An information assault is planned this week to persuade the public to volunteer for public appointment.An important element of the campaign is to persuade people that such appointments aren’t achieved through membership of the right golf club.
Public Service Week is the brainchild of the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA). 

The Government has set out its aspirations for the future of NHS Direct, which goes national this week to cover all of England’s population.Among the plans for its workload are - the handling of category C ambulance calls, working with GPs to pilot NHS Direct centres which offer more detailed assessments, and further integration into the NHS range of out of hours care.