In this update:

·         place based ·         citizen engagement ·         complaints management ·         attitudes to public service ·         financial incentives ·         Aboriginal health funding ·         Aboriginal workforce ·         children's health & wellbeing ·         cancer services ·         discharge summaries ·         electronic prescribing

·         nursing workforce ·         maternity services ·         end of life care ·         children in hospital ·         drug survey ·         needle & syringe program ·         suicide ·         mental health & employment ·         autism ·         personalised care ·         reablement

·         disability & employment ·         workforce resilience ·         allegations of abuse ·         young people's workforce ·         youth detention ·         child protection inspection ·         disengaged youth ·         youth & social media ·         housing affordability ·         homelessness services ·         housing regeneration

	Evaluating Place-Based Approaches: A Window of Opportunity? Place based initiatives embrace difference, responding to the unique context of each place. Assessing their impacts appears to be problematic using traditional evaluation practices, which generally require predetermined outputs and outcomes. Canada Government (Jul 2011) Citizens' engagement in policymaking and the design of public services The theory and practice of public administration is increasingly concerned with placing the citizen at the centre of policymakers’ considerations, not just as target, but also as agent. The aim is to develop policies and design services that respond to individuals’ needs and are relevant to their circumstances. Aus Parliamentary Library (Jul 2011) Aiming for the best - Using lessons from complaints to improve public services to help develop understanding about how the experience of services and decisions by individual citizens can inform improvements in the way services are planned and delivered. UK CFPS (Jul 2011) Attitudes toward the public service reveals polarised views of the public service: while citizens express confidence in public services and a preference for a well-funded public sector, some politicians and other public service commentators paint a much less positive picture and advocate ‘axing’ services. Aus CPD (Jul 2011) An overview of reviews evaluating the effectiveness of financial incentives in changing healthcare professional behaviours and patient outcomes (Review) Financial incentives may be effective in changing healthcare professional practice. The evidence has serious methodological limitations and is also very limited in its completeness and generalisability. We found no evidence from reviews that examined the effect of financial incentives on patient outcomes. Cochrane Reviews (Jun 2011) Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service Funding: Report to the Sector 2011 his study’s aim was to contribute to efforts – on the part of both governments and the ACCHS sector – to streamline and simplify funding and accountability arrangements. Lowitja Institute (Jul 2011) Aboriginal Workforce Strategic Framework 2011-2015 aims to Increase the representation of Aboriginal employees to 2.6% across the NSW public health sector NSW Health (Jul 2011) Headline indicators for children's health, development and wellbeing, 2011 how children aged 0–12 years are tracking across 12 of 19 nationally agreed priority areas covering health, early learning and care, and family and community. AIHW (Jul 2011) Commissioning Cancer Services sets out key issues and questions that commissioners and cancer network teams will wish to take into consideration when assessing local health needs and reviewing services, developing their contract service specifications and monitoring performance. UK Health (Jul 2011) The Discharge Summary Implementation Toolkit A standardised electronic discharge summary enables the continuous care of patients once they have been discharged from hospital, with consistent and relevant information in the right place, quickly. UK NHS (Jul 2011) How Should Drugs be Identified in Electronic Prescribing Systems? and Evaluation of RxNorm in Ambulatory Electronic Prescribing US Rand (Jul 2011)
	Widening participation in pre-registration nursing programmes  describes a series of educational models and one employment model designed to widen access for NHS support staff into the second year of nursing pre-registration degree courses and to provide meaningful career pathways for current and potential employees , also Royal College of Nursing Who will care? Protecting employment for older nurses the employment patterns, preferences and retirement decisions of nurses approaching retirement age. UK Health (Jul 2011) New Zealand Maternity Standards: A set of standards to guide the planning, funding and monitoring of maternity services also Guidelines for consultation with obstetric and related medical services Referral Guidelines NZ Health (Jul 2011) England's Approach to Improving End-of-Life Care: A Strategy for Honoring Patients' Choices discusses the origins, content, and implementation of the Strategy, as well as its potential impact. , also London End of Life Care programme US Commonwealth Fund (Jul 2011) Transferring children to and from theatre RCN position statement and guidance for good practice UK RCN (Jul 2011) 2010 National Drug Strategy Household Survey report Daily smoking has dropped, but levels of risky alcohol use remain unchanged and illicit drug use has increased AIHW (Jul 2011) ‘Balancing Access and Safety: Meeting the challenge of blood borne viruses in prison’ legislative changes to assist the implementation of a needle and syringe program ACT Health (Jul 2011) Suicide in Australia examines the availability of suicide statistics and limitations of the data. Aus Parliamentary Library (Jul 2011) Mental health, resilience and the recession in Bradford explores the mental health impacts of unemployment. UK Joseph Rowntree (Jul 2011) Autism in Australia, 2009  Autism spectrum disorders are diagnosed on the basis of behavioural criteria. There is no medical testing available to diagnose these disorders. This publication aims to present an overview of the prevalence of autism in Australia and the impact the condition has on the everyday lives of those impacted by the condition. ABS (Jul 2011) Working for personalised care: a framework for supporting personal assistants working in adult social care sets out an approach to enable support for an evolving PA workforce and their employers over the coming years. UK Health (Jul 2011) Reablement briefing Reablement has been defined as a range of services for people with poor physical or mental health to help them accommodate their illness by learning or relearning the skills necessary for daily living UK RIPA (Jul 2011) Recruitment of Persons with Disabilities: A Literature Review The purpose of this literature review is to find out what the main barriers are to the recruitment of PWDs, in both the public and private sectors, in Canada and abroad Can PSC (May 2011)
	Testing the Police Workforce Resilience Hypothesis build a framework to understand the ability of the police service to meet demands for policing as changes are made in the level and composition of its workforce. We pay particular attention to the relationship between police officers and police staff. US Rand (Jul 2011) Dealing with Allegations of Abuse Against Teachers and Other Staff: Guidance for local authorities, headteachers, school staff, governing bodies and proprietors of independent schools UK Education (Jul 2011) Young People’s Workforce Reform Programme Evaluation Report to help develop help develop a more skilled, confident workforce able to work in an effective and integrated way to deliver the best possible outcomes for young people. UK CWDC (Jul 2011) Lost in Transition: Exploring young people’s experiences of transition from youth detention in the ACT (Dec 2008) more ACT DHSC (Jul 2011) Arrangements for the inspection of local authority children's services the proposals focus on the child’s journey as a key element in the inspection of child protection and for children in care. UK OFSTED (Jul 2011) Evaluation of the Brimbank Young Men’s Project  aims to help young men of African backgrounds who are: disengaged (or at high risk of being disengaged) from education, training and employment; have had contact with the police; and are experiencing other difficulties with settlement. Aus Centre for Multicultural Youth (Jul 2011) Munch Poke Ping! Vulnerable Young People, Social Media and E-safety he focus of the research was to consider the risks which vulnerable young people, excluded from schools and being taught in Pupil Referral Units (PRUs), encounter online and through their mobile phones. The aim was to then ascertain what specific advice, support and safeguarding training staff working with these vulnerable young people need when it comes to understanding social media and mobile technology. UK Carrick-Davies (Jul 2011) The great Australian dream - just a dream? Housing affordability trends for Australia and our largest 25 cities AMP/NATSEM (Jul 2011) Evidence for improving access to homelessness services evidence about current access arrangements to homelessness services, the complex and multiple access barriers faced by people experiencing homelessness, and an overview of the different approaches, models and mechanisms used in Australia and internationally to improve access. AHURI (Jul 2011) Towards a new development model for housing regeneration in greyfield precincts Greyfield residential precincts are defined as under-utilised property assets located in the middle suburbs of large Australian cities, where residential building stock is failing (physically, technologically and environmentally) and energy, water and communications infrastructure is in need of regeneration. AHURI (Jul 2011)