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The Rudd Government: Australian Commonwealth Administration 2007–2010 collection examines Commonwealth administration under the leadership Prime Minister Kevin Rudd from 2007-2010 summary of changes to health and hospitals ANU (Jan 2010) Central government's use of consultants and interims some departments have failed to grow the skills they require, leaving them heavily reliant on consultants. Relying on consultants for commonly required skills is expensive and repeated use suggests poor value for money. UK House of Commons (Dec 2010) Provider economics impact assessment model to help providers, commissioners and other interested parties understand the possible impact of potential commissioning changes on their provider’s costs and quality and to provide a basis for discussion....to analyse the potential impact of commissioning decisions on service continuity and provider sustainability UK Health (Dec 2010) Applying behavioural insight to health draws on insights from behavioural science and behavioural economics and shows ways in which health improvements can be made without resorting to legislation or costly programmes. UK Cabinet Office (Dec 2010) Involving the public in healthcare policy An update of the research evidence and proposed evaluation framework there may be instances in which involving the public in healthcare decision-making may not be desirable because it threatens equitable access to services. US RAND (Dec 2010) Facing The Future: Standards for Paediatric Services sets out 10 service standards that the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health believes are a minimum requirement for all general paediatric services...Standard 10 aims to ensure that any child or young person of 18 years or younger, presenting with child protection concerns, is appropriately assessed at an appropriate time by a competent paediatrician....An initial strategy discussion (with interagency colleagues) must take place in accordance with local safeguarding policies, as soon as practical and usually within 2 hours UK Royal College PCH (Dec 2010) Getting better? Improving outcomes for children and young people lessons for health services on Early years; Disability ; Child poverty ; Safeguarding. A recurrent theme is the importance of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working because of the complex nature of children’s needs that cross organisational boundaries particularly between health, education and social services UK C4EO (Jan 2011) Liberating the NHS: developing the healthcare workforce sets out the core functions of workforce planning and development and introduces the proposed roles and responsibilities that different organisations will undertake. UK Health (Dec 2010) | |
Clinical Nurse Specialists in Cancer Care; Provision, Proportion and Performance A census of the cancer specialist nurse workforce in England 2010...offers a role descriptor of clinical nurse specialists working in cancer care UK NHS (Dec 2010) Dental Quality and Outcomes Framework will be underpinned by the use of a standardised oral health assessment and the development of a comprehensive set of accredited clinical pathways. UK Health (Dec 2010) An Analysis of the Dental Workforce in Scotland: A Strategic Review 2010 provides a clear picture of the skills mix of dental professionals currently providing dental care to the public in Scotland. Scotland (Dec 2010) Public Health Classifications Project - Determinants of Health A unified framework would improve the quality and consistency of reported information on public health activity, performance, investment and expenditure. NSW Health (Dec 2010) Recommendations for good practice in pandemic preparedness: identified through evaluation of the response to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 WHO Europe (Dec 2010) Nutrition Facts Panels to Appear on Labels of Popular Cuts of Meat and Poultry Products Under new US rules, packages of ground or chopped meat and poultry will feature nutrition facts panels on their labels. USDA (Dec 2010) Financial and Non-Financial Support to Formal and Informal Out of Home Carers Out-of-home carers can be any person caring, wholly or substantially, for a dependent child in their residence who is not their legal responsibility as a parent...There is no national database on formal foster and kinship carers. SPRC (Dec 2010) Income support customers: a statistical overview 2009 Payments for older people, people with disabilities and for those caring for people with disabilities, severe medical conditions or those who are frail aged FaHSCIA (Dec 2010) | |
The Transition to Adulthood: How States Can Support Older Youth in Foster Care, examines five critical areas of support: education, employment, housing, health care and relationships. US NGA (Dec 2010) Substance Use and Delinquent Behavior Among Serious Adolescent Offenders key findings on the link between adolescent substance use and serious offending, including that substance use and offending at one age is a consistent predictor of continued serious offending at a later age; substance use and serious offending fluctuate in similar patterns over time; and both decrease in late adolescence. US OJJDP (Dec 2010) Parent training support for intellectually disabled parents research suggests that the number of intellectually disabled people with children is increasing. Are there effective strategies to reduce the risk of neglectful care and resulting health, developmental and behavioural problems? Campbell Collaboration (Dec 2010) Focus on Fire Safety: People with Disabilities Physical disability was a contributing factor in an estimated average of 13% of home fire deaths per year. US Fire Administration (Dec 2010) Assertive outreach explore the ‘assertive outreach’ approach, with a specific focus on the potential for this approach to reduce rough sleeping AHURI (Jan 2011) New help for antisocial behaviour victims UK police are trialling new approaches to tracking and managing antisocial behaviour incidents using a new system to log complaints and improving the use of IT to share information.. UK Home Office (Jan 2011) Creating excellent buildings: A guide for clients advice for people commissioning and managing building projects, including clients from the public, private and voluntary sectors as well as their design and construction teams. also Creating successful masterplans for development projects above the scale of single buildings. UK CABE (Jan 2011) Monitoring of Internal Moisture Loads in Residential Buildings High relative humidity favors growth of biological contaminants such as dust mites and mold. Elevated moisture levels over a prolonged period of time may also result in physical damage to the home. US HUD (Dec 2010) |
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