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Information Economics - The Intersection of Value, Risk and Cost IInformation Economics is managing and leveraging information created and received by an organisation with a view to the bottom line. However, not every aspect of Information Economics can be transparently assessed in terms of cost or savings. Information risk might seem difficult to quantify economically, but avoiding information catastrophe must be a top priority as the consequences can be so severe. This latest chapter of a 5-Part Information eBook examines the individual threats and explains how to plan a strategy to avoid disaster and get a positive Return on Information. Simply click here to find out more and download your free copy. |
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NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens has recently announced radical new options for the future of local hospitals across the NHS. The new models being developed by 13 new hospital Vanguards represent the next stage of implementing the NHS Five Year Forward View. Acute Care Collaboration Vanguards are designed to spread excellence in hospital services & management across multiple geographies. By contrast, the 37 vanguards already launched mostly focus on integrating care between GPs, social & community care, mental health and hospital services within their local area. |
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NHS England: Millions of patients to benefit from radical new hospital collaboration drive |
| Without them Social Care and the NHS would collapse |
| NHS England recently published an End of Year Progress Summary reviewing progress made on 37 commitments made to carers in May 2014. The Commitments to Carers were based on what carers said was important to them. A good start has been made with 32 commitments completed and others continuing to be monitored. But more work needs to be done on the Five Year Forward View commitment to finding new ways to support carers. |
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NHS England: Change is happening for carers ‘Care on the cheap’ risks failing both carers & clients Pensions Minister: too many carers missing out on NI credits LGA - Give unpaid carers council tax reductions to support the care system – councils |
| Slavery is not something that ended 250 years ago |
| The PM celebrates the “unique and valuable celebration of the African-Caribbean community” for Black History Month (October 2015). |
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10DS: Black History Month 2015: David Cameron's message Slavery will always exist as long as 1 person can control another by ‘force’ Desperation of young female Syrian refugees FCO hosts event to celebrate BHM The role of West Indian soldiers during the First World War We Were There: Black History Month True scale of modern slavery in UK revealed as strategy to tackle it published Short film shows the full extent of slavery in the UK Database of British slave ownership available online Listing of 18 historic buildings amended to highlight their links to the abolition of slavery Listing of 25 historic buildings with links to slavery and its abolition |
| It would be a ‘Big Vote Loser’ to do anything else |
| Following VW’s admission of using ‘defeat devices’ in diesel cars, the government has announced that UK taxpayers will not incur higher Vehicle Excise Duty if their existing vehicles are found to be fitted with illegal software that manipulates emissions tests. The government has also announced it will look at whether the illegal software used by VW is being used elsewhere. |
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Government confirms consumers who bought vehicles in good faith will not incur additional tax costs |
| No such thing as a free lunch |
| If you’re among the many who make use of free Wi-Fi services in our shops, hotels, train stations and airports, you may have noticed how different the sign-up process can be – ranging from just a simple click, to completing a lengthy form before you get online. With so many organisations responsible for public Wi-Fi and the widely differing requests for personal information the ICO has decided to take a look at some of the Wi-Fi networks available on the UK high street. |
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| Charities only function properly with adequate funding |
| The Cabinet Office has launched its Small Charities Fundraising Training Programme. Worth £100,000, it is seeking to appoint between 1 & 3 training providers to help charities to fundraise more effectively. The Programme will provide expert training to small charities with an annual income of up to £1m. |
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| Cabinet Office: Small Charities Fundraising Training Programme launched |
| Deadline ‘resuscitated’ and moved back |
| The deadline for people to make a claim if they believe their ongoing care should have been funded by the Welsh NHS is being extended, the Welsh Government has announced. |
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| WAG: Extended deadline for people to claim for continuing healthcare funding |
| Do we want to reduce traffic in cities or not? |
| Bus funding needs a total overhaul in the Spending Review to protect under-threat services for the elderly, disabled & commuters, councils say. In a major report, the Local Government Association, which represents more than 370 councils in England & Wales, calls for a package of funding reforms & less red tape, allowing councils to do more to support bus services. |
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| LGA: Bus funding needs a ‘total overhaul' in Spending Review, councils say |
| A ‘sacrifice’ that must not be forgotten |
| The public can now apply for tickets to attend Somme centenary commemorations in Thiepval, in France, next year. The ballot will be open until 18 November, the day the battle ended in 1916. |
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DCMS: Public ballot for Somme commemorations opens The Battle of the Somme - Imperial War Museum CLG: First World War heroes commemorated as Britain remembers Battle of Loos Unite: Scandal of war graves’ staff facing £6,000-a-year pensions’ loss |
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| Public Health England has announced legislative changes that will potentially have a significant impact on homeless services and their ability to respond to opiate overdoses. This could not be more timely in a wider context that has seen heroin & morphine deaths rise in the UK by two-thirds in the past 2 years. |
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| Homeless Link: Lifesaving legislation for a faster response to opiate overdoses |
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