2Keith Hellawell, the UK Anti-Drugs Co-ordinator, has welcomed new guidance on drugs misuse for teachers and youth workers.The new guidance was criticised earlier this week, ahead of issue, for the suggestion it might tie the hands of headteachers in dealing with pupils found with drugs. 

Extra money has been allocated for training social care staff, following a series of scandals up and down the country in which poor quality of social service provision and supervision has been a factor.Health Minister John Hutton has also announced a new initiative to develop better training for top managers and a new awards scheme. 

Wattie ACA Magazine, (UK), Sep 1998 Vol 102 No 1106Start page: 26. No of pages: 3
Considers the problems arising from the UK Private Finance Initiative (PFI), i.e. partnership between the public and private sectors; and reports that the current government is trying to revive the PFI programme, e.g. by training civil servants in best practice tendering methods. Argues that some projects are definitely unsuitable for PFI (e.g.