ALTERNATIVE THERAPY –STRENGTHENING NHS FINANCIAL RESILIANCE
NHS bodies are facing increased pressure to find savings, alongside other political, quality, technological and demographical developments. The demand for higher care quality in the light of the Francis and Keogh reports, present a significant challenge in the context of the £30 billion funding gap and the most significant NHS reorganisation since its inception.
Julian Birkinshaw explores why good management is so difficult. Between the stress of deadlines and the demands of today’s business environment, it’s easy for managers to lose sight of the importance of people management. Becoming a Better Boss not only shows managers how to lead effectively, but why doing so is vitally important to every organisation’s success.
Great care must be taken on behalf of those who have challenges in reaching a functioning level within universal credit. Unnecessary and unmanageable debt would severely undermine the important principle behind this welfare change. This warning comes from the Centre for Social Justice.
Read more on UNIVERSAL CREDIT CLAIMANTS RISK GETTING INTO DEBT WARNS THINK TANK…
As energy bills continue to rise, upfront investment is insulations produces bigger dividends. This article outlines an effective approach to insulation which reduced the cost of energy by a quarter.
As part of a trial into solid wall insulation by the Energy Saving Trust, Saint-Gobain Isover installed its newly launched Optima Internal Wall Insulation (IWI) system into a three bedroom family home in Bolton, Greater Manchester.
Read more on BETTER INSULATION CUTS ENERGY BILLS BY A QUARTER…
The National Audit Office has called for a re-think of the way public bodies procure goods and service in the light of high profile failures in contract management.
The NAO has published two reports highlighting the weaknesses of current public sector procurement arrangements. There is a lack of transparency and a need for better public scrutiny of contracts. There is also a crisis in public confidence in public service procurement following several high-profile allegations of poor performance, irregularities and misreporting over the past few months. These raise concerns about whether all contractors know what is going on in their business and are behaving appropriately; and how well the government manages contracts.
Read more on WATCHDOG CALLS FOR RE-THINK OF PROCURMENT GROUND RULES…
Colin Reid, CEO of the market leader in mobile working solutions for local government TotalMobile, outlines an approach to make mobile truly deliver in the public sector
Saving money and improving service levels is Job Number One on the agenda of the British public sector, three years into an austerity programme unparalleled since World War II. But as service providers strive to simultaneously meet government targets, they are often thwarted in their efforts by the mechanics needed to deliver improvements. How could technology help?
A website has been launched to compare adult social care services as the momentum grows for integrating health and care services. The aim of the website is to make services more transparent, but as yet there is no data to make any comparisons.
Read more on INTEGRATED SOCIAL CARE BECOMES SLIGHTLY MORE TRANSPARENT…
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