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14 police services across England took part in research into how police respond to disability hate crime. This was carried out by The Office for Public Management (OPM). We found that although some police forces had good policies for tackling hate crime against a person with a learning disability, others needed to improve… The report has 22 recommendations about how police services can improve along with detailed advice for police services about how to put the recommendations into practice.
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"Firstly, there is a need for commissioners to engage with voluntary organisations to better understand what they can offer. Secondly, commissioners may need to adapt how they procure services to enable smaller organisations to compete. This means engaging early to give the sector time to develop their offer or partnerships, and ensuring the procurement process is not overly bureaucratic. It also means a different approach to contracting. Thirdly, funding mechanisms need to be developed that recognise social value, encourage innovation and facilitate access to capital to develop services. Fourthly, the sector itself may need to consolidate and form strategic partnerships if it is to take the opportunities to provide NHS-funded care. However, in doing so it must guard against losing its flexibility and being dominated by lead contractors."
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Interesting post from John Tizard on what relationships between progressive local authorities and the VCS should be.
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Excellent piece by Patrick Butler on the contracting /subcontracting issues associated with the Work Programme.
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"The Centre for Public Service Partnerships newest report is Personalisation, Innovation and Economic Growth – the essentials for tackling long term unemployment… The report makes eight key recommendations to Government, local government and the Work Programme providers. While welcoming the focus on helping people into lasting work, Tomorrow’s People fears that some of the most socially-deprived people in Britain’s areas of highest unemployment could be ignored. The risk is that private contractors will simply avoid tackling hard to help claimants in areas where there are no jobs for them."
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This is a really interesting report: NAO essentially asking DH to prove why spinning out NHS functions to social enterprises provides added value. This is a question in social care, too.
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arbitrary constant 