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Languages : en
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Public Accounts Committee: NHS (Scotland) Summarised Accounts 1996/97. Minutes of Evidence 17 June 1998
Author: National Health Service (Scotland) Summarised Accounts
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public AccountsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780105550051
Category : Medical economics
Languages : en
Pages : 15
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The Stationery Office Annual Catalogue 1998
Author: Stationery OfficePublisher:
ISBN: 9780115006388
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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The Stationery Office Annual Catalogue
Author: Great Britain. Her Majesty's Stationery OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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Journals of the House of Commons
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 952
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Lessons from PFI and other projects
Author: Great Britain: National Audit OfficePublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780102969672
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Lessons from the experience of using PFI can be applied to improve other forms of procurement and help Government achieve its aim of securing annual infrastructure delivery cost savings of £2 billion to £3 billion. To secure the best value for money from all types of procurement, the public sector needs to develop skills the NAO has identified. These are collecting better data to inform decision-making; ensuring projects have the right skills; establishing effective arrangements to test, challenge and, if necessary, stop projects; and using commercial awareness to obtain better deals. The case for using private finance in public procurement needs to be challenged more. Also, privately financed projects will often still be off balance-sheet which may continue to act as an incentive to use PFI. There has not been a systematic value for money evaluation of operational PFI projects by departments. So there is insufficient data to demonstrate whether the use of private finance has led to better or worse value for money than other forms of procurement. The Treasury and departments should identify alternative methods for delivering infrastructure and related facilities services to maximise value for money for government. The NAO welcomes the current plans of the Treasury and Cabinet Office to strengthen project assurance. The report highlights the need for independent challenge capable of stopping projects which do not give the prospect of value for money. This is particularly important as there is still a shortage of the skills needed to manage and oversee complex major projects.
Principles for Best Practice in Clinical Audit
Author: Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing
ISBN: 9781857759761
Category : Medical audit
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Clinical audit is at the heart of clinical governance. Provides the mechanisms for reviewing the quality of everyday care provided to patients with common conditions like asthma or diabetes. Builds on a long history of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals reviewing case notes and seeking ways to serve their patients better. Addresses the quality issues systematically and explicitly, providing reliable information. Can confirm the quality of clinical services and highlight the need for improvement. Provides clear statements of principle about clinical audit in the NHS.
The Influence of the Pharmaceutical Industry
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health CommitteePublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215024572
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Incorporating HC 1030-i to iii.
Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry
Author: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public InquiryPublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780102981476
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
This public inquiry report into serious failings in healthcare that took place at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust builds on the first independent report published in February 2010 (ISBN 9780102964394). It further examines the suffering of patients caused by failures by the Trust: there was a failure to listen to its patients and staff or ensure correction of deficiencies. There was also a failure to tackle the insidious negative culture involving poor standards and a disengagement from managerial and leadership responsibilities. These failures are in part a consequence of allowing a focus on reaching national access targets, achieving financial balance and seeking foundation trust status at the cost of delivering acceptable care standards. Further, the checks and balances that operate within the NHS system should have prevented the serious systemic failure that developed at Mid Staffs. The system failed in its primary duty to protect patients and maintain confidence in the healthcare system. This report identifies numerous warning signs that could and should have alerted the system to problems developing at the Trust. It also sets out 290 recommendations grouped around: (i) putting the patient first; (ii) developing a set of fundamental standards, easily understood and accepted by patients; (iii) providing professionally endorsed and evidence-based means of compliance of standards that are understood and adopted by staff; (iv) ensuring openness, transparency and candour throughout system; (v) policing of these standards by the healthcare regulator; (vi) making all those who provide care for patients , properly accountable; (vii) enhancing recruitment, education, training and support of all key contributors to the provision of healthcare; (viii) developing and sharing ever improving means of measuring and understanding the performance of individual professionals, teams, units and provider organisations for the patients, the public, and other stakeholders.
Violence at Work
Author: Duncan ChappellPublisher: International Labour Organization
ISBN: 9789221179481
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Violence at work, ranging from bullying and mobbing, to threats by psychologically unstable co-workers, sexual harassment and homicide, is increasing worldwide and has reached epidemic levels in some countries. This updated and revised edition looks at the full range of aggressive acts, offers new information on their occurrence and identifies occupations and situations at particular risk. It is organised in three sections: understanding violence at work; responding to violence at work; future action.