Policy Statements and Initiatives
DH: Recommendations on how to distribute funding for local authorities to spend on public health have been published by an independent group of experts – the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation (ACRA).
From 2013, public health funding will be ring fenced & protected with LAs taking the lead for improving health. This is intended to drive up local efforts to maintain and improve the public’s health & wellbeing.
From 2013, public health funding will be ring fenced & protected with LAs taking the lead for improving health. This is intended to drive up local efforts to maintain and improve the public’s health & wellbeing.
The Department of Health has committed to ensure that no local authority will lose out under the new grants for 2013-14. So local areas will either receive equivalent funding or be better off under the new funding arrangements. LA public health allocations for 2013-14 should be published by the end of 2012.
CLG: Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles, has announced the allocation of £1m of extra support to help the successful integration of retired Ghurkha soldiers & their families in areas with existing veteran populations.
ScotGov: A scheme that aims to put more fresh, seasonal, local and organic food on the menu, Food for Life, has been awarded almost £775,000 from the Scottish Government.
A major strand of Food for Life Scotland’s work is to support caterers in Scotland to achieve the Soil Association’s Catering Mark. This is a UK-wide certification scheme recognising a caterer’s commitment to serving good, healthy and sustainable food.
A major strand of Food for Life Scotland’s work is to support caterers in Scotland to achieve the Soil Association’s Catering Mark. This is a UK-wide certification scheme recognising a caterer’s commitment to serving good, healthy and sustainable food.
Defra: All businesses listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange will have to report their levels of greenhouse gas emissions from the start of the next financial year under plans announced by the Deputy PM at the Rio+ 20 Summit recently. The UK is the first country to make it compulsory for companies to include emissions data for their entire organisation in their annual reports.
ScotGov: A national delivery plan to ‘maximise the contribution and effectiveness Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) have on the health and social care services’ was launched last week, as moves to integrate health & social care (which will see more people being treated in the community) gather pace.
BIS: Apprenticeships to train people to become commercial airline pilots, lawyers, accountants & engineers were announced last week. Higher Apprenticeships enable the Government to drive economic growth by targeting specific sectors where advanced skills gaps have been identified. They also allow people to pursue degree level study while getting paid, widening access routes and helping to widen participation.
The second round of the £25m Higher Apprenticeship Fund will support the development of 4,230 new Higher Apprenticeships in sectors including aviation, low carbon engineering, legal services & space engineering.
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