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The healthcare quality strategy for Scotland: draft strategy document
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The aim of the Quality Strategy is to make Scotland one of the leading countries in the world in healthcare quality. This draft strategy is available for discussion and feedback until 27 November 2009. It concentrates on three areas: person centeredness, safety of patients, and clinical effectiveness.
Together for health: a five year vision for the NHS Wales
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Government
- Publisher:
- Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
The Welsh Government's vision for the National Health Service (NHS) in Wales is presented in this document, which was developed with the assistance of the NHS, local government and trade unions. It covers the vision for the NHS in 2016, building on recent reforms, and remaining challenges. It sets out planned change and actions for 2011-2016, including how the NHS must manage the change, covering: improving health as well as treating sickness, one system for health, hospitals for the 21st century as part of a well designed integrated network of care, aiming at excellence everywhere, transparency on performance, a new partnership with the public, making every penny count, and staff and leadership.
The Scottish strategy for autism: overview
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This overview document sets out a national 10 year autism strategy that addresses the entire autism spectrum and the whole lifespan of people living with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Scotland. The strategy begins with the vision, and then describes the underpinning values that need to be at the heart of the autism strategy as a whole and at the heart of the behaviour of all those who are responsible for implementing it. A total of 26 recommendations which set out the long term direction and are key to achieving the vision are provided. All the recommendations aim to improve services and access to services for people with ASD. To make sure all the recommendations are addressed a number of goals which are steps along the way are included. The goals are divided into 3 parts: foundation (by 2 years), whole-life journey (by 5 years) and holistic-personalised approaches (by 10 years). This overview comprises the first chapter of the full document which provides a free-standing condensed version of the strategy describing how the autism strategy will address the needs of individuals with ASD and their families over the next 10 years.
The Scottish strategy for autism: easy read
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This easy read document sets out a national 10 year autism strategy that addresses the entire autism spectrum and the whole lifespan of people living with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Scotland. The strategy begins with the vision, and then describes the underpinning values that need to be at the heart of the autism strategy as a whole and at the heart of the behaviour of all those who are responsible for implementing it. A total of 26 recommendations which set out the long term direction and are key to achieving the vision are provided. All the recommendations aim to improve services and access to services for people with ASD. To make sure all the recommendations are addressed a number of goals which are steps along the way are included. The goals are divided into 3 parts: those to be completed in 2 years; those to be completed in 5 years; and those to be completed in 10 years.
The Scottish strategy for autism
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 95p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This document sets out a national 10 year autism strategy that addresses the entire autism spectrum and the whole lifespan of people living with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Scotland. The strategy begins with the vision, and then describes the underpinning values that need to be at the heart of the autism strategy as a whole and at the heart of the behaviour of all those who are responsible for implementing it. A total of 26 recommendations which set out the long term direction and are key to achieving the vision are provided. All the recommendations aim to improve services and access to services for people with ASD. To make sure all the recommendations are addressed a number of goals which are steps along the way are included. The goals are divided into 3 parts: foundation (by 2 years), whole-life journey (by 5 years) and holistic-personalised approaches (by 10 years). This document comprises 2 chapters. The first chapter is a free-standing condensed version of the strategy which describes how the autism strategy will address the needs of individuals with ASD and their families over the next 10 years. Chapter 2 provides more detailed information on the issues contained in the overview, explaining the context behind each of the recommendations and why these are critical to success.
What lies ahead for partnership working? Collaborative contexts and policy tensions
- Author:
- HUDSON Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 15(3), June 2007, pp.29-36.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Partnership working appears to be a key principle of public services reform both in England and Scotland, but there are important contextual differences between the two countries. Whereas the Scottish agenda is relatively consistent, in England there are competing policy imperatives at work that could undermine improved partnering. This article examines the public services reform context in England and Scotland, and suggests that English policy is a complex mixture of networks, market and hierarchy which gives rise to tensions that remain unaddressed.
Whose agenda is it anyway?
- Authors:
- HAM Chris, GLASBY Jon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.02.06, 2006, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors debate how central social care is to the white paper 'Out Health, Our Care, Our Say' and discuss whether it matters that health wins the lion's share of attention in the plans.
Institutional and structural forms of HIV-related discrimination in health care: a study set in Beijing
- Authors:
- YANG Y., et al
- Journal article citation:
- AIDS Care, 17(2), 2005, pp.S129-S140.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper presents key findings of a situational analysis of institutional and structural levels of HIV/AIDS-related discrimination in Beijing, China, with a focus on the area of health care. Initially slow to respond to the presence of HIV, China has altered its approach and enacted strict legislative protection for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). In order to determine whether this has altered discrimination against PLWHA, this study examined existing legislation and policy, and interviewed key informants working in health care and PLWHA. The overall findings revealed that discrimination in its many forms continued to occur in practice despite China's generally strong legislative protection, and it is the actual practice that is hindering PLWHAs' access to health services. A number of legislative and policy gaps that allow discrimination to occur in practice were also identified and discussed. The paper concludes with a call to rectify specific gaps between legislation, policy and practice. An understanding of the underlying factors that drive discrimination will also be necessary for effective strategic interventions to be developed and implemented.
No more one-size fits all
- Author:
- GOLDING Nick
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Chronicle, 20.10.05, 2005, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Emap Business
The author provides a brief overview of the plans for the 'healthcare' white paper, which is scheduled for launch in mid-December. It will build on 'Independence, wellbeing and choice' and will see a greater integration of health and social care roles.