The guide to modernising clinical and managerial practice in the NHS explains
how changes are designed to transform patient services. It distils into a set of
10 key principles the work the NHS Improvement Agency has done with hundreds of
frontline organisations and thousands of NHS staff over nearly four years. These
cover areas of critical importance in service delivery such as the role of day
surgery, the management of admissions and discharges, support for patients with
long term conditions and the reduction of queues and bottlenecks. Each principle
is backed by practical examples, and supported by resources and contacts to help
support local implementation.

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Local councils have joined the Health and Safety Executive to issue a joint Statement of Intent setting out their commitment to improving how they work together to improve health and safety at work. The HSE issued the statement with Local Authorities’ Coordinators of Regulatory Services and said developing an effective partnership with local government in enforcing health and safety was one of the strategic themes of the its Strategy for Workplace Health and Safety in Great Britain to 2010 and beyond.

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Local council leaders, town planners and housing specialists have made a joint call for new Regional Assemblies to maintain separate boards for planning and housing – at least for the time being – to ensure there is a strong voice for housing at a regional level. The call is contained in a new report, “Intelligent approaches to housing – achieving better integration in planning for housing” from the Chartered Institute of Housing, the Local Government Association and the Royal Town Planning Institute.

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