New advice has been issued to local councils grappling with major constitutional change as a result of the Local Government Act.The act aims to make councils more efficient and accountable by getting rid of endless committee and sub-committee meetings taking a long time to make decisions.
Although these meetings are held in public, in reality the real decisions, especially in areas with strong one party control, are made in party gatherings ahead of these committees. 

Seven companies have been selected from the seventy who expressed interest, to take part in the trial of electronic prescriptions due to be launched in March 2001. 

Wainwright D, Waring TThe International Journal of Public Sector Management, (UK), 2000 Vol 13 No 3. Start page: 241. No of pages: 19
Assesses the progress of information management and technology strategy in the UK National Health Service (NHS) over a period of 10 years.