Argues that if public services are to be reformed or improved, achieving the best possible quality of service is essential. This title presents a model for understanding quality and putting it into practice. It examines quality philosophies and approaches. It presents overviews of policy on quality in central and local government.
Argues that if public services are to be reformed or improved, achieving the best possible quality of service is essential. This title presents a model for understanding quality and putting it into practice. It examines quality philosophies and approaches. It presents overviews of policy on quality in central and local government.
Lucy Gaster retired from the Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham, and she is now an Honarary Senior Research Fellow there. She has had years of experience as a local government officer and 'community activist'. Amanda Squires is a Clinical Governance Review Manager at the Commission for Health Improvement. She trained as a Chartered Physiotherapist working in South London in the highly interdisciplinary/multi-agency area of rehabilitation of older people. She has held health authority and academic quality improvement posts. John Crawley, Michael Greenwood, Tessa Harding, Carol Hayden and Pat Scrutton contribute a chapter each to the book.
Inhaltsangabe
Part I: Setting the scene 1.Introduction 2.The Public Policy context Part II:The Theory 3.The conceptual framework:stakeholders, values, objectives and definitions. 4.Implementing quality 5.Standards, monitoring and evaluation Part III: Learning from each other - overviews 6.Quality in central government 7.Quality in local government 8.Quality in health 9.Quality issues in partnership working Part IV: Quality in Practice 10.Quality from the citizen's perspective:campaigning, consultation and involvement 11.Partnership and Participation:better government for older people in South Lanarkshire 12.Making it work in health: a stakeholder model for quality management 13.Making it work in housing:choice and need in social housing 14. making it work in local government: experiences of Tameside MBC Part V: Conclusions 15. Conclusions and Reflections Appendix Bibliography Index
Part I: Setting the scene 1.Introduction 2.The Public Policy context Part II:The Theory 3.The conceptual framework:stakeholders, values, objectives and definitions. 4.Implementing quality 5.Standards, monitoring and evaluation Part III: Learning from each other - overviews 6.Quality in central government 7.Quality in local government 8.Quality in health 9.Quality issues in partnership working Part IV: Quality in Practice 10.Quality from the citizen's perspective:campaigning, consultation and involvement 11.Partnership and Participation:better government for older people in South Lanarkshire 12.Making it work in health: a stakeholder model for quality management 13.Making it work in housing:choice and need in social housing 14. making it work in local government: experiences of Tameside MBC Part V: Conclusions 15. Conclusions and Reflections Appendix Bibliography Index
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