New research is to study links between the way National Health Service staff are managed and the quality of care given to patients. The quarter of a million pound project, “Improving Health Through HRM” is an initiative commissioned jointly by the Department of Health, the Association of Healthcare Human Resources Management and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development.The objective of the research is to increase understanding of how human resources practices influence the quality of healthcare. It will undertake new case studies in the health service as well as reviewing existing research findings.

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Britain’s 49,000 children with severe disabilities are receiving inadequate care from social services departments it is claimed in a report published today. It shows that almost half of parents with disabled children get no support at all from outside the family.The report “People Not Budgets: valuing disabled children”, has been produced for the Centre for Policy Studies by Florence Heath and Richard Smith who say the crisis in care will get worse as disabled children live longer as a result of medical advances.

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By James Lennon. Public Sector organisations are increasingly taking the lead from big business to manage themselves more efficiently and cost-effectively. Market analysis is among these imports and a range of market analysis tools are being used to help public bodies find out about the needs of the people they serve. Avon and Somerset Police use them to target resources and Kent and Medway councils are analyzing community needs with them.