MORE MONEY FOR MOBILE ICT FOR CHILDREN’S SOCIAL WORKERS

Social services staff working with children are to get improved access to mobile Information and Communication Technology to help them adapt to new ways of working and to keep in step with technological developments. A total of 13 million pounds is to be allocated to local authorities.

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HOSPITAL INFORMATION DELAYS ‘PUTTING PATIENT SAFETY AT RISK’

The safety of some NHS patients is being put at risk because of delays by hospitals in sending essential information to GPs when those patients are discharged, according to a survey published today by the NHS Alliance. More than a third of doctors it questioned said the delays affected patient safety and almost 60 per cent said the clinical care of patients had been compromised.

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By Mike RacoThis book uses historical and contemporary materials to document the ways in which policy-makers have sought to use state powers and regulations to create better, more balanced, and sustainable communities and citizens. It charts the changes that have taken place in community-building policy frameworks, place imaginations, and core spatial policy initiatives in the UK since 1945.

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