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OECD Family database on-line database on family outcomes and family policies with indicators for all OECD countries...includes an interactive OECD Country Snapshots tool OECD (Jan 2011) Closing the Gap - Prime Minister's Report 2011 includes a statistical overview of Australia’s Indigenous population and progress against the closing the gap targets. Aus FaHCSIA (Feb 2010) Promoting healthy finances: an evaluation of the Financial Health Service pilot An evaluation of a free, one-on-one, financial information and guidance service piloted in Melbourne by the Brotherhood of St Laurence for financially vulnerable people found that clients considered good communication and trust as key qualities of such a service, and preferred face-to-face consultation over other channels such as bank branches or the internet. Brotherhood of St Laurence (Feb 2011) Code of recommended practice for local authorities on data transparency - Consultation Local authorities should not seek to pre-determine the value of their data and the level of public demand; rather they should they understand what data they hold, what their communities want and then release it in a way that allows the public, developers or the media to present it in new ways that makes its meaning more apparent. UK Communities (Feb 2011) Communicating with the Public - The Ten Step Cycle provides a clear and comprehensive set of directions for establishing local warning and informing arrangements based on the community risk register also Examples of Good Practice in Public Sector Business Continuity Management: Business continuity management awareness and training includes conducting a training needs analysis UK Cabinet (Feb 2011) Transforming community services transformational guides guides for use by frontline clinicians, commissioners and providers ... relating to 6 key specific areas of practice, namely: health and well being; children, young people and families; acute care closer to home; long term conditions; rehabilitation and end of life care... also includes six transformational attributes which practitioners and teams need to demonstrate in order to meet the requirements of the high performing practitioner-partner-leader roles. UK Health (Feb 2011) Managing Sickness Absence in the NHS recommends that managers: * review their organisation's sickness absence rates and benchmark against others * identify specific staff groups with a particularly high sickness absence rate * calculate the cost of sickness absence to their organisation * consider whether their organisation could reduce its sickness absence and what savings could be made UK Audit (Feb 2011) Federal Financial Relations Amendment (National Health and Hospitals Network) Bill 2010 [Provisions] Senate Inquiry report Aus Parliament (Feb 2011) Australia's health system needs re-balancing: a report on the shortage of primary care services in rural and remote areas extra investment in primary care and aged care for rural areas would be offset by savings in expenditures on acute care episodes in hospital...Ironically, it is for acute care services that rural people are most likely to have to travel to Inner Regional base hospitals or Major Cities, which adds to the burden of their acute care needs. NRHA (Jan 2011) Learning report: Safer Patients Initiative Lessons from a complex, large-scale intervention to improve patient safety in the UK UK Health Foundation (Feb 2011) Donor conception practices in Australia Senate Inquiry report recommends that the Australian Government pursue all available policy and political options to ensure that nationally consistent legislation relating to donor conception is developed as a matter of priority. Aus Parliament (Feb 2011) | |
Proposed Aged Care Complaints Management Framework aims to take forward key recommendations from the Walton Review, including risk assessment and alternative complaint resolution options. Aus Health (Feb 2011) The National Palliative Care Strategy – Supporting Australians to Live Well at the End of Life released 10 Feb media release Aus Health (Feb 2011) An evaluation of access to health care services along the rural-urban continuum in Canada residents of small cities not adjacent to major centres, had the highest reported utilisation rates of influenza vaccines and family physician services, were most likely to have a regular medical doctor, and were most likely to report unmet need. Among the rural categories there was a gradient with the most rural being least likely to have had a flu shot, use specialist physicians services, or have a regular medical doctor. BMC HSR (Feb 2011) Health and Well-Being in the Home A Global Analysis of Needs, Expectations, and Priorities for Home Health Care Technology population aging and better survivability have led to a rapid increase of the prevalence of chronic disease and disability.... there is growing concern about the financial sustainability of health care systems, which is compounded by capacity constraints and workforce shortages. Advanced home health care solutions promise to mitigate these pressures by shifting care from costly institutional settings to patients' homes and allowing patients to self-manage their conditions. US Rand (Feb 2011) Mortality Amenable to Health Care in 31 OECD Countries Estimates and Methodological Issues...assesses the potential of the concept of “mortality amenable to health care” as an indicator of outcome for health care systems. OECD (Jan 2011) Putting the Health Back in Education UK Conservative think tank proposes a new model for health education where competitive sport, healthy eating and better lifestyle education are at the heart of the Government's approach...A three-phase model for public health and health education is outlined with a focus on integrating health education into the core curriculum. UK Bow Group (Jan 2011) Mental health promotion and mental illness prevention: The economic case Almost 23% of the burden of disease in the UK is due to mental disorder and self-reported injury, compared to about 16% each for cancer and cardiovascular disease...models fifteen areas, including parenting interventions for children with persistent conduct disorders, workplace screening for depression and anxiety disorders, debt and the befriending of older adults....finds that many interventions are outstandingly good value for money, low in cost and often become self financing over time, saving public expenditure. UK LSE (Feb 2011) Efficiency in mental health services: Supporting improvements in the acute care pathway focuses on how organisations can use benchmarked data on bed usage, with additional local data where appropriate, to improve the efficiency of the acute care pathway. UK Audit (Feb 2011) Substance use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people a greater proportion of Indigenous Australians abstain from drinking alcohol than their non-Indigenous counterparts...However, the rate of binge drinking is a concern. ...Indigenous people died from alcohol-related causes at 5 times the rate of non-Indigenous people. AIHW (Feb 2011) Review of the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set has highlighted the importance of a comprehensive, robust and consistent data collection about alcohol and other treatment. AIHW (Feb 2011) Health visitor implementation plan 2011-15 Families with young children will be offered improved help and support thanks to ambitious new plans to expand and rejuvenate the UK health visiting service UK Health (Feb 2011) New one stop shop for rural communities New release announcing the opening of the first NSW Department of Human Services rural access centre opened in Walgett, providing a one-stop shop for the local community to access social services. NSW Human Services (Feb 2011) | |
Whistleblowers Protection Act 2001 - Investigation into the failure of agencies to manage registered sex offenders recommends that Victoria Police, In conjunction with the Department of Human Services and Corrections Victoria, develop a governance model for the operation of the Sex Offenders Register which promotes greater collaboration with agencies in relation to the prevention of the sexual abuse of children. related: Sex offenders should not be banned from looking after children UK LSE Vic Ombudsman (Feb 2011) Financing Early Intervention: Interim Paper Early Intervention programmes frequently involve a large number of delivery organisations with different areas of focus – health, crime prevention, education, to name a few. This means that there is less of an incentive for an individual organisation to invest in such programmes, as the benefits may well accrue to someone else. UK Cabinet Office (Feb 2011) Social care governance: a workbook based on practice in England Leadership is essential in changing attitudes and involving all staff in social care governance. Leaders need to look at things strategically and have an understanding of social care governance. UK SCIE (Jan 2011) Back on Track: Transforming Virginia’s Child Welfare System A collaboration between the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Commonwealth of Virginia decreased the number of children in foster care and reduced the state’s overreliance on congregate care. This case study describes the effort that successfully introduced a family-centered child welfare practice model, increased both permanency rates and access to community-based care, and reduced overall spending. US Casey Foundation (Dec 2010) Personalisation, productivity and efficiency focuses on the potential for personalisation, particularly self-directed support and personal budgets, to result in cost-efficiencies and improved productivity as well as improved care and support. UK SCIE (Dec 2010) Partnership working in the design and delivery of housing policy PPPs that share risks between partners appropriately may yield public benefits, but not for relatively straightforward activities for which such a complex relationship would not seem to be appropriate. ...PPPs increase the need for coordination across different government departments, consistent regulatory frameworks, and the need for clear strategic lines of accountability. AHURI (Feb 2010) Delivering affordable housing in troubled times: Scotland national report reflects on the way housing need is calculated and how rationed public housing resources are allocated within Scotland UK Joseph Rowntree (Feb 2011) Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation: Scotland..Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities Draft for Consultation Scotland (Feb 2011) Engaging Tenants Through Technology (free registration required) using new technology and modes of communication to get involved with your tenants in a cost effective and interesting way. UK Housing e Academy (Jan 2011) A model performance framework for community based crime prevention reveals a number of principles in effective performance measurement such as consultative management, practical resources and technical support for communities. AIC (Feb 2011) Handypersons Evaluation: Interim key findings provide emerging evidence about the preventative nature of handyperson services in avoiding costs elsewhere. UK Communities (Feb 2011) |
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