Mike O’Brien, Home Office Minister, has challenged fire services to modernise and do better. It costs 20 pounds per head to provide fire cover in Hampshire, but up to 25 per cent more in some other areas. There are also wide variations in performance between different fire services. The Audit Commission found that there were no consistent links between spending and improved services.
Janie Percy-Smith
Need is increasingly used as the basis for the provision of a range of public services. This timely book examines ways in which needs are assessed in relation to these services. It examines the theory and practice of needs assessment and present a series of policy specific case studies where needs assessments are being used, including: health, housing, community care, legal aid and training.