Archives for September 27th, 2007

THE AUDIT OF PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

Abstracts, PublicNet: 27 September, 2007

Abstracts: September 27th, 2007

This report from the Institute for Public Policy Research North analyses investments and outputs in the North East of England over the last decade. It shows that while public investment has resulted in improvements in the region, stark variations sub-regionally are preventing the North East from improving its regional standing relative to other regions.

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CALL FOR A BETTER DEAL FOR OLDER PEOPLE

Headlines, PublicNet: 27 September, 2007

Responses to the needs of older people are being affected by cuts in adult care budgets of councils and by the NHS giving them a lower priority. Age Concern, the charity that supports older people, has launched a campaign to reverse this trend and to get the issue on the Government’s agenda in advance of next month’s comprehensive spending review. The charity wants to see renewed efforts by the Government to tackle poverty and social exclusion.

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RESPONSIBILITY AT WORK: HOW LEADING PROFESSIONALS ACT RESPONSIBLY

Book News, PublicNet: 27 September, 2007

Howard Gardner (Editor)The essays in the book result from a large scale research project, the GoodWorkR Project. The book reflects the information gleaned from in-depth interviews with more than 1,200 people from nine different professions. It reveals how motivation, culture, and professional norms can intersect to produce work that is personally, socially, and economically beneficial. At the heart of the study is the revelation that the key to good work is responsibility-taking ownership for one’s work and its wider impact.

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CALL FOR A BETTER DEAL FOR OLDER PEOPLE

Headlines, PublicNet: 27 September, 2007

Responses to the needs of older people are being affected by cuts in adult care budgets of councils and by the NHS giving them a lower priority. Age Concern, the charity that supports older people, has launched a campaign to reverse this trend and to get the issue on the Government’s agenda in advance of next month’s comprehensive spending review. The charity wants to see renewed efforts by the Government to tackle poverty and social exclusion.

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THREATENED BY PRIVATE SECTOR DRIFT

Headlines, PublicNet: 27 September, 2007

There is a growing skills gap and labour shortage threatening the delivery of sustainable communities and the public sector is finding increasing difficulty in competing with the private sector. A study commissioned by the Academy for Sustainable Communities ‘Mind the Gap’ has identified a lack of skills in the existing workforce and difficulties in recruiting sufficient people to meet future demand.

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