Guidance Notes and Best Practice Guides
CEL: The Centre for Excellence in Leadership (CEL) has published ‘Recruiting and supporting student governors in further education and sixth-form colleges: A guide to effective practice (2008)’, which aims to help in the attraction, selection, support & retention of student governors.
The guide is divided into clearly identifiable sections, with key hints & tips and illustrated by short case studies.
Press release ~
NSG: The new National School of Government Portfolio for 2008-9, which carries details of the organisation’s learning & development provision, paints a picture of the diverse & complex challenges facing government and the evolution of a dynamic and increasingly plural response, according to Principal & Chief Executive Robin Ryde.
The Portfolio, which is mailed direct to government HR specialists and managers, carries details of 400 training programmes and related events, organised under themes that relate directly to Professional Skills for Government and the Civil Service Leadership Framework. The Portfolio also sees a shift in educational philosophy towards action-orientated approaches.
Press release ~ National School of Government ~ Core Skills ~ Corporate Services ~ Operations ~ Personal and Career Development ~ Policy and Government ~ Strategic Leadership ~ Professional Skills for Government ~ Civil Service Leadership Strategy and Framework
NICE: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the National Collaborating Centre for Acute Care have issued a guideline on the care & treatment of people with osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is the commonest type of arthritis, causing major problems with joint pain, loss of performing daily activities and poor quality of life. One or more joints may be involved, especially knees, hips and hands.
These new national standards outline core lifestyle changes that should be encouraged to help ease pain and symptoms as well as effective pharmaceutical treatments. The guidelines also call for healthcare professionals to provide verbal & written information to all people with osteoarthritis to enhance understanding of the condition and its management and to counter misconceptions, such as that it cannot be treated.
Press release ~ The care and management of osteoarthritis in adults ~ National Collaborating Centre for Acute Care ~ arc: Osteoarthritis ~ Arthritis Care : Osteoarthritis ~ JOINT Osteoarthritis Education Programme
CLG: Social landlords are to be given the opportunity to play a greater role in helping clampdown on crime and anti-social behaviour with the publication of guidance for housing associations on improving engagement with Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs), to assist landlords in tackling problems that can blight housing estates, including drinking in public, youth gangs, truancy and drug taking.
This guidance is aimed at CDRPs and Registered Social Landlords in England. It focuses on the change in status of RSLs within the membership structure of CDRPs in England, which took place on 31 July 2007 and was designed to help create better engagement and co-operation between RSLs and partnerships.
Press release ~ Registered Social Landlords and Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships: Improving Engagement ~ Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) ~ Registered Social Landlords ~
NICE: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued advice on the best way to encourage people to give up smoking. The guidance is aimed at all professionals who have a direct or indirect role in helping people to quit smoking including PCTs, local authorities and community and voluntary sectors.
Smoking is estimated to cost the NHS £1.5bn a year and remains the main cause of preventable morbidity and premature death in England. It is also the primary reason for the gap in healthy life expectancy between rich and poor. No Smoking Day is on 12 March 2008 - Last year, 1.1 million smokers made a quit attempt on No Smoking Day.
Press release ~ Smoking cessation services in primary care, pharmacies, local authorities and workplaces, particularly for manual working groups, pregnant women and hard to reach communities ~ Smoking Cessation Public Health Development Group ~ The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation ~ No Smoking Day 2008 ~ DH - Tobacco ~ Stop smoking start living
NICE: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the National Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Supportive Care have issued a guideline on the diagnosis, care and treatment of people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). It is characterised by abdominal discomfort, bloating and changes in bowel habit (diarrhoea, constipation or both) and affects up to 1 in 10 people at some time in their lives. Symptoms often become noticeable between the ages of 20 and 30.
The guideline provides healthcare professionals with a clear set of symptoms that need to be present to positively diagnose the condition and sets out the support, treatment & advice people with IBS should be offered. It is hoped that it will encourage more people living with IBS symptoms to approach their doctor.
Press release ~ Irritable bowel syndrome in adults: diagnosis and management of irritable bowel syndrome in primary care ~ National Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Supportive Care ~ The Gut Trust ~ Irritable bowel syndrome Introduction - NHS Direct ~ Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Research Appeal
NICE: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued a new guideline on best practice for the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. Around 35,000 men are diagnosed with and 10,000 men die from prostate cancer in England and Wales every year, making it one of the most common cancers in men – See ‘In the News’ section for more details.
C-NLIS: The Council for the NationalLand Information Service (C-NLIS) has launched a free consumer guide to property searches, aimed at home buyers and sellers across England and Wales. Entitled ‘Property Searches - Your Guide to the Facts’ the guide offers practical advice & guidance on the different search options available, how to choose a search provider and gives a clear explanation on the latest home information pack (HIP) requirements.
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