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Paul K Davis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the english Audit Commission and its comprehensive performance assessment framework for local government 2002 2008
    Public Performance & Management Review, 2014
    Co-Authors: Paul K Davis
    Abstract:

    This article evaluates the recent regulatory relations of the English Audit Commission with local government. The Commission's Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) initiative, which was central in defining this relationship, is taken as the key policy object. The appraisal explores the Commission's performance on its own positivistic terms, focusing on the behavioral and cultural theories, institutional assumptions, and rational presumptions underpinning CPA measurement. These three yardsticks are used to trace the overall consequences of CPA's eight judgmental years on the local government polity. Noting the tenacity of positivist thinking in English government, the argument examines two counterfactual regulatory possibilities based on the diverging readings provided by interpretivism and relational materiality.

  • the english Audit Commission and its comprehensive performance assessment framework for local government 2002 8 apogee of positivism
    Public Performance & Management Review, 2011
    Co-Authors: Paul K Davis
    Abstract:

    This Article evaluates the English Audit Commission (AC) in its recent regulatory relations with local government. Its Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) initiative was central in defining this relationship and is taken as the key policy object here. The appraisal explores the AC’s performance in its own positivistic terms. This means focusing on the behavioural and cultural theories, institutional assumptions and rational presumptions underpinning CPA measurement. Using these three yardsticks, the overall consequences of CPA’s eight judgmental years on the local government polity are traced. Noting the tenacity of positivist thinking in English government, the argument examines two counter-factual regulatory possibilities. These are based on the diverging readings provided by interpretivism and relational materiality.

Ruth Endacott - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the Audit Commission report 1 creating a data collecting culture in critical care
    Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 2000
    Co-Authors: Ruth Endacott
    Abstract:

    Manuscript accepted 17/1/00 This new section in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing explores some of the implications for nursing in implementing the recommendations of policy documents. The first document reviewed – Critical to Success: the place of efficient and effective critical care services within the acute hospital (Audit Commission 1999) – is not actually policy but its recommendations are likely to be taken up by Trust Chief Executives in England and Wales, and used to determine local policy. The Audit Commission are charged with examining the extent to which publicly funded services are using those funds in an efficient and effective manner (the ‘value for money’ agenda). One of the pieces of work undertaken by the Audit Commission over the past two years is a comprehensive review of critical care services, resulting in the Critical to Success report. One of the central messages to come out of this review is that there has been a growth in both the supply of, and demand for, critical care services. However, a key theme of the Report is the need to manage the demand better, and measure it before providing more critical care beds. The Report makes eight key recommendations (see Table 1), five of which centre on collecting more data or ‘evidence’ regarding intensive care activity and outcomes. Many of these recommendations echo previous publications, for example the Department of Health (1996) Guidelines for Admission and Discharge and the King’s Fund report of 1989 which highlighted the lack of evidence surrounding intensive care. High-quality data collection is also a key element of the clinical governance agenda and the current

David G. Holloway - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The Audit Commission, managerialism and the further education sector
    Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 1999
    Co-Authors: David G. Holloway
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    Abstract The academic literature on the further education sector in the United Kingdom in recent years has reported on the powerful tendency towards managerialism and its consequences. This article provides an assessment of the contribution of the Audit Commission to the development of managerialism and the emergence of the ‘new public management’ in the further education sector. It shows how selected Audit Commission reports have shaped policy and practice in the sector. The work of the Audit Commission has received little attention from educational researchers even though it has carried out research and published extensively on aspects of education policy and institutional management. This article provides a brief account of the role and functions of the Audit Commission. Selected Audit Commission publications relating to Further Education sector management and 16-19 education provision are examined. Key issues arising from the approach of the Audit Commission are identified as a part of a preliminary a...

  • accounting for the Audit Commission an assessment of the contribution of the Audit Commission to educational change
    Educational Management & Administration, 1998
    Co-Authors: David G. Holloway
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    The work of the Audit Commission has received little attention from educational researchers even though it has carried out influential research and published extensively on aspects of educational p...

J Boyce - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the Audit Commission review of diabetes services in england and wales 1998 2001
    Diabetic Medicine, 2002
    Co-Authors: B Fitzsimons, L Wilton, T Lamont, L Mcculloch, J Boyce
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    Aims of the Audit Commission The Audit Commission has a statutory duty to promote the best use of public money. It does this through value for money studies, such as that reported in Testing Times[1]. This work has been followed with a review of innovative practice in Commissioning. These initiatives aim to support the implementation of the diabetes national service framework. The Audit Commission also appoints external Auditors to NHS organizations who assess probity and value for money in the NHS; the latter by applying national studies locally and by carrying out local studies. Methods Research for Testing Times consisted of structured visits to nine acute trusts, a telephone survey of 26 health authorities and a postal survey of 1400 people with diabetes and 250 general practitioners. Local Audits used a subset of the original research tools. Case studies were identified through a cascade approach to contacts established during Testing Times and through self-nomination. Results Rising numbers of people with diabetes are placing increasing pressure on hospital services. Some health authorities and primary care organizations have reviewed patterns of service provision in the light of the increasing demands. These reviews show wide variations in patterns of routine care. In addition, there is a widespread lack of data on the delivery of structured care to people with diabetes. People with diabetes report delays in gaining access to services, and insufficient time with staff. There are insufficient arrangements in place for providing information and learning opportunities to support self-management. Conclusion As the number of people with diabetes continues to rise, the potential for providing more care in a primary care setting needs to be explored. This will enable specialist services to focus more effectively on those with the most complex needs.

Mike Radford - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Auditing for Change: Local Government and the Audit Commission
    Modern Law Review, 1991
    Co-Authors: Mike Radford
    Abstract:

    The Audit Commission for Local Authorities in England and Wales was established by Part III of the Local Government Finance Act 1982 ('the 1982 Act') to take overall responsibility for the Audit of local government.' It was created with the twin objectives of emphasising the independence of the Audit process and promoting greater value for money in local authority spending, the government being of the view that 'improving public sector efficiency is still in large measure a matter of improving scrutiny, monitoring and management within the context of existing institutions. 2