Archives for May 9th, 2005

IMPLEMENTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PERFORMANCE INDICATOR

Abstracts, PublicNet: 9 May, 2005

This pamphlet from the Local Government Association sets out guidance on implementing the new Best Value performance indicator. Domestic violence accounts for nearly one fifth of all recorded violent crime and nearly half of all female murder victims are killed by a current or former partner. It costs the taxpayer an estimated 5.7bn pounds every year. The introduction of the performance indicator will bring fresh vigour in town halls and councils will gain new impetus to build on proven techniques to tackle the crime.The pamphlet spells out the details of the new indicator and lists extensive case studies and examples of good practice. It also helps to raise the public profile of the role that councils play, as well as promoting areas of good practice that have already proved to be effective. Councils need to look at the range of services they provide, such as housing, social care and education to tackle the problem.

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VOLUNTARY SECTOR URGED TO JOIN DEBATE ON FUTURE BEFORE DEADLINE

Headlines, PublicNet: 9 May, 2005

Organisations in the voluntary sector are being reminded that time is running out for them to have their say on what issues their umbrella body, the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, should be campaigning on for the next five to ten years. A big consultation exercise ends later this month.The twelve-week consultation will help to determine what NCVO presses for in the future. It has included meetings in all nine English regions and now the Council’s Chief Executive, Stuart Etherington, is urging voluntary organisations of all sizes to tell it what their hopes and fears are for the future.

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GETTING BETTER VALUE FROM THE TIME SPENT AT WORK

Headlines, PublicNet: 9 May, 2005

Securing greater efficiency across public services is a top priority for the new Government. Scepticism about delivery of the promised savings expressed during the election campaign has put the focus firmly on delivery. It is planned to cut the civil service by 90,000 posts and local government is expected to deliver savings of two and half per cent a year which will add up to 6.45 billion pounds by 2007-8. The early efficiency gains will come from procurement savings. Public bodies will join together to lever prices downwards and greater use of e-procurement will bring staff savings.Alongside procurement a major area of saving is improving the productivity of people actually doing their jobs. Reducing the time people spend servicing the organisation and increasing the time they spend on core activities has the potential to produce substantial savings. Ensuring an improvement in productive time is not solely a public service problem, it is an issue in every field of human endeavour, but bureaucracy leaves less time available for core activities. The problem is highlighted by the amount of time police officers have to spend completing paper work in the police station rather then being out on the beat.

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