Archives for March 20th, 2009

NEW VETTING SCHEME FOR TEACHING AHD HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Headlines, PublicNet: 20 March, 2009

The Government has released details of its revamp of measures to vet adults who have contact with children and vulnerable adults.

Over the next five years the number of largely public service workers who will need CRB checks will rise from six to eleven million.

The checks required for those whose work brings them into contact with children or vulnerable adults are currently conducted by cross-referencing with three different lists of those considered unsuitable. One list is held by the Department of Health, and two by the Department of Children, Schools and Families.

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NICE GETS NEW REMIT

Headlines, PublicNet: 20 March, 2009

The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) is to oversee the incentive scheme which provides extra payments for GPs providing extra or good quality services.

Following a 13-week Department of Health consultation it has been decided that NICE, with its experience of providing independent health advice, will run the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF). The framework contains the clinical indicators that lead to extra payments.

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COMMUNITY PHILOSOPHY – PROMOTING UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN GENERATIONS

Features, PublicNet: 20 March, 2009

By Chris Seeley and Sue Porter.

Communities can bring younger and older people together in ways that may be uncomfortable for both groups. Young people’s behaviour may be labelled ‘nuisance’, while older people’s views may be labelled ‘intolerant’. The authors describe how they developed intergenerational understanding in a neighbourhood, using the principles of ‘Community Philosophy’.

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