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Police are reluctant to reveal locations of automatic numberplate recognition cameras, but their secretive approach is not working
This decision was reversed by a later tribunal in 2012, but the evidence shed new light on police ANPR systems, covered in this Guardian article. Continue reading “Open up the numberplate recognition camera system”
The government will replace NHS Direct’s national 0845 service with locally commissioned 111 services in two years’ time. How does the organisation plan to evolve?
Update: NHS Direct won 111 contracts covering 32% of England, but eventually decided they were uneconomical. It closed in 2014.
Continue reading “Final call for NHS Direct’s national service”
How a Greater Manchester teaching hospital has used its staff’s ideas to make it safer
Salford Royal NHS foundation trust, which runs Salford Hope hospital, is an inspiring story of how a health service organisation can improve.
Continue reading “Salford Royal’s flight to safety”
One council in the north-east has found numerous benefits from co-locating services including running parents young child groups at its fire stations
The north of England seems to see more collaborative public services than the south. This is a great example from Northumberland.
Continue reading “Collaborative public services: lessons from Northumberland”
Patients in England, especially the poorest, have benefited from choice and competition according to LSE economist Zack Cooper
An interview with Dr Zack Cooper of the London School of Economics, on how he believes competition helps NHS patients – especially the poorest.
Continue reading “Treating NHS hospitals with competition and closures”