Archives for March 1st, 2000

WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE FOOD SAFETY

Headlines, PublicNet: 1 March, 2000

The local authorities whose job it is to take dirty restaurants to court are being invited by the Cabinet Office to take part in regulation development as well as enforcement.The food safety officers who patrol, inspect and prosecute food outlets are being invited to take a more active role in improving the quality of regulation. They are also being urged to adopt best practice when regulation needs to be enforced.

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REVOLUTION IN CASUALTY CARE

Headlines, PublicNet: 1 March, 2000

The new Accident and Emergency Department at St Thomas’ Hospital in London has more modernisation to offer than the latest facilities.It is one of the first of 182 hospital trusts around the country to have completed modernisation work under a massive Government programme, and it offers an insight into likely content of new guidance expected from the Department of Health shortly on how all such departments should be overhauled.

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SEEING IS BELIEVING

Book News, PublicNet: 1 March, 2000

Audit Commission ReportThe report explains how the new best value inspection service for local government will work and what it will be like to be inspected. The inspection service has been developed following extensive consultation with local government and key stakeholders, and nine months of field trials covering twenty-two authorities. Inspection will provide local agencies and the public they serve with an independent view of the quality of local services, and the likelihood that the services will improve. Inspection will aim to identify opportunities for improvement and motivate and encourage the authority to achieve these. Under best value, authorities are required to carry out reviews of all their services; the first inspections will begin as soon as authorities have completed reviews ready to inspect.

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