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Climate change, environmental sustainability and health
The six case studies that follow demonstrate some of the innovative ways in which local government and its partners are using sustainable development and action on climate change to address health inequalities and improve health. These case studies overlap with those within the planning and transport and housing and neighbourhoods topics. Readers may also want to visit these topic pages.
(From : IDeA, 16/01/2012)
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Bringing together health and planning in Dover
An innovative programme is bringing together health, regeneration and planning in Dover. It focuses on how opportunities for improving health could be designed into the way places are developed. The scheme could be replicated in other parts of the country, according to an independent evaluation.
(From : IDeA, 16/01/2012)
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Regional Minister completes his tour of the South West
Regional Minister Jim Knight has completed his week long tour of the South West which began in Bournemouth and continued to Gloucester, Plymouth, Cornwall before finishing on the Isles of Scilly.
(From : Government Office of the South West, 16/01/2012)
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New innovation: Rapid Health Impact Assessments
Imagine a local authority where housing, planning, engineering and regeneration staff routinely assess the health impacts of the policies and projects they are working on, and then do something to address them.
(From : IDeA, 16/01/2012)
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£19.5m Kickstart for South West Housing Developments
Housing Minister John Healey today finalised a £19.5m funding package to kickstart work on stalled housing developments in the South West, getting work back on track and builders back on site.
(From : Government Office of the South West, 16/01/2012)
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Promoting healthy food through spatial planning
Despite being a key aspect of good health, food ? its production, distribution, consumption and quality ? is largely invisible in the current planning system. But some local areas are finding ways to ?make the invisible visible?.
(From : IDeA, 16/01/2012)
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Strengthening local government to deliver better public services
Local Government Minister Rosie Winterton and Regional Minister Jim Knight were in Bristol on 9 September to sign a Multi Area Agreement (MAA) with Bristol City, North Somerset, Bath and Northeast Somerset and South Gloucestershire councils.
(From : Government Office of the South West, 16/01/2012)
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Revolution in ICT education promised

A consultation will be begin next week on the new curriculum in co

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(From : PublicTechnology.net, Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:35:30 +0000)
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Family and children's health
This section looks at women, children's and the health of families. The impact of educational projects also comes under this umbrella.
(From : IDeA, 16/01/2012)
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"80% of schools expect ICT budget cut this year" - survey

Government pledges to radically expand use of ICT in schools are leading to little more than frustration after it was revealed that 83% of schools in the UK are facing real term ICT budget this year.

Despite ICT access being widely recognised as fundamental to pupils’ ability to learn, over 80% of UK schools anticipate an ICT budget decrease in the next financial year, a third of whom expect to lose more than a third of their budget, and 70

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(From : PublicTechnology.net, Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:50:18 +0000)
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South West's Climate Change Champion takes to the seas to learn about global warming
South West Climate Change Champion, 15-year-old Shirley Halse, joined world leading scientists and researchers at Plymouth Marine Laboratory to investigate the possible effects of climate change on our seas.
(From : Government Office of the South West, 16/01/2012)
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Hardship Fund brings real help in the South West
Today, a total of five voluntary organisations, charities and social enterprises across the South West have received grants to help them provide vital services to their communities, announced Minister for the Third Sector Angela Smith.
(From : Government Office of the South West, 16/01/2012)
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Hospitals told to improve productivity by think tank

Hospitals in England must improve productivity to avoid patient care suffering in the coming years as it looks to make saving of £20bn by 2015, experts have warned.

A new report by think tank the Nuffield Trust says getting the right mix of skills, limiting the use of agency staff and overtime and tackling sickness rates are all key to productivity gains.

It also needs to reduce the amount of time patients stay i

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(From : PublicTechnology.net, Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:15:25 +0000)
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