Annual Reports
PC&PE: The Commons Health Committee published reports recently on their annual accountability hearings with the General Medical Council (GMC) and Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).
DfE: National, regional & local authority figures for the Key Stage 2 tests taken by thousands of pupils at the end of primary school have been published. In all subjects – English, reading, writing and maths – the percentage of 11-year-olds reaching the expected level (Level 4) or above is up.
But the statistics show that:
* 1 in 3 pupils fail to achieve the expected level in the three Rs combined (reading, writing & mathematics)
* 1 in 10 boys leave primary school with the reading age of a 7-year-old and one in 14 boys leave with the writing age of a 7-year-old
* the proportion of children achieving above the expected level has fallen in both reading & writing.
Monitor: NHS foundation trusts have identified the key challenges they will need to meet in a new report published by Monitor, the independent regulator. In the Review of NHS Foundation Trust Annual Plans 2011/12, Monitor highlights the key issues & trends that it has identified in the plans submitted by individual foundation trusts.
CQC: The Care Quality Commission has published its 4th annual report on the safer management of controlled drugs regulations. The report finds that there has been progress, with many instances of good innovative practice in the management of & sharing of concerns of controlled drugs.
