is intended to be used as a benchmark to enhance patient safety and the delivery of high quality care by supporting local governance, assisting in good employment practices and encouraging consistency in use of titles. This position statement has been developed for nursing but it may have relevance to midwifery, health visiting and allied health professions. UK Health (Nov 2010) | |
Energise for Excellence in Care (E4E) a quality framework for nurses, midwives and health visitors which aims to support the delivery of safe and effective care, creating positive patient and staff experiences that build-in momentum and sustainability. UK Health (Nov 2010) Frontline First: interim report The UK Royal College of Nursing surveyed their members about proposed cuts impacting on care, the waste in the system and the innovations that improve services and save money. UK RCN (Nov 2010) Elective & Emergency Surgery in the Elderly: An Age Old Problem highlights the process of care of elderly patients who died within 30 days of emergency or elective surgery. The report takes a critical look at areas where the care of patients might have been improved, from lack of input from Medicine for the Care of Older People to the level of pain relief provided. Remediable factors have also been identified in the clinical and the organisational care of these patients UK NCEPOD (Nov 2010) Delivering the Cancer Reform Strategy a lack of high quality information on costs of cancer services and their outcomes inhibits substantial further improvements. UK National Audit (Nov 2010) Global Recommendations on Physical activity for Health The recommendations set out in this document address three age groups: 5–17 years old; 18–64 years old; and 65 years old and above WHO (Nov 2010) Weight loss surgery in Australia The number of hospitalisations for weight loss surgery has increased dramatically over the past decade, rising from about 500 in 1998 to 17,000 in 2007-08 AIHW (Nov 2010) Diabetes in adults Briefing Paper addresses the care of adults with diabetes and consists of 15 statements, each with associated quality measures outlining what best practice would look like, including nutritional advice UK NICE (Nov 2010) National Opioid Substitution Treatment Providers Training Programme to provide a national standard for effective and responsive service delivery and to ensure that the skills and attitudes used by the workforce are enhanced to meet the specific needs of clients receiving opioid substitution treatment. also: Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Buprenorphine (with or without Nalaxone) in the Treatment of Opioid Dependence NZ health (Nov 2010) A guide to the use of pesticides in Western Australia Providing information on legislation, policies and best practice WA Health (Nov 2010) Food Standards Australia New Zealand Audit Food regulation is an important public function for the primary purpose of avoiding foodborne illnesses, and the associated costs for individuals and the community. These costs include medical costs, lost productivity, business disruptions resulting from food recalls, decreased sales and possible legal costs. A Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) report in March 2006 estimated that the total annual cost, in 2004 prices, of food–borne illnesses was $1.2 billion. Aus Audit (Nov 2010) National Survey of Young Australians 2010 Nationally, body image, family conflict and coping with stress were the top three issues for respondents, with over a quarter identifying each as being a major concern. Mission Australia (Nov 2010) Early Childhood Development Workforce Issues paper...High reported staff vacancy rates suggest that staff retention may also be an issue for child health and family support services, although the effect that staff turnover in these services may have on child health outcomes is not clear. Productivity Commission (Nov 2010) Services provided or funded by the NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care The extent of unmet need for disability services was required to be examined, including whether there were regional or other variations in the capacity and quality of disability services. NSW Parliament Committee (Nov 2010) From Protection to Productivity: An Evaluation of the Transition to Work Program 2009 a two year program which achieves employment for young people with a disability. The purpose of the program is to provide young people with disability with the skills development, vocational preparation, and support they need to transition from year twelve to sustainable employment. NSW DADHC (Nov 2010) | |
| Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS-2008) Neglect (34%) and exposure to domestic violence (34%) were the main reasons for investigations across Canada, for a total of 68% of cases Can CCWRP (Nov 2010) Serious case review system piloted in North West England SCIE has been leading the development of a ‘systems approach’ for use in case reviews and serious case reviews (SCRs) of multi-agency safeguarding and child protection work. This builds on safety management developments in the fields of engineering and, subsequently, health....Having a multi-agency ‘review team’ working together from the beginning creates a common endeavour, greater challenge and confidence to find new ways of working and effective solutions Actively involving frontline workers and team managers throughout the process is a vital aspect of the model UK SCIE (Nov 2010) Keeping the infant in mind in the presence of maternal mental illness Postnatal mental illness affects a significant number of women, with numerous studies indicating that postnatal depression alone affects around 10-15% of women COPMI (Oct 2010) American Psychological Association Stress in America Parents underestimate the impact their stress has on the family as a whole, which could have far deeper health implications then they realize. US APA (Nov 2010) Find and Connect Service Scoping StudyThe proposed Find and Connect Service recognises the legacy owed to Forgotten Australians, former child migrants, members of the Stolen Generations and other care leavers denied the experience of childhood with their own family and often not provided with the standard of care to which they were entitled. The service is initially targeted to adults accommodated as children in state, agency-based and informal care during the 20th century, recognising that this population of care leavers is ageing, with urgent needs around searching and connecting... It envisages integration with state-funded ARCs and tracing services, rather than duplication FAHCSIA (Nov 2010) Thinking about homicide risk: A practice framework for counselling Knowing how and when to assess for homicide risk is an essential skill for all counsellors who may work with women experiencing domestic violence, particularly those at non-specialist services. ADFVC (Nov 2010) Implementing legal empowerment strategies to prevent DV in new & emerging communities Newly arrived communities in Australia encounter a range of common legal problems in the first five years after arrival, including family and domestic violence. ADFVC (Nov 2010) Providing Anonymity to Those Accused of Rape: An assessment of evidence brings together findings from previous reviews and primary research studies as well as statistics to present a summary of evidence relevant to the issue of whether or not to provide anonymity to those accused of rape. UK Justice (Nov 2010) Children and Young People in Custody 2009-10 how young people aged 15 to 18 describe their own experience of imprisonment ...The number of young people in custody, held in young offender institutions, fell during 2009-10 from 2,126 to 1,724. This may mean the treatment directed to the young people can be more effectively targeted, but also that imprisonment is now increasingly focused on the most troubled, and troublesome, young people. more: Treatment of young people in custody has deteriorated UK Justice (Nov 2010) Asset-poverty and older Australians' transitions onto housing assistance programs Recent demographic changes, together with insecure employment circumstances in deregulated labour markets, innovations in housing finance and housing market volatility mean that wealth and debt positions are increasingly important in shaping the pathways into housing assistance programs. There are growing fears that those most exposed to these risks will enrol in housing assistance programs, because they can threaten home ownership status and cause asset poverty. AHURI (Nov 2010) Neighbourhood, community and housing in Bradford How community-based forums can be used to promote shared understanding between new migrants and settled groups UK Joseph Rowntree (Nov 2010) A Study into the Capacity of Registered Social Landlords and Local Authorities to Build Housing Across Scotland The recent revival of local authority housebuilding has seen approaching 1,000 new council homes completed since 2006.... This initiative has attracted attention not least because it involves public subsidy (or 'grant rate') much lower than that typically applicable to housebuilding by housing associations (or Registered Social Landlords - or RSLs). Scotland (Nov 2010) Community-led spaces: a guide for local authorities and community groups the issues involved in transferring ownership and management of public space from local authorities to community groups. UK CABE (Nov 2010) |
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