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This research expands upon historic output by exploring key developments and the impact of events during the coalition government’s tenure. Chief Constables and Senior Police Officers from a selection of Police Authorities were joined recently by senior representatives of Research in Motion (Blackberry), Facebook and Twitter to respond to the Commons Home Affairs Committee. ositive [...]
The Department of Health has until recently been focusing on speed of response as a measure of performance of the ambulance service, rather than on clinical outcomes. The service achieves high levels of public satisfaction but there are wide variations in ambulance trusts’ efficiency. The system has not delivered the best value for money to [...]
Summary [Download full report below this summary] ‘Improving value for money in adult social care’ is the first in a series of briefings that will look at value for money in health and social care. This briefing finds that, as demographic change and financial pressures combine to create tough times for adult social care, councils [...]
Some headlines from the survey: 64% believe their council needs to increase its use of open source software (27% agreeing strongly) Around half say their council will increase its open source use by 2011 370 local government open source deployments identified Software licensing costs represent 30-40% of some councils IT budgets Why do councils go [...]
A Survey of Opinions in Local Government and Other Public Sector Organisations With the current economic downturn placing public finances under significant pressure, local authorities need to prepare for a more challenging future. In a climate of increasing budget constraints, councils are now facing inescapable demands to develop new and innovative ways to transform services, [...]
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