Two new reports have set out proposals to improve the regulation and governance of healthcare professionals.

The ‘Tackling Concerns Nationally’ (TCN) and ‘Tackling Concerns Locally’ (TCL) reports are part of wider Government reforms to raise standards and ensure patient safety. They are the result of an eighteen month project by working groups set up to work on changes announced in the White Paper – Trust, Assurance, Safety: the Regulation of Health Professionals in the 21st Century.

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A campaign is being launched to make greater personalisation of public services a necessity rather than an optional extra.

The New Local Government Network (NLGN), a think tank set up by senior local government figures to re-energise the sector, is publishing ‘People Power How Can We Personalise Public Services?’ today (Monday). The report explores the developing relationship between the state and the individual, with more and more services moving to empower citizens.

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This programme is now available to view on egovtv.tv, the online television channel for public service modernisation. It describes how Portsmouth Grammar School and the Kings’ School in Winchester are harnessing the creative and entrepreneurial skills of their students and making huge savings on the cost of large-scale printing with an Eduprint and HP Designjet solution.

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