Green T B, Knippen J TShows how essential it is to the success of both public and private organizations, for employees to get their ideas up the ladder and into the hands of the decision makers. Outlines more than 40 specific upward communication needs and offers a structure that ensures the movement of ideas upward actually takes place. Provides concrete advice for executives, managers and employees alike, and is especially important for human-resource specialists
Published by Quorum Books. 

The NHS Plan, published last month, aims to break down the old divisions between health and social services so that patients receive a seamless service tailored to their particular need. The Plan has been followed by the announcement that a 63 million pound budget is being made available for joint use by health and social services in the coming winter to bridge the gap between hospital and home and speed up patients’ discharge from hospital. 

The approach of tackling re-offending on both sides of the prison gate has had limited success and renewed effort is now being applied to the process. The overlap in the work of the Prison and Probation services has not been exploited as it might have been because the two services have quite different cultures and diverse priorities.