Annual Reports
ScotGov: The Long-Term Monitoring of Health Inequalities (October 2010) report was published last week by the Scottish Government.
Minister for Public Health and Sport Shona Robison said: "This report shows that health inequalities are a significant challenge in Scotland, with the poorest in our society dying earlier and experiencing higher rates of disease. This is a long term problem, it cannot be solved overnight and it will take generations to see a change but we are committed to tackling this”.
Minister for Public Health and Sport Shona Robison said: "This report shows that health inequalities are a significant challenge in Scotland, with the poorest in our society dying earlier and experiencing higher rates of disease. This is a long term problem, it cannot be solved overnight and it will take generations to see a change but we are committed to tackling this”.
Press release ~ Long-term Monitoring of Health Inequalities - Headline Indicators - October 2010 ~ Equally Well, the Early Years Framework ~ Achieving Our Potential
HMIC: Police authorities have a crucial role to play over the next 18 months, but few are well prepared, a report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary found. Their responsibilities have grown since the 1970s to more than 150 separate duties, powers & discretions within 57 pieces of legislation.
They will be responsible for setting spending priorities over the next 18 months and the choices they make now will have an impact on policing long after the introduction of their replacement - elected Police & Crime Commissioners. However, the report Police Governance in Austerity, found that few authorities are well positioned or prepared to provide proper direction and ensure value for money.
CfPA: Dame Janet Gaymer, the independent Commissioner for Public Appointments last week published her annual report for 2009-10. The report contains a range of statistics on 2,239 appointments & reappointments made to the public bodies regulated by the Commissioner, the lowest number since 2001-2.
CQC: The Care Quality Commission has highlighted areas of poor practice in mental health services for patients who are subject to the Mental Health Act and pledged to use its regulatory powers to lever improvement.
Publishing its first annual report on the use of the Act, CQC said its findings raised important concerns about how some care providers, in both the NHS & private sector, were adhering to the principles of the Act and its Code of Practice. The commission identified 3 priority areas where services needed to do much better.
Publishing its first annual report on the use of the Act, CQC said its findings raised important concerns about how some care providers, in both the NHS & private sector, were adhering to the principles of the Act and its Code of Practice. The commission identified 3 priority areas where services needed to do much better.
JRF: Wales’ flagship regeneration programme, Communities First, needs to work better with other regeneration initiatives to meet the wider outcomes needed to improve the conditions of people living in the most deprived neighbourhoods in Wales, according to a new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
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