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Guidance Notes and Best Practice Guides
ScotGov: Promoting responsible drinking and ensuring young people are not targeted will be at the heart of sponsorship by drinks firms under new guidelines. The guidelines have been drawn up by the Scottish Government and Alcohol Industry Partnership, which brings together representatives from government and the major drinks firms.
Alcohol misuse is estimated to cost Scotland at least £2.25bn every year. According to the most recent survey on adolescent drinking habits in Scotland, over a third of 15-year-old girls & boys drank alcohol in the previous week, often consuming above weekly adult sensible drinking guidelines.
Press release ~ Alcohol Sponsorship Guidelines ~ Related documents ~
ScotGov: The first ever Code of Practice for Treasure Trove in Scotland is designed to ensure everyone involved with found objects of archaeological, historical or cultural significance understands the procedures which enable them to be claimed on behalf of the public.
However, the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer (QLTR) recognises the contribution of members of the public who make chance finds and will, in most cases, make an ex-gratia payment to the finder.
OFGEM: Energy regulator Ofgem has published the final set of revised guidelines on how suppliers should market green electricity tariffs to make it clear to customers whether these tariffs are truly ‘green’. The guidelines will form the basis for an independent accreditation scheme for green tariffs, which will (hopefully) help to reduce customer confusion and rebuild their trust.
Under the accreditation scheme, a tariff will only be regarded as green if it brings additional environmental benefits beyond the suppliers’ existing Government environmental obligations.
Press release ~ Going green with your electricity use ~ Final green supply guidelines proposals - open letter ~ The green supply guidelines: Updated proposals - (Reference Number: 97/08)
DH: New guidance that will support the NHS to collect patient feedback on the success of their operations has been published by the Department of Health. Lord Darzi first set out proposals for the routine collection of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in his report High Quality Care for All in June 2008.
From April 2009, all licensed providers of hip replacements, knee replacements, groin hernia surgery and varicose vein surgery will be expected to invite patients undergoing one of these procedures to complete a pre-operative PROMs questionnaire. A contractor will then be responsible for collecting the pre-operative data and administering post-operative questionnaires.
