Annual Reports
MoJ: UK multi-agency teams that manage serious offenders in the community under Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangement (MAPPA) are ‘being seen as beacons of best practice in public protection’ by countries around the world according to the 8th MAPPA annual report.
MAPPA teams in England & Wales were put in place 8 years ago to provide more robust management systems for those offenders who live in our communities through the sharing of information & expertise. The teams (comprising police, prison, probation and other relevant agencies) ensure joint working & enhanced communication to effectively manage risk to the public.
Press release ~ MAPPA reports ~ National Statistics for Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements Annual Reports 2008/09 ~ Integrated offender management ~ MoJ – MAPPA ~ Panorama: Re-offending rates under-reported ~ Recent related Panorama programme (Click on; Freed to offend again)
ScotGov: Fewer than one in 60 of Scotland's registered sex offenders re-offended in 2008-09, according to figures published recently. This is the second year that each of Scotland's Community Justice Authority (CJA) areas have published detailed reports on how the responsible authorities in their areas are managing sex offenders in the community.
The Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPAs) came into force in April 2007, ensuring the police, the Scottish Prison Service & local authorities (working with other agencies where required) jointly assess, share information about and manage certain offenders in the community.
Press release ~ MAPPA Report - South West Scotland ~ MAPPA Report - Fife and Forth Valley ~ MAPPA Report - Glasgow ~ MAPPA Report - Lanarkshire ~ MAPPA Report - North Strathclyde ~ MAPPA Report - Northern ~ MAPPA Report - Lothian and Borders ~ MAPPA Report - Tayside
CQC: The NHS may be at risk of failing to prevent harm to patients from medicines unless it improves sharing of vital information when people move between services, claims the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in the findings from its study of how well patients’ medication is managed after leaving hospital.
There are risks to the safety of patients when they are prescribed medicines, particularly after leaving hospital. Incidents involving medication, such as prescribing errors & failures to review medication after discharge, were the fourth most commonly reported to the National Patient Safety Agency during 2008. One study estimates around 4% of all hospital admissions are due to preventable medicine-related issues.
From April 2010, all trusts will be required by law to register with CQC and must meet a new set of standards. Effective management of medicines will be a requirement of registration and CQC will take action where trusts fall short of meeting this.
ScotGov: Scotland's Chief Statistician has published Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) 2008-09: First Findings, presenting statistics on adults' perceptions & experiences of crime in Scotland. The SCJS provides a complementary measure of crime to police-recorded crime statistics. This is the first report of the survey since 2006 following a major redesign.
The SCJS is the data source for two National Indicators for the Scotland's National Performance Framework - crime victimisation rate and public perception of general crime rate in local area. The report does not include in-depth analysis and it is intended that further research will be undertaken on a number of topics including civil justice and sub-national analysis.
Press release ~ Justice Secretary’s comments ~ Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) 2008-09: First Findings ~ Police-recorded crime statistics ~ Crime victimisation rate ~ Public perception of general crime rate in local area ~ British Crime Survey 2008/09
BIS: Students & universities have been invited to get online and be heard by the National Student Forum, which has launched its most interactive report on higher education in England. The second annual report calls for students to be seen as equal partners in their education from start to finish, working flexibly, together with tutors, to find the way of learning that suits them best.
Amongst its recommendations, the group particularly looked at the flexibility of universities in the courses they offer and how students can combine qualifications gained in one institution with those gained in another.
Maeve Sherlock, Chair of the National Student Forum, also specifically urged senior staff & local student unions to use the Forum’s report as a starting point to ‘work together to help tailor the learning opportunities and support services provided to students and learn from the examples of good practice already identified’.
Press release ~ 2009 National Student Forum ~ Student Listening Programme ~ National Union of Students ~ National Postgraduate Committee ~ Mature Students Union ~ Open University Students' Association ~ Skill: the national bureau for students with disabilities
ScotGov: Scotland's Chief Statistician has published the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 2009, which is one of Scottish Government's key analytical outputs - providing a measure of the extent to which multiple deprivation is concentrated in particular areas. It has been an important policy tool for many years. The Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics system means it is now possible to update the index much more frequently than the decennial Census, the previous source, allowed.
SIMD 2009 divides Scotland up into 6,505 small geographical areas (called 'datazones'), with a median population size of 767. These are ranked from 1 (most deprived) to 6,505 (least deprived) using 38 indicators of deprivation across seven categories or 'domains' - Income, Employment, Health, Education, Geographic Access to Services, Housing and Crime.
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