Archives for May 12th, 2005

SHARING AND PARTNERSHIP – A FUTURE FOR COUNCIL SERVICES

Abstracts, PublicNet: 12 May, 2005

This programme is now available to view at LocalGov.tv: http://www.egovtv.tv/cd_request/sandp   the online television channel for public service modernisation. It examines the potential to further raise the efficiency and quality of both front-line services and back-office functions through a more collaborative approach between councils. A team of senior local authority members, officers and advisors discuss the potential for delivering joint services and functions and the strategic considerations – policy, investment and risk issues of working together. Alongside the business case, the panellists also review the practical issues of aligning business processes, ICT infrastructure and organisation and working practices to enable joint service delivery.LocalGovTV is a dedicated web-cast television channel for council members and senior executives and is available free to an unlimited audience at anytime, at any location via the internet.

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EXAMINING THE ‘SECRET’ OF COMMUNITY HOSPITALS

Headlines, PublicNet: 12 May, 2005

The Community Hospitals Association has been examining ways in which the ‘secret potential’ of the institutions could be used to greater effect within the wider National Health Service. It took “Community Hospitals – a secret worth sharing” as the theme for a three-day meeting following an editorial that appeared in the British Journal of General Practice in 2001 describing the units as ‘the best-kept secret of the contemporary NHS’.Each of the three days developed an aspect of the ‘secret’ under the headings Front-line staff – a secret asset, Unravelling the secret of changing roles and Close to home – a secret weapon. Key speakers included Dr David Colin-Thome, National Clinical Director for Primary Care at the Department of Health, Lynne Young, Primary Health Care Adviser at the Royal College of Nursing, Chris Howgrave-Graham from the, Modernisation Agency and Trish Jay, Director of Clinical Development at the Herefordshire Primary Care Trust.

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NEW GRANT SHIFTS POWER BALANCE BETWEEN VOLUNTARY AND PUBLIC SECTORS

Headlines, PublicNet: 12 May, 2005

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations has been awarded 370,000 pounds funding by the Big Lottery Fund to expand its advice and advocacy services. The money will strengthen the position of voluntary bodies when they believe that central departments, councils, health bodies and quangos are taking an unfair advantage. Typical cases of unfair treatment include unreasonably delaying funding decisions, failing to consult on policy changes that have a direct impact and threatening to withdraw grants because of criticism of policies.The new funding will support the Compact Advocacy Programme of the NCVO which will now be able to take on for the first time local cases that are in dispute. The Compact is a written understanding between the Government and the voluntary sector, setting out a framework for their relationship. It was signed in 1998 and has cross-party support. The Compact Advocacy Programme was launched to take on the Government over breaches of the Compact on behalf of aggrieved voluntary organisations.

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