Archives for May 27th, 2009

PROPERTY ASSET MANAGEMENT VITAL PART OF OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY PROGRAMME

Features, PublicNet: 27 May, 2009

Better property asset management has the potential to deliver efficiency savings greater than all the other strands of the Treasury’s Operational Efficiency Programme put together. Publicnet provides an overview of the Programme.

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PEOPLE ASSETS SWEATED IN TOTAL PLACE PROPOSALS OF OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY PROGRAMME

Features, PublicNet: 27 May, 2009

Sweating the people assets is a well tried way of increasing efficiency and the public sector has many examples of how this can be done. The ‘Total Place’ proposals, part of the Treasury’s Operational Efficiency Programme, sets out a blueprint for working smarter and making efficiency savings. The ‘Total Place’ strand of the Operational Efficiency Programme brings together elements of central government and local agencies within a place. Publicnet provides an overview of the Programme.

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OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY PROGRAMME AVOIDS WASTING A CRISIS

Features, PublicNet: 27 May, 2009

Never waste a crisis, but make sure that benefit comes from all the pain and suffering. The Treasury’s Operational Efficiency Programme does just that. The recession, and particularly the government debt, has focused minds on change and created a willingness to see things differently. Public service history shows that without minds that have been opened by events it is very difficult to make change happen.

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COUNCIL PLAYGROUNDS HELPING TO END ‘COTTON WOOL CULTURE’ FOR CHILDREN

Headlines, PublicNet: 27 May, 2009

Council leaders are calling on parents to let their children be children and to shake off what they call ‘the cotton-wool culture’. The plea has come from the Local Government Association which is promising councils will put adventure back into play and which has produced research showing playgrounds moving away from the days of ‘no ball-games allowed’.

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STUDY CALLS FOR PER CAPITA FUNDING FOR NHS PATIENTS

Headlines, PublicNet: 27 May, 2009

New research says the National Health Service is no longer meeting its founding aims and compares poorly with other healthcare systems. The pamphlet suggests a scheme of payments to each patient would give better value for money in difficult economic times.

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LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT SURVEY

Abstracts, PublicNet: 27 May, 2009

The 2009 annual survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development reveals that across all sectors training spend per employee has fallen by almost one third from £300 last year to £220 this year.

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