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Legal Form and Governance Arrangements for Public Entities guidelines to assist staff within Victorian Government Departments who are responsible for reviewing existing public entities or developing options for the creation of new public entities. .. explains the possible legal forms for public entities, Vic SSA (Oct 2010) Sustainable Finances: Reporting on Sustainability for NHS Finance Managers will help finance professionals consider the best ways to report on sustainability in NHS organisations...The NHS is the largest employer in Europe, and is a significant component of our regional and national economy. It has a huge carbon footprint because it not only is a vast procurer of goods and services, but also has an enormous energy intensive estate. UK NHS (Oct 2010) State governments at risk A call to secure citizen data and inspire public trust States collect, store, use, and share enormous amounts of citizens Personally Identifiable Information. These “pots of gold” must be better protected US NASCIO (Oct 2010) Review of Computer Chip Identification Systems Computer chip identification systems, while offering many benefits, may contain valuable personal data and/or provide access to restricted areas. Therefore, the use of this technology has potential implications for the commission of offences such as identity theft, identify fraud and even terrorism. AUS CEPS (Sep 2010) Australian Workplace Equality Index is a new free service that evaluates and benchmarks LGBT inclusiveness in Australian workplaces. Pride in Diversity (Nov 2010) Ethnic monitoring: is health equality possible without it? Collecting and using ethnic group data enables health services to demonstrate a clear and localised understanding of where inequalities exist and hence to take informed measures to address them . The lack of mandatory ethnic monitoring across primary care means that there are no systematic data available for ethnic health inequalities UK Race Equality Foundation (Nov 2010) Raising and escalating concerns: Guidance for nurses and midwives establishes principles for best practice in the raising and escalating of concerns and aims to complement local whistleblowing policies and safeguarding procedures. UK NMC (Oct 2010) Financial management of personal budgets : Challenges and opportunities for councils examines personal budgets in adult social care and considers the financial management and governance implications for councils...personal budgets put block contracts at risk UK Audit (Oct 2010) Consultation on a funding model for emergency ambulance services proposes a single funding model for New Zealand ambulance services NZ Health (Nov 2010) National review of hospital standardised mortality ratios (HSMR) recommends the adoption, by April 2011, of a methodology for a national mortality ratio for use across the NHS, to be known as the Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI), UK Health (Oct 2010) Medicare Locals – Discussion Paper on Governance and Functions Australian Government has committed to establishing a national network of primary health care organisations, known as Medicare Locals Aus Health (Oct 2010) Continuous improvement in cytology - sustaining and accelerating improvement National cervical screening programme...includes practical examples in reducing turnaround times, improving quality, safety and productivity UK NHS (Oct 2010) Falling through the cracks - Centrelink, DEEWR and FaHSCIA engaging with customers with a mental illness in the social security system...The delivery of services to people with a mental illness has long been acknowledged as a challenge by both government agencies and non-government organisations (NGOs) Aus Ombudsman (Sep 2010) | |
'What Works?' research into illicit drug use by mental health consumers aged 18-30 research with young people (18-30 years) who identify as having a mental illness and who may or may not have used cannabis...health promotion campaigns and interventions acknowledge the positive and negative effects of cannabis use, address multi-drug use, and reflect the range young adults’ motivations NSW MHA (Oct 2010) Alcohol consumption and family life explored parental attitudes towards alcohol, and family drinking practices, using a national survey and in-depth case studies. It found that parents are the most important influence on young children's attitudes to alcohol; also Pre-teens learning about alcohol: drinking and family contexts UK JRF (Nov 2010) Quantitative systematic review of short term associations between ambient air pollution (particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide), and mortality and morbidity 2007...Overall, we consider that our results largely support the position that ambient air pollution is a hazard to health. UK Health (Oct 2010) The Health & Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population comprises around 2.5% of the Australian population and is relatively young...Around one third of adults reported high/very high levels of psychological distress. ABS (Oct 2010) Community safety in Australian Indigenous communities: Service providers’ perceptions shows that while service provider respondents felt safe in most situations, they were concerned about their safety at night and the safety of others in the community, particularly female children and young people...the project has produced a survey questionnaire and methodology that will be available for use by Indigenous organisations, service agencies and policymakers. AIC (Oct 2010) History of child protection services a brief history of developments in child protection services in Australia and internationally.includes Changes to child protection in Victoria AIFS (Oct 2010) An Australian Children’s Commissioner Discussion paper ...Establishing the office of a national Children’s Commissioner would be an important step in making sure that all children in Australia can fully enjoy their human rights. HRC (Oct 2010) Learning lessons from serious case reviews 2009-2010 many of the cases reviewed reveal the persistence of some key issues in practice which have contributed to shortcomings in the protection of the children involved...A consistent finding from the reviews was that there had been a failure to implement and ensure good practice rather than an absence of the required framework and procedures for delivering services UK Ofsted (Oct 2010) Infants suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm: A prospective longitudinal study explored the decision-making process that influenced the life pathways and developmental progress of a sample of very young children who were identified as suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm before their first birthdays and were then followed until they were three. UK Education (Oct 2010) Neglect Practice Paper, Policy and Practice Guidelines. The purpose of this practice paper is to draw attention to the problem of the neglect of children and young people as a serious issue that warrants continuing government and community action...Neglect is always cumulative, long-term and chronic. ACT DHCS (Oct 2010) Evaluation of the Sex Offender Community Disclosure Pilot The pilot involved a dedicated Disclosure Team being set up to deal with enquiries from parents about specific individuals perceived to pose a threat to their children...Overall, the scheme has enhanced the existing child protection arrangements in Tayside. Scotland (Oct 2010) Family Group Conferencing in Youth Inclusion and Support Panels Empowering families and preventing crime and anti-social behaviour? UK Youth Justice (Oct 2010) Racially Motivated Offending and Targeted Interventions aimed to identify the prevalence of racially motivated offending among young people in England and Wales and to shed light on the response to racially motivated offending within the youth justice system. UK Youth Justice (Oct 2010) | |
Redesigning provision for families with multiple problems – an assessment of the early impact of different local approaches and The use of whole family assessment to identify the needs of families with multiple problems local authorities are working with families with complex needs, frequently at risk of statutory intervention, but who may fall below existing service thresholds. Many families also have a history of nonengagement with services UK Education (Oct 2010) Think child, think parent, think family: a briefing for senior managers how senior managers can improve the health, wellbeing and life chances of parents with mental health problems and their families. Better joined-up working between services for adults with mental health problems and children’s services is essential to achieving this. UK SCIE (Nov 2010) What Helps and Hinders: FRSA Linkages and Collaboration Project Report explore service linkages and collaboration between Family and Relationship Services and related community service sectors such as health, mental health, child welfare, the family law sector and community or neighbourhood networks...Successful networks often have dedicated network coordination or support that ensures content is meaningful, meetings are convened regularly and actions are followed through. Family Relationship Services Australia (Oct 2010) Official Consultation Response for the Public Consultation on the Planning Transition to Adulthood for Looked After Children Guidance and the Children (Leaving Care) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 There were strong feelings around the affordability of accommodation, the need to improve the interagency working protocol and the “Setting Up Home” allowance. UK Education (Oct 2010) Child poverty needs assessment toolkit reducing the harm caused by child poverty requires multi-agency responses – often with a focus on early intervention. Articulating the multifaceted nature of child poverty can highlight the need for coordinated multi-system responses to prevent or mitigate against worse outcomes. UK Local Government (Nov 2010) Teenage parent supported housing pilot evaluation seven schemes designed to test a range of ‘enhanced support packages’ for teenage parents. UK Education (Oct 2010) Public housing and employment: challenges and strategies There is a need to re-think policies premised on the assumption that people will move out of public housing, either voluntarily or involuntarily, once they get a job and their income increases. The risk of losing stable and secure housing for unpredictable and insecure income from work and market rents in the private sector is a disincentive to working. AHURI (Oct 2010) Domestic Abuse, Housing and Homelessness in Scotland: An Evidence Review the existing evidence identifies the scale of domestic abuse as a contributory factor to homelessness but does not establish the extent or scale of provision in Scotland or how current needs are being met. Scotland (Oct 2010) Sofas, Shelters and Strangers: A Report on Youth Homelessness in Niagara (Canada) becoming homeless as a youth is usually the consequence of ongoing childhood trauma and not the primary cause of the trauma. Can NRCS (Aug 2010) Qld Housing (Oct 2010) The UK private rented sector as a source of affordable accommodation assesses the potential for the private rented sector to provide an alternative to home-ownership for households who are priced out of home-ownership, or for whom risks are too high. UK JRF (Nov 2010) Ageing in place 2.0: rethinking solutions to the home care challenge Most Americans over age 45 wish to remain in their homes even when assistance with daily activities is needed. This report explores steps that need to be taken to develop a care delivery system to meet the future care needs of individuals who wish to age in place. US Metlife (Oct 2010) |
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