Standards are under scrutiny in both private and publicly provided
residential and nursing homes.

Health Minister John Hutton has launched a consultation paper entitled ‘Fit
for the Future?’ containing draft rules which could set minimum standards
for care.

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School Standards Minister Estelle Morris today promised that nearly one in
four secondary schools will have specialist status by 2003.

Four hundred out of 25,000 secondary schools have so far gone for specialist
status. They have strong partnerships with businesses and other local
schools – they have also improved their performance at twice the rate of the
average comprehensive.

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Douglas Hague

An analysis of how institutions can transform their cultures and avoid
stagnation. It sets out a series of proposals for introducing greater
dynamism and learning capacity into schools, universities, the civil
service and companies. Sir Douglas Hague is an associate fellow at
Templeton College. He has also contributed to Demos Quarterly and Life
after politics

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