Guidance Notes and Best Practice Guides

NAO: Public bodies will be able to achieve greater value for money from their use of consultants, as the National Audit Office has recently launched an online assessment tool. Based on a report by the National Audit Office, the Public Accounts Committee said earlier this month that over £500 million in efficiency gains are possible across the public sector.
 
The NAO’s toolkit is based on the approach it used in its December 2006 report and assessors answer a series of questions about the use of consultants in an online form and the interactive toolkit then:
- responds with an analysis of areas of weakness
- provides guidance on how to improve value for money and
- illustrates what good practice can look like through case studies
Press release ~ NAO: Consultancy Assessment Toolkit ~ NAO: Efficiency mini-website ~ Public Accounts Committee: Central Government’s use of consultants ~ NAO: Central Government’s use of consultants ~ Building client and consultant commitment ~ Market Analysis ~ Methodology ~ Catalist: Interim Management Services
 
Scottish Executive: A guide for the emergency evacuation of disabled people from buildings has been launched by the Scottish Executive with the support of the Disability Rights Commission. It provides practical advice on pre-planning for the evacuation of disabled persons in the event of fire and highlights the types of issues that employers and others with fire safety responsibilities should consider in their plans
 
A series of sector specific guides for those with responsibilities under Part 3 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006 are being published on a rolling basis.  A fourth guide on educational and child day care premises has now joined those relating to care homes, offices and shops, and factories and storage premises.
Press release ~ Evacuation guidance ~ Educational and child day care premises guidance ~ Firelaw website ~ DRC Scotland ~ Scottish Executive – Fire ~ Fire safety guidance booklet
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