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  1. Personalised commissioning in adult social care

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    The Department of Health now needs to gain a better understanding of the different ways to commission personalised services for users, and how these lead to improvements in user outcomes.

  2. Personal Independence Payment: early progress

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    The DWP has had to delay the Personal Independence Payment programme’s roll-out and reduce expected savings during this Spending Review period.

  3. Performance of the Ministry of Defence 2008-2009

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    This briefing has been prepared for the Defence Committee of the House of Commons to provide an overview of the work and performance of the Ministry of Defence in the financial year 2008-09 and subsequent months.

  4. Performance of PFI Construction

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    This report examines how PFI performs to contracted timetable and to price.

  5. Performance Frameworks and Board Reporting II

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    Being able to measure performance is a key step to managing performance. Most organisations in the public and private sectors use formal performance frameworks as a means to secure coherent performance management and report progress to their boards.

  6. Performance Frameworks and Board Reporting I

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    This report sets out good practice in developing a performance framework, reporting performance information, and ensuring performance information is used. Based on a survey and case studies, the report includes a model that organisations can apply to evaluate the maturity of their own performance system.

  7. Paying government suppliers on time

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    There is little evidence that government’s commitment to pay 80% of undisputed invoices within 5 working days is having the intended effect of helping the UK’s 5 million small and medium-sized enterprises.

  8. Pay Modernisation: A new contract for NHS consultants in England

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    Under the new NHS consultants’ contract, consultants in England are earning on average 25 per cent more than three years ago but are working the same number of hours or less. Whilst the contract has the potential to improve management of consultant time it has yet to deliver the full value for money to the […]

  9. Patient Choice at the Point of GP Referral

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    The Department of Health has made progress towards its target that, by December 2005, each NHS patient referred by a GP for non-emergency hospital treatment will be offered a choice of four or five healthcare providers. However, according to the National Audit Office, there remain significant risks for the Department to manage, especially that of […]

  10. Partnering for success: Preparing to deliver the 14-19 education reforms in England

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    The government’s reform programme to improve attainment and participation in education and training for 14 to 19 year olds has wide support at local level, including for the new Diplomas, which seek to blend general education with applied learning. The National Audit Office has today reported that the reform programme has met its key milestones […]

  11. Partnering for school improvement

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    The Department for Children, Schools and Families is achieving its aim of promoting partnering in secondary education in England, according to a report today by the National Audit Office.  Some 87 per cent of schools work with other schools and organisations on improving attainment and behaviour – and headteachers are clear that partnering is delivering […]