scholarly journals Comments to the Social Services Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Government's White Paper Working for Patients and the accompanying Working Papers

1989 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 254-256
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
White Paper ◽  
House Of Commons ◽  
Select Committee ◽  
The Social

The Social Services Committee: a forum for policy review and policy reform

1983 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaqi Nixon ◽  
Nigel Nixon
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Policy Reform ◽  
House Of Commons ◽  
Select Committee ◽  
Policy Review ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

AbstractIn 1979 the House of Commons Select Committee system was reformed with a view to strengthening the powers of the Legislature over the Executive. The Social Services Committee is one of fourteen new Select Committees and has the responsibility to scrutinize the performance of the DHSS, to evaluate policies which are relevant to the Department and to publish the results of its investigatory enquiries. Thus, by reviewing policies and by making recommendations for reform, the Social Services Committee has the potential to play a significant role in the development of existing policies as well as in determining the shape of future ones. This article begins by providing a brief account of the reformed Select Committee structure in order to set in context the functions and performance of the Social Services Committee. It then examines the role and contributions of members, the chairman and the specialist advisers before proceeding to look at some of the Committee's activities. The article concludes by considering the impact of the Social Services Committee upon current DHSS policies and assessing its contribution to the wider policy making environment.

scholarly journals Establishing a District Psychiatric Service without Psychiatric Trainees

1986 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 338-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. G. Kingdon ◽  
T. K. Szulecka
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Early Development ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
Psychiatric Service ◽  
District General Hospital ◽  
Short Report ◽  
House Of Commons ◽  
The Social

The Report of the Social Services Committee of the House of Commons in 1981 (the ‘Short Report’) recommended the establishment of consultant posts without the support of trainee medical staff as part of a strategy to correct the situation where too many doctors occupied training posts for the number of consultant posts available.1 The Royal College of Psychiatrists has endorsed this policy,2 and the withdrawal of approval for training from an increasing number of hospitals around the country is leading rapidly to a situation where a large number of them need to look at alternative arrangements for providing medical cover. We would like to report the establishment and early development of such an arrangement based in a district general hospital.

College of Occupational Therapists: Social Services Committee Inquiry: Community Care with Special Reference to the Adult Mentally Ill and Mentally Handicapped

1984 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 376-378
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
House Of Commons ◽  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
The Social ◽  
Special Responsibility

The Social Services Committee of the House of Commons has invited professional bodies to submit evidence for its inquiry into ‘Community care, with special reference to the adult mentally ill and mentally handicapped’. The following submission was prepared by Diana Ridler (member of the Community Occupational Therapists Committee, with special responsibility for mental health) and Elizabeth Yates (member of the District Occupational Therapists Committee) on behalf of the College of Occupational Therapists.

The Effect of Demographic Factors and Indexation on the Long term Financing of the State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme.

1987 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 181-198
Author(s):  
C. D. Daykin ◽  
A. G. Young
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
White Paper ◽  
The State ◽  
Pension Scheme ◽  
Occupational Pension ◽  
Pension Schemes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Change State ◽  
State Pension

In September 1974 Barbara Castle published her proposals for a new earnings-related State pension scheme in her White Paper “Better Pensions”. This followed a succession of attempts by previous Secretaries of State for Social Services to change State pension arrangements radically. Unlike the ill-fated Crossman and Joseph schemes, however, the Castle scheme succeeded both in reaching the statute book and in coming into operation. A Bill was introduced in February 1975 and on 7 August 1975 the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 received the Royal Assent. The State earnings-related pension scheme (SERPS) came into operation on 6 April 1978. It provided State pensions related to earnings, but also offered to employers with good occupational pension schemes the possibility of ‘contracting-out’ and providing equivalent or better earnings-related benefits through their own scheme.

scholarly journals The Short Report and its Implications

1982 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 155-157
Author(s):  
Fiona Caldicott
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Short Report ◽  
Hospital Medical ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
Early Discussion ◽  
Proper Balance ◽  
Hospital Medical Staff

Members of the College will know that in the 1980–81 Parliamentary Session the Social Services Committee, chaired by Mrs Renée Short, examined the problem of achieving for hospital medical staff a proper balance between the number of doctors in training and the number in the career grades. In February 1982 the Government published its response to that Report as a White Paper, and stated its intent of seeking early discussion with the responsible bodies, which include the College, to promote action.

The Complex Support and Assistance to Children with Disability and their Families in the Czech Republic and the Presentation of Case Final Reports on Early Care of Client as an Example of Good Practice

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-84
Author(s):  
Zdenka Šándorová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Practical Case ◽  
Early Care ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Children With Disability ◽  
Global Comparison ◽  
The Social

Abstract The theme of the paper is very topical in global and European context. It brings theoretical information on the concept of asocial model of early care in the Czech Republic and practical case studies and final reports related to the early care provision which demonstrate tangible activities within the system of the complex support and assistance to children with disability and their families. The author applies the theoretical-practical approach as she is of the opinion that „the practice without theory is as a blind person on the road and the theory without practice is as a cart without an axle”. The aim of the paper is to extend theoretical information on the topic in the Czech Republic by individual examples of final reports related to the provision of social prevention of the early care in the Czech Republic. The overall aim of the paper is to justify topicality and eligibility of early care in its broad reference framework, including its practical impact. The theoretical basis of the paper is elaborated with respect to the analysis and comparison of Czech and foreign literature, legislation, methodology document and other relevant written resources. The practical level is elaborated with respect to 3 cases and final reports of the provider of an early care of the social prevention. The early care in the Czech Republic represents a professional, modern and recognized system in European and global comparison and is legally anchored in the Act 108/2006 Coll. on social services. It aims on the minimization of child´s disability impact upon child´s development, especially the social inclusion of a child and a family and their capability to cope with limitating disability in natural environ, i.e. by the preservation of standard way of life. It represents a multi-dimensional model, overcoming limitation of sectoral division of the early care and facilitating complex assistance from a series of subject fields at the same time. Services for families with an endangered child in early age are the background for social, educational and pedagogical inclusion of a child and the re-socialisation and re-inclusion of a family. Early care is considered preventive, from the point of the prevention of the second disability (i.e. is effective), in the prevention of institutionalized and asylum care (i.e. is economical), in the prevention of segregation (i.e. is ethical).

Standardization as a Tool of Achieving Sustainable Development of Organizations of Social Services

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-41
Author(s):  
N.L. Solovieva ◽  
◽  
I.V. Chudinovskikh ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Services Sector ◽  
The Social ◽  
Strategic Goals ◽  
Goals And Objectives ◽  
International Companies

The article discusses the management of sustainable development of organizations using standardization as one of the tools of the quality economy. Particular attention is paid to the existing practice of Russian and international companies building strategic goals and objectives in accordance with the UN SDGs. The connection between standardization and sustainable development of the organization, in particular organizations of the social services sector, is shown.

Social Capital and Sustainable Health Care: An Analysis of Community Based Palliative Care Model of Kerala

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Azeez. E.P
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The Social ◽  
Palliative Care Units

Social Capital is the most crucial asset which significantly influence the efficacy and resilience of any community. Social capital is a dependent variable that depends upon the competence and coherence of the individuals in the community and mode of social relationships, trust and networks they maintain. It is one of the most sustainable social resources that originate from human relations and results on the mutual support of people. Utilization of Social capital has a wide applicability in the process of social inclusion, especially in dealing with the vulnerable and disadvantaged sections in the community itself. Voluntary organizations are very keen to utilize the social capital for community/social services and community development in a sustainable manner. Community based de-institutionalized Palliative Care is one of the foremost among such organizations that made social capital in a strategic way for social inclusion and community well being. This paper analyses the extent to which different elements of social capital helps in initiating the sustainable community based palliative care movement by assessing the unique intervention strategies carried out by the palliative care. This paper explores conceptual questions of how social capital and voluntary community based services are correlated. A case study method was adopted for the study in which ten palliative care units were analyzed. The results show that a number of social capital elements are playing a vital role in the sustainability of community palliative care movement in Kerala.

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