In the Department of Health, we see Open Policy Making not as a discrete concept or behaviour, but a state of mind. We would argue that open policy making is gold-standard policy making. But we recognise that too often, policy making defaults from the gold-standard. Sometimes this is a consequence of unchangeable circumstance, but at other times it could have been prevented. We aim to professionalise our policy making to improve standards, and are using the Twelve Actions to Professionalise Policy Making as a blueprint to do that.
This is our plan for how we’ll get to where we want to be—our Policy Improvement Plan. It introduces our new Policy Tests, outlines how we’ll improve learning and development, openness and connectedness, and how we’ll reward excellence in policy making.
The Plan addresses DH staff as its audience, but—in the true spirit of openness—we want to hear from outside voices, too (you’ll see it’s still not in its final form)! What do you think?
This document summarizes a presentation on pay-for-performance (P4P) programs in the English National Health Service (NHS), specifically the PSS-CQUIN schemes for specialised services. PSS-CQUIN uses incentive payments to encourage quality improvement and value for money in specialised care areas like cancer treatment and mental health. The schemes link a portion of provider funding to performance indicators. While PSS-CQUIN aims to improve care quality, its complexity and lack of evidence linking indicators to outcomes are areas for improvement. An ongoing evaluation will assess PSS-CQUIN's effectiveness and cost-effectiveness to inform future contract designs.
The document discusses joint working between the pharmaceutical industry and the NHS to improve patient outcomes. It provides background on the changing healthcare environment and need for industry and NHS to build new relationships. It defines joint working as situations where pharmaceutical companies and the NHS pool skills and resources for patient-centered projects and share goals. Examples are provided of joint working projects between GSK and two NHS organizations to improve management of COPD. Key lessons for successful joint working include having clear objectives, engaging stakeholders, and being open and honest.
Delivering clinical and financial sustainability, pop up uni, 2 september 2015NHS England
Expo is the most significant annual health and social care event in the calendar, uniting more NHS and care leaders, commissioners, clinicians, voluntary sector partners, innovators and media than any other health and care event.
Expo 15 returned to Manchester and was hosted once again by NHS England. Around 5000 people a day from health and care, the voluntary sector, local government, and industry joined together at Manchester Central Convention Centre for two packed days of speakers, workshops, exhibitions and professional development.
This year, Expo was more relevant and engaging than ever before, happening within the first 100 days of the new Government, and almost 12 months after the publication of the NHS Five Year Forward View. It was also a great opportunity to check on and learn from the progress of Greater Manchester as the area prepares to take over a £6 billion devolved health and social care budget, pledging to integrate hospital, community, primary and social care and vastly improve health and well-being.
More information is available online: www.expo.nhs.uk
Delivering clinical and financial sustainability across a £6bn health economy...NHS England
Expo is the most significant annual health and social care event in the calendar, uniting more NHS and care leaders, commissioners, clinicians, voluntary sector partners, innovators and media than any other health and care event.
Expo 15 returned to Manchester and was hosted once again by NHS England. Around 5000 people a day from health and care, the voluntary sector, local government, and industry joined together at Manchester Central Convention Centre for two packed days of speakers, workshops, exhibitions and professional development.
This year, Expo was more relevant and engaging than ever before, happening within the first 100 days of the new Government, and almost 12 months after the publication of the NHS Five Year Forward View. It was also a great opportunity to check on and learn from the progress of Greater Manchester as the area prepares to take over a £6 billion devolved health and social care budget, pledging to integrate hospital, community, primary and social care and vastly improve health and well-being.
More information is available online: www.expo.nhs.uk
This document summarizes a case study on The Rockefeller Foundation's efforts to support universal healthcare in Bangladesh through its Transforming Health Systems initiative. Some key points:
- THS invested in Bangladesh from 2009-2015, awarding 31 grants totaling $115 million across four work streams, with nearly half focused on UHC policy and advocacy.
- Notable outcomes included increasing awareness and commitment to UHC among government and other stakeholders, contributing to improved and standardized health education training, and supporting technological infrastructure for integrating health information systems.
- Lessons learned included the need for consistent government leadership on UHC, a unified vision and strategy across partners and grants, and a strong local champion to sustain focus on UHC
Laila Rubab Jaskani has developed an action plan to advocate for improved nutrition and food fortification policies and legislation in Pakistan through her follow-on project. The goal is to influence policymakers and parliamentarians to mandate nutrition and food fortification in Pakistan. Key actions include conducting a desk review and stakeholder mapping, situation analysis, and developing an advocacy strategy. Advocacy activities will include blogs, letters to editors and legislators to disseminate findings and calls for policy reforms. Challenges around data availability and stakeholder availability will be addressed through coordination. Potential support from American contacts could provide technical assistance to help achieve the goal of mandatory nutrition policies and legislation in Pakistan.
Workplace Wellness Programs & The Law: Your ACA, HIPAA and ERISA Compliance C...Snag
This document discusses workplace wellness programs and related legal compliance. It defines a culture of wellness as one that encourages employees to actively engage in self-care and chronic disease management. It outlines different types of wellness programs, including participatory programs that reimburse gym memberships or reward health assessments, and health-contingent programs that offer rewards for meeting specific health standards or outcomes. The document provides an overview of legal compliance standards for these programs under the Affordable Care Act, HIPAA, ERISA, and other relevant laws.
NR 506 RANK Education Your Life / nr506rank.comkopiko15
This document outlines the assignments and discussions for an entire nursing policy course (NR 506). It includes 8 weekly discussions on topics like the spheres of political action in nursing and drivers of high performance healthcare systems. It also includes 2 assignments where students must write a 4-5 page paper on their selected healthcare policy priority issue (either a bicycle helmet policy or increasing vaccination rates in Michigan) addressing introduction, key points, empirical evidence, impact on nursing, and conclusion in APA format with at least 5 references. The document provides grading rubrics for both assignments.
This document summarizes a presentation on pay-for-performance (P4P) programs in the English National Health Service (NHS), specifically the PSS-CQUIN schemes for specialised services. PSS-CQUIN uses incentive payments to encourage quality improvement and value for money in specialised care areas like cancer treatment and mental health. The schemes link a portion of provider funding to performance indicators. While PSS-CQUIN aims to improve care quality, its complexity and lack of evidence linking indicators to outcomes are areas for improvement. An ongoing evaluation will assess PSS-CQUIN's effectiveness and cost-effectiveness to inform future contract designs.
The document discusses joint working between the pharmaceutical industry and the NHS to improve patient outcomes. It provides background on the changing healthcare environment and need for industry and NHS to build new relationships. It defines joint working as situations where pharmaceutical companies and the NHS pool skills and resources for patient-centered projects and share goals. Examples are provided of joint working projects between GSK and two NHS organizations to improve management of COPD. Key lessons for successful joint working include having clear objectives, engaging stakeholders, and being open and honest.
Delivering clinical and financial sustainability, pop up uni, 2 september 2015NHS England
Expo is the most significant annual health and social care event in the calendar, uniting more NHS and care leaders, commissioners, clinicians, voluntary sector partners, innovators and media than any other health and care event.
Expo 15 returned to Manchester and was hosted once again by NHS England. Around 5000 people a day from health and care, the voluntary sector, local government, and industry joined together at Manchester Central Convention Centre for two packed days of speakers, workshops, exhibitions and professional development.
This year, Expo was more relevant and engaging than ever before, happening within the first 100 days of the new Government, and almost 12 months after the publication of the NHS Five Year Forward View. It was also a great opportunity to check on and learn from the progress of Greater Manchester as the area prepares to take over a £6 billion devolved health and social care budget, pledging to integrate hospital, community, primary and social care and vastly improve health and well-being.
More information is available online: www.expo.nhs.uk
Delivering clinical and financial sustainability across a £6bn health economy...NHS England
Expo is the most significant annual health and social care event in the calendar, uniting more NHS and care leaders, commissioners, clinicians, voluntary sector partners, innovators and media than any other health and care event.
Expo 15 returned to Manchester and was hosted once again by NHS England. Around 5000 people a day from health and care, the voluntary sector, local government, and industry joined together at Manchester Central Convention Centre for two packed days of speakers, workshops, exhibitions and professional development.
This year, Expo was more relevant and engaging than ever before, happening within the first 100 days of the new Government, and almost 12 months after the publication of the NHS Five Year Forward View. It was also a great opportunity to check on and learn from the progress of Greater Manchester as the area prepares to take over a £6 billion devolved health and social care budget, pledging to integrate hospital, community, primary and social care and vastly improve health and well-being.
More information is available online: www.expo.nhs.uk
This document summarizes a case study on The Rockefeller Foundation's efforts to support universal healthcare in Bangladesh through its Transforming Health Systems initiative. Some key points:
- THS invested in Bangladesh from 2009-2015, awarding 31 grants totaling $115 million across four work streams, with nearly half focused on UHC policy and advocacy.
- Notable outcomes included increasing awareness and commitment to UHC among government and other stakeholders, contributing to improved and standardized health education training, and supporting technological infrastructure for integrating health information systems.
- Lessons learned included the need for consistent government leadership on UHC, a unified vision and strategy across partners and grants, and a strong local champion to sustain focus on UHC
Laila Rubab Jaskani has developed an action plan to advocate for improved nutrition and food fortification policies and legislation in Pakistan through her follow-on project. The goal is to influence policymakers and parliamentarians to mandate nutrition and food fortification in Pakistan. Key actions include conducting a desk review and stakeholder mapping, situation analysis, and developing an advocacy strategy. Advocacy activities will include blogs, letters to editors and legislators to disseminate findings and calls for policy reforms. Challenges around data availability and stakeholder availability will be addressed through coordination. Potential support from American contacts could provide technical assistance to help achieve the goal of mandatory nutrition policies and legislation in Pakistan.
Workplace Wellness Programs & The Law: Your ACA, HIPAA and ERISA Compliance C...Snag
This document discusses workplace wellness programs and related legal compliance. It defines a culture of wellness as one that encourages employees to actively engage in self-care and chronic disease management. It outlines different types of wellness programs, including participatory programs that reimburse gym memberships or reward health assessments, and health-contingent programs that offer rewards for meeting specific health standards or outcomes. The document provides an overview of legal compliance standards for these programs under the Affordable Care Act, HIPAA, ERISA, and other relevant laws.
NR 506 RANK Education Your Life / nr506rank.comkopiko15
This document outlines the assignments and discussions for an entire nursing policy course (NR 506). It includes 8 weekly discussions on topics like the spheres of political action in nursing and drivers of high performance healthcare systems. It also includes 2 assignments where students must write a 4-5 page paper on their selected healthcare policy priority issue (either a bicycle helmet policy or increasing vaccination rates in Michigan) addressing introduction, key points, empirical evidence, impact on nursing, and conclusion in APA format with at least 5 references. The document provides grading rubrics for both assignments.
Assignment details1. collaboration in a business environment aman341480
The document outlines an assignment to develop a comprehensive project in groups. It provides details on the assignment requirements and responses from 5 students describing their plans and outlines for conducting research, organizing the project, and ensuring success. The students discuss splitting work evenly, using sources like the class book and online research to find information, and including elements like SWOT analyses, mission statements, and market analyses in their outlines.
This document provides instructions for a series of assignments for a health care course. It outlines an assignment comparing outpatient services to hospital services that requires students to create a 10-12 slide PowerPoint presentation addressing differences in roles, evolution over time, shared and differing functions, effectiveness in serving underserved groups, and financial challenges. References and citations are required. The presentation will be submitted to Turnitin for evaluation based on a rubric.
HFG Dominican Republic Final Country ReportHFG Project
The Health Finance and Governance (HFG) Project worked in the Dominican Republic from 2016-2018 to help strengthen the country's HIV response and move towards sustainability. Through analyses and stakeholder workshops, HFG helped build consensus around including antiretroviral drugs in national health insurance and expanding treatment coverage nationwide. HFG also provided technical assistance to improve HIV service delivery in areas like supply chain management and clinic operations. As a result of HFG's work, financial sustainability is now a priority and plans are in place to transition the HIV response to domestic financing sources by reforming health insurance.
The document summarizes a joint meeting of the Bromley Children and Young People Trust Board and Commissioning Strategy Group to review commissioning arrangements and align them with priorities in the Children and Young People's Plan given limited resources. The agenda included workshops to analyze current commissioning practice and plan for changes, as well as presentations on the commissioning cycle and support available from the Commissioning Support Programme. Next steps include an initial report on findings to the Trust Board and developing a change plan to be implemented with feedback to the Board.
For more course tutorials visit
www.newtonhelp.com
NR 506 Week 1 Discussion The Four Spheres of Political Action in Nursing
NR 506 Week 2 Discussion Policy-Priority Selection
NR 506 Week 3 Discussion Effective Coalition Leadership
NR 506 Week 3 Your Policy Priority Issue (Vaccination Rates Michigan)
NR 506 Week 3 Your Policy Priority Issue (Bicycle Helmet Policy)
NR 506 Week 4 Discussion Challenges in Lobbying Strategies
For more course tutorials visit
www.newtonhelp.com
NR 506 Week 1 Discussion The Four Spheres of Political Action in Nursing
NR 506 Week 2 Discussion Policy-Priority Selection
NR 506 Week 3 Discussion Effective Coalition Leadership
NR 506 Week 3 Your Policy Priority Issue (Vaccination Rates Michigan)
NR 506 Week 3 Your Policy Priority Issue (Bicycle Helmet Policy)
NR 506 Inspiring Innovation/tutorialrank.comjonhson143
For more course tutorials visit
www.tutorialrank.com
NR 506 Week 1 Discussion The Four Spheres of Political Action in Nursing
NR 506 Week 2 Discussion Policy-Priority Selection
NR 506 Week 3 Discussion Effective Coalition Leadership
NR 506 Week 3 Your Policy Priority Issue (Vaccination Rates Michigan)
Policy brief the public budget has evolved over time. the federalDIPESH30
The document discusses the federal budget process and how it relates to individual agency budgets. It provides instructions for an assignment where students must choose a government agency, examine how its budget connects to the federal budget process, and analyze how the agency's budget has changed and affected its mission and policies over the last 5-10 years. Students are asked to write a 3-4 page paper addressing these topics in separate sections.
01. M&E Framework System for REDD+ Demonstration Activities in Indonesia_Pugu...Puguh Irawan
The document presents a monitoring and evaluation framework for the Indonesia-Australia Forest Carbon Partnership (IAFCP) program for the 2013-2014 financial year. It focuses on monitoring the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership (KFCP) and Indonesian National Carbon Accounting System (INCAS) programs. Key aspects include:
1. Defining indicators, progress markers, means of verification and targets to monitor outcomes and outputs of the KFCP and INCAS programs.
2. Specifying responsibilities, timing and methods for collecting, analyzing and reporting monitoring data.
3. Identifying risks, assumptions and decisions makers in the monitoring system.
4. Conducting a socio-economic
The document analyzes the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and proposes recommendations for changes. It discusses that NCLB aimed to close achievement gaps and ensure 100% proficiency by 2014, but has faced criticisms. Major proposed reforms include setting more realistic and research-based goals, allowing flexibility while maintaining national standards, updating testing to include multiple measures of achievement, and decreasing testing burden. Changes also should alter accountability to include growth, reconsider sanctions/rewards, fully fund the law, and be patient as NCLB aims for vast improvements compared to prior education policy.
The presentation discusses the No Child Left Behind Act, which was proposed in 2002 by George W. Bush to raise education standards in the US. It implemented standardized testing across states to measure student performance and school accountability. While proponents argue it increased test scores and accountability, critics say it incentivized schools to manipulate scores, lower standards, and impose a one-size-fits-all approach without support for special needs students. Public opinion on the Act was split, with 44% against and 56% for.
The document traces the history of special education law in the United States from early advocacy efforts to recent legislation aimed at improving outcomes for students with disabilities. Key events include the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1974 guaranteeing access to public education, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990 expanding protections, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 focusing on accountability and results. Major themes in the evolution of special education law have been increasing both access to education for students with disabilities as well as ensuring high-quality, effective services.
Study of malcolm baldrige health care criteria effectiveness and organization...Astia Dwiputri Lestari
This document provides information about copyright and reproduction of a dissertation. It states that the quality of any reproduction depends on the quality of the copy submitted. It notes that if any pages are missing they will be indicated, and if any material had to be removed it will be noted. It also states that the work is protected against unauthorized copying under US copyright law. The document provides contact information for ProQuest LLC, the publisher.
This document provides information and resources about quality management policy examples including templates, tools, and strategies. It includes a sample quality management policy for a company that describes establishing a quality management system to ensure total customer satisfaction and continuous improvement. Various quality management tools are also defined such as check sheets, control charts, Pareto charts, scatter plots, Ishikawa diagrams, histograms, and other related quality management topics.
The No Child Left Behind Act aims to improve education standards but many argue it is unrealistic and may do more harm than good. It puts pressure on schools and teachers to improve test scores without accounting for students' individual needs or disabilities. As a result, some schools reverse inclusion efforts or see higher dropout rates among students who require more assistance. While the goals of the act are well-intentioned, its overreliance on standardized testing and "one-size-fits-all" approach has unintended negative consequences, especially for students with special needs.
The document summarizes key points from three articles that are critical of the No Child Left Behind Act. The first article discusses how supplemental tutoring programs required by NCLB are ineffective due to low enrollment and a lack of oversight. The second article argues that NCLB harms elementary students by reducing recess, not challenging gifted students, and inappropriately testing disabled students. The third article identifies seven "sins" of NCLB, including an overreliance on standardized testing and a failure to help impoverished children. The document concludes that NCLB needs reform or replacement to address these issues.
Evidence of 10 steps4,92 bfhi revised section2.4.a_slidesELCA Egypt
Step 1 informs all health care staff of the hospital's written breastfeeding policy.
Step 2 trains all health care staff in the skills needed to implement the breastfeeding policy.
Step 3 informs all pregnant women about the benefits of breastfeeding.
Community diagnosis is defined as determining the pattern of health problems in a community and the factors influencing this pattern. It involves comprehensively assessing the community's social, political, economic, physical and biological environment. The purposes of community diagnosis include identifying health problems and those at risk, determining community needs, and developing strategies for community involvement. It involves collecting both measurable health data like disease prevalence and age distribution as well as soft factors like customs and beliefs. The process involves defining the community, identifying needs, prioritizing health issues, assessing resources, and setting priorities for action.
This document provides an overview of public policy analysis. It discusses definitions of public policy, typologies of public policy, why governments intervene in markets, models of the policy process, and approaches to policy analysis. The key points are:
1) Public policy is defined in various ways but generally refers to courses of action by governments to address issues of public concern.
2) Public policy can be categorized in typologies such as patronage/promotional, regulatory, and redistributive policies.
3) Governments intervene in markets when societies desire certain goods like healthcare but the free market does not adequately provide them, or when markets fail due to issues like externalities, information problems, or barriers to entry.
Assignment details1. collaboration in a business environment aman341480
The document outlines an assignment to develop a comprehensive project in groups. It provides details on the assignment requirements and responses from 5 students describing their plans and outlines for conducting research, organizing the project, and ensuring success. The students discuss splitting work evenly, using sources like the class book and online research to find information, and including elements like SWOT analyses, mission statements, and market analyses in their outlines.
This document provides instructions for a series of assignments for a health care course. It outlines an assignment comparing outpatient services to hospital services that requires students to create a 10-12 slide PowerPoint presentation addressing differences in roles, evolution over time, shared and differing functions, effectiveness in serving underserved groups, and financial challenges. References and citations are required. The presentation will be submitted to Turnitin for evaluation based on a rubric.
HFG Dominican Republic Final Country ReportHFG Project
The Health Finance and Governance (HFG) Project worked in the Dominican Republic from 2016-2018 to help strengthen the country's HIV response and move towards sustainability. Through analyses and stakeholder workshops, HFG helped build consensus around including antiretroviral drugs in national health insurance and expanding treatment coverage nationwide. HFG also provided technical assistance to improve HIV service delivery in areas like supply chain management and clinic operations. As a result of HFG's work, financial sustainability is now a priority and plans are in place to transition the HIV response to domestic financing sources by reforming health insurance.
The document summarizes a joint meeting of the Bromley Children and Young People Trust Board and Commissioning Strategy Group to review commissioning arrangements and align them with priorities in the Children and Young People's Plan given limited resources. The agenda included workshops to analyze current commissioning practice and plan for changes, as well as presentations on the commissioning cycle and support available from the Commissioning Support Programme. Next steps include an initial report on findings to the Trust Board and developing a change plan to be implemented with feedback to the Board.
For more course tutorials visit
www.newtonhelp.com
NR 506 Week 1 Discussion The Four Spheres of Political Action in Nursing
NR 506 Week 2 Discussion Policy-Priority Selection
NR 506 Week 3 Discussion Effective Coalition Leadership
NR 506 Week 3 Your Policy Priority Issue (Vaccination Rates Michigan)
NR 506 Week 3 Your Policy Priority Issue (Bicycle Helmet Policy)
NR 506 Week 4 Discussion Challenges in Lobbying Strategies
For more course tutorials visit
www.newtonhelp.com
NR 506 Week 1 Discussion The Four Spheres of Political Action in Nursing
NR 506 Week 2 Discussion Policy-Priority Selection
NR 506 Week 3 Discussion Effective Coalition Leadership
NR 506 Week 3 Your Policy Priority Issue (Vaccination Rates Michigan)
NR 506 Week 3 Your Policy Priority Issue (Bicycle Helmet Policy)
NR 506 Inspiring Innovation/tutorialrank.comjonhson143
For more course tutorials visit
www.tutorialrank.com
NR 506 Week 1 Discussion The Four Spheres of Political Action in Nursing
NR 506 Week 2 Discussion Policy-Priority Selection
NR 506 Week 3 Discussion Effective Coalition Leadership
NR 506 Week 3 Your Policy Priority Issue (Vaccination Rates Michigan)
Policy brief the public budget has evolved over time. the federalDIPESH30
The document discusses the federal budget process and how it relates to individual agency budgets. It provides instructions for an assignment where students must choose a government agency, examine how its budget connects to the federal budget process, and analyze how the agency's budget has changed and affected its mission and policies over the last 5-10 years. Students are asked to write a 3-4 page paper addressing these topics in separate sections.
01. M&E Framework System for REDD+ Demonstration Activities in Indonesia_Pugu...Puguh Irawan
The document presents a monitoring and evaluation framework for the Indonesia-Australia Forest Carbon Partnership (IAFCP) program for the 2013-2014 financial year. It focuses on monitoring the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership (KFCP) and Indonesian National Carbon Accounting System (INCAS) programs. Key aspects include:
1. Defining indicators, progress markers, means of verification and targets to monitor outcomes and outputs of the KFCP and INCAS programs.
2. Specifying responsibilities, timing and methods for collecting, analyzing and reporting monitoring data.
3. Identifying risks, assumptions and decisions makers in the monitoring system.
4. Conducting a socio-economic
The document analyzes the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and proposes recommendations for changes. It discusses that NCLB aimed to close achievement gaps and ensure 100% proficiency by 2014, but has faced criticisms. Major proposed reforms include setting more realistic and research-based goals, allowing flexibility while maintaining national standards, updating testing to include multiple measures of achievement, and decreasing testing burden. Changes also should alter accountability to include growth, reconsider sanctions/rewards, fully fund the law, and be patient as NCLB aims for vast improvements compared to prior education policy.
The presentation discusses the No Child Left Behind Act, which was proposed in 2002 by George W. Bush to raise education standards in the US. It implemented standardized testing across states to measure student performance and school accountability. While proponents argue it increased test scores and accountability, critics say it incentivized schools to manipulate scores, lower standards, and impose a one-size-fits-all approach without support for special needs students. Public opinion on the Act was split, with 44% against and 56% for.
The document traces the history of special education law in the United States from early advocacy efforts to recent legislation aimed at improving outcomes for students with disabilities. Key events include the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1974 guaranteeing access to public education, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990 expanding protections, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 focusing on accountability and results. Major themes in the evolution of special education law have been increasing both access to education for students with disabilities as well as ensuring high-quality, effective services.
Study of malcolm baldrige health care criteria effectiveness and organization...Astia Dwiputri Lestari
This document provides information about copyright and reproduction of a dissertation. It states that the quality of any reproduction depends on the quality of the copy submitted. It notes that if any pages are missing they will be indicated, and if any material had to be removed it will be noted. It also states that the work is protected against unauthorized copying under US copyright law. The document provides contact information for ProQuest LLC, the publisher.
This document provides information and resources about quality management policy examples including templates, tools, and strategies. It includes a sample quality management policy for a company that describes establishing a quality management system to ensure total customer satisfaction and continuous improvement. Various quality management tools are also defined such as check sheets, control charts, Pareto charts, scatter plots, Ishikawa diagrams, histograms, and other related quality management topics.
The No Child Left Behind Act aims to improve education standards but many argue it is unrealistic and may do more harm than good. It puts pressure on schools and teachers to improve test scores without accounting for students' individual needs or disabilities. As a result, some schools reverse inclusion efforts or see higher dropout rates among students who require more assistance. While the goals of the act are well-intentioned, its overreliance on standardized testing and "one-size-fits-all" approach has unintended negative consequences, especially for students with special needs.
The document summarizes key points from three articles that are critical of the No Child Left Behind Act. The first article discusses how supplemental tutoring programs required by NCLB are ineffective due to low enrollment and a lack of oversight. The second article argues that NCLB harms elementary students by reducing recess, not challenging gifted students, and inappropriately testing disabled students. The third article identifies seven "sins" of NCLB, including an overreliance on standardized testing and a failure to help impoverished children. The document concludes that NCLB needs reform or replacement to address these issues.
Evidence of 10 steps4,92 bfhi revised section2.4.a_slidesELCA Egypt
Step 1 informs all health care staff of the hospital's written breastfeeding policy.
Step 2 trains all health care staff in the skills needed to implement the breastfeeding policy.
Step 3 informs all pregnant women about the benefits of breastfeeding.
Community diagnosis is defined as determining the pattern of health problems in a community and the factors influencing this pattern. It involves comprehensively assessing the community's social, political, economic, physical and biological environment. The purposes of community diagnosis include identifying health problems and those at risk, determining community needs, and developing strategies for community involvement. It involves collecting both measurable health data like disease prevalence and age distribution as well as soft factors like customs and beliefs. The process involves defining the community, identifying needs, prioritizing health issues, assessing resources, and setting priorities for action.
This document provides an overview of public policy analysis. It discusses definitions of public policy, typologies of public policy, why governments intervene in markets, models of the policy process, and approaches to policy analysis. The key points are:
1) Public policy is defined in various ways but generally refers to courses of action by governments to address issues of public concern.
2) Public policy can be categorized in typologies such as patronage/promotional, regulatory, and redistributive policies.
3) Governments intervene in markets when societies desire certain goods like healthcare but the free market does not adequately provide them, or when markets fail due to issues like externalities, information problems, or barriers to entry.
The document provides an overview of health economics. It defines economics and health economics, explaining that health economics applies economic principles to issues related to health and healthcare. It discusses key concepts in health economics including resources, markets, and the roles of micro- and macroeconomics. The importance of health economics is that it can inform policies around resource allocation and program evaluation. Methods discussed include cost analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and others.
1) The document discusses the steps of the decision making process which includes identifying the problem, criteria, weighting criteria, developing alternatives, analyzing alternatives, selecting the best alternative, implementing it, and evaluating.
2) It provides an example of getting a job in a school and lists the relevant criteria as salary, opportunity to progress, job environment, incentives, facilities, job security, location, and timings.
3) The alternatives provided are jobs at Unique, American Lycetuff, LDA, Allied, and Cathedral schools. Each alternative is then analyzed and weighted against the criteria to select the best option.
The document discusses stakeholder analysis, which involves systematically identifying and assessing individuals, groups, or organizations that may be affected by a project. It outlines the stakeholder analysis process, including identifying key stakeholders, understanding their interests and level of influence, and developing engagement strategies. Tools for stakeholder analysis include stakeholder matrices to map stakeholders based on their impact, interest, and relationship to the project. The document provides an example stakeholder analysis table to collect information on stakeholders.
This document discusses different types of policies and the policy development process. It outlines that there are substantive/administrative policies, vertical/horizontal policies, and reactive/proactive policies. It also explains that policy development involves selecting an objective, identifying targets, determining pathways, designing programs, implementing, and assessing impact. The goal of public policy is to achieve outcomes that benefit society such as reducing poverty through various policy pathways.
Steps in nursing process, Specific to the nursing profession
A framework for critical thinking
It’s purpose is to:
“Diagnose and treat human responses to actual or potential health problems”
The document discusses attempts over the last 14 years to improve policy making in the UK government. It identifies four main areas of focus: process, qualities, structures, and politics. While the goals of these reform efforts are widely agreed upon, the document argues there remains a gap between the theory presented and the realities of policy making practice. The two key qualities that have proven most elusive are evaluation, review and learning, and innovation, due to systemic barriers like misaligned timescales, departmental incentives, and lack of clarity over their practical meaning. Overall, while the desire to improve is clear, current approaches have not adequately addressed the challenges of translating theory into reality.
SF Core slide deck for web 9 slides.pptxBenWakefield7
This document outlines plans to create a long-term strategic framework for the health and social care workforce in England. It will include regulated professionals working in adult social care for the first time. The framework will look at key drivers of workforce demand and supply over the long term to identify strategic choices and required actions. This will require collaborating with partners from all levels and sectors to build shared goals and assumptions to guide more detailed workforce plans nationally and locally. Achieving the required expertise can take over a decade, so workforce investment must consider needs for both the present and future.
The document summarizes the second year of efforts by the Director's Advisory Group on Women in Leadership to implement 10 recommendations from its 2013 report. It discusses the working groups established to address each recommendation, learning events held, and outreach conducted. Key deliverables and actions over the second year included guides on using workforce data, equity assurance training, feedback resources, flexibility policies, and sponsorship materials. The group aimed to embed the recommendations into the agency's culture and talent practices long-term.
Institutionalizing Performance Budgeting: Key Institutions and Actors - Roles...EUROsociAL II
This document discusses key aspects of institutionalizing performance budgeting. It covers:
1) The essential building blocks for developing performance informed budgeting, including establishing strategic goals and developing performance measures.
2) The roles of key institutions like central budget authorities and spending ministries, and different implementation strategies such as top-down vs bottom-up approaches.
3) Developing incentives to motivate improved performance, such as financial rewards and sanctions through the budget process, and increasing or decreasing managerial flexibility.
A Pivotal Moment for the Senior Executive Service_Measures, aspirational prac...Emily Connelly
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Department of Health's Policy Improvement Plan 2013
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Department of Health Policy Improvement Plan 2014/15
DQ: Foreword by Ian as HoPP?
Introduction
The Civil Service Reform Plan challenged officials to improve the way they make policy by developing
skills and having a more open, iterative and informed approach.1 Twelve Actions to Professionalise
Policy Making was the response of the Civil Service policy profession to this challenge, setting out a
dozen pragmatic recommendations (for a full list of the Actions, and the Department’s response, see
Annex A).2
This is the Department of Health’s (DH’s) answer to that agenda, setting out what we will be doing
in 2014/15 to support policy officials. It outlines the steps that will be taken to ensure we focus on
professionalism in policy making in the year ahead. It links with other important improvement work
within DH such as the Departmental Improvement Plan (Action 5.7) and is one of the nine strands of
work to improve capabilities within the Department. [It has been peer-reviewed by the Heads of
Policy Profession (HoPPs) of other government departments].
2014/15 is an important time if this agenda is to succeed. It will be a year to focus on capability
before the election, ensuring policy making in the Department is in the best possible shape before
the arrival of the next government and an even tighter period of fiscal restraint.
Audience - Why this is relevant to you
Many of the Department’s staff work on policy. The Department identifies “specialist” roles such as
programme and project management, finance, science and analysis. Officials in these roles may be
involved in supporting policy work, or may even be embedded within a policy team. The remainder
of staff in “generalist” roles include those who would identify themselves principally as policy
officials, but the generalist label also covers a group of administrative staff (from PAs to business
managers) and those who may have a policy background but in roles where they are not developing
policy such as private office or new functions like sponsoring an arm’s length body.
This plan is primarily for all those who are currently, or expect to be in future, in careers focused on
policy development, whatever their background. In addition, the opportunities it offers are relevant
to all staff. Our goals is that everyone should have an awareness of efforts to improve policy
making, which is the Department’s core business.
Where we are now
There is excellent policy making in the Department. From W to X and Y to Z. The Department also
has strengths in some key skills. For instance, a survey of nearly 150 DH Civil Servants in 2013
identified that people rated external engagement as a particular strength.
1
2
HM Government, Civil Service Reform Plan, June 2012
Policy Profession, Twelve Actions to professionalise Policy Making, October 2013
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Feedback and evaluation on how policy is being
realised in practice
Clarity on roles and accountabilities
Appraisal and assessment of options
Least Successful
External engagement
Most Successful
Policy design that is resilient to adaption and is
implementable
Generating ideas informed by good quality up to
date evidence
Clear definition and framing of the issue
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10
20
30
40
50
60
Figure 1 – Responses by 143 DH officials to the question “From your own experience and your knowledge of
departmental policies which element do you feel DH as a whole achieves most/least successfully.”3
But our approach to policy making does not systematically ensure that policy making is as good as it
can be. We do not routinely ask what the international evidence shows about a policy problem. The
Francis Report questioned whether the DH had become remote from the frontline services for which
it makes policy.4 And as the 2013 survey showed, 40% of respondents felt that feedback and
evaluation on how policy is being realised in practice was a DH weakness. We are also adjusting to
new accountabilities where the Department acts as the “System Steward” of the health and care
system, rather than having direct control.5
So there are areas where we need to improve and develop if we are to be a great department of
state. Those working on policy do not, however, have a culture of continuous professional
development (CPD). More than half of policy officials are not using the minimum expected five days
a year for learning and development.6 Yet short-term investments in improving your policy skills will
lead to much more substantial long-term savings as you work more efficiently and effectively.
How can we get to where we need to be?
Given policy making is not as consistently good as it can be, the Department is responding by:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Introducing policy tests
Improving learning and development
Being open and connected
Rewarding a focus on excellent policy making
3
The seven categories are the Institute of Government’s Policy Fundamentals taken from, Michael Hallsworth
and Jill Rutter, Making Policy Better, April 2011, p.14
4
Robert Francis, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry: Executive summary,
February 2013, p.82
5
Michael Hallsworth, System Stewardship, Institute for Government, April 2011
6
Policy Profession, Twelve Actions to professionalise Policy Making, October 2013
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1. Introducing Policy Tests
The inconsistency in the quality of policy making can be addressed by the creation of a common set
of expectations. This is what the DH policy tests provide, six questions that are relevant whether
you are working on tobacco policy or hospital re-organisation.
The policy tests were created through a series of workshops involving over a hundred officials,
building on previous work such as the Department for Education’s Five Policy Tests7 and the Institute
of Government’s Policy Fundamentals to create the six tests, outlined in Figure 2.
Figure 2 – DH Policy Tests
These provide six high level questions that policy officials need to ask when they begin work on a
policy and keep on revisiting during its development. They do not follow a linear process or even a
policy cycle, because policy in the real world is rarely made in such a neat and straightforward way.
Given the acknowledged weakness in evaluation and feedback, we will need to pay particular focus
to the question “Will it actually work and how will you know?”
There is not a specific question about funding and affordability, but clearly this is a central theme of
many of the questions e.g. is funding available for this policy to work? And what are the costs and
benefits of your policy objective? Policy officials will be expected to work closely with finance
colleagues in all policy development to ensure a strong focus on value for money.
The tests have been deliberately kept simple, but a wealth of supporting detail for each test will be
available on the Department’s new intranet.
7
N Barcoe and H White, The Policy Tests: transforming policy in the Department for Education, Civil Service
Quarterly, 12 July 2013
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The tests have been shared with the Department’s partners such as NHS England and Public Health
England so that they can hold us to account for the quality of our policy work and can consider
applying them themselves, in their own work.
During 2014/15 the tests will become embedded in how the Department works. For instance we will
run workshops for private offices on the Tests and encourage them to provide constructive
challenge to policy officials on their use. We will also use the tests in the work of the Submissions
Review Group (which considers the quality of a cross-section of the Department’s advice to
ministers).
DQ: We are also keen to develop case studies of how the Tests will benefit policy making – do let
the policy improvement team know if you have some good examples.
2. Improving Learning and Development
If people are to be effectively answering the policy tests, there needs to be a comprehensive
package of training available to DH staff. This will range from policy as part of the corporate
induction event to a two-year part-time MSc in Health Policy and are set out in Box A.
Box A – Learning and Development Training Offer for Policy
Refreshed – Policy Induction
As the core business of the Department, policy will be covered in the Department’s new corporate
induction event, including highlighting the six policy tests. For new policy officials, and others
wanting to understand more about policy making, this will be supplemented by a one-day
introduction to policy making (previously called DH Core Policy Skills), which will be brought back in
a revamped format. This session will draw on the cross-government work to create a common set of
induction resources for policy.8
Civil Service Learning
Civil Service Learning has a number of policy courses, particularly aimed at relatively new policy
officials. Further details are available at
https://civilservicelearning.civilservice.gov.uk/professions/policy-profession
New – Policy Certificate (Senior champion Paul Macnaught)
This will be a programme of short courses open to all and run by experts within the Department of
Health. Topics could include areas policy makers need to know about (e.g. legislation,
communications, customer insight etc) and also specific policy making approaches/skills (e.g.
behavioural economics, wellbeing). Attendees get credits for each session they go on and once they
have accumulated enough credits and completed a reflective piece of work on what they have
learnt, they gain the policy certificate.
New – Policy School (Senior champion x)
The Policy School is a week-long intensive course where participants learn through a range of
speakers, but also work on a policy project. We are building on the work of other government
department e.g. DCLG, Cabinet Office and MoD, who have successfully used this model. The school
8
Available at: https://civilservicelearning.civilservice.gov.uk/learning-resources/heads-policy-inductionresources
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will be aimed at Grade 6/7 and those who expect to reach that level in the next two years. There
will be a competitive application process for spaces.9 The school will take place in September and
utilise a Government (but non-departmental venue) to keep costs low.
Retendered – MSc in Health Policy
In 2010 the Department tendered for a three year contract for the provision of a postgraduate
qualification in Health Policy. The contract was awarded to Imperial College London and the first
cohort has now completed the two-year part time MSc in Health Policy. This course has helped
develop deep subject expertise in a group of Policy Officials through a recognised qualification from
a world-leading university. The Institute for Government have given the MSc a positive evaluation
[insert link when available]. We are re-tendering the MSc on a five year contract and will be
encouraging our ALBs to send participants as a way of creating a broader health policy network.
Learning and development is far more than just training courses, however, and we do encourage
policy officials to consider the full range of learning and development available to them including
taking on new job responsibilities, shadowing, reading articles, attending events by think tanks and
e-learning.
In return for making these learning and development opportunities available, we ask that you take
responsibility for your learning and development. To help you do that we have created one simple
tool and a working on another. The first is a template for policy officials to record their policy
making CPD (see Annex B). The second tool we will develop is a self-assessment so that policy
officials can rate their own skills in carrying out the six Policy Tests. Once areas for development
have been identified, the new intranet will signpost to resources for each of the six Policy Tests.
3. Being Open and Connected
Improving our skills and knowledge through learning and development is important, but it is not
enough. We also need to ensure we have a broader outlook in our policy making. That is the focus
of the open policy making work introduced by the Civil Service Reform Plan.10 Open policy making
means drawing on external expertise and challenge early in the policy making process to ensure
proposals are robust and effective. Policy makers should be willing to engage with ideas generated
outside the department, and have an open culture which welcomes input from others. Innovation
and collaboration should be at the heart of policy design. [DN: potentially amend this explanation
based on feedback].
The DH is one of seven Departments that self-identified as being exemplars of open policy making.
We believe that we are particularly strong in some areas of open policy making such as the coproduction of policy with partners and the use of digital methods to further engagement. Case
studies can be found here http://my.civilservice.gov.uk/policy/case-studies/
9
Details of how to apply for the Policy School and the MSc in Health Policy will be made available on the
Department’s intranet when the application process opens.
10
HM Government, Civil Service Reform Plan, June 2012
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Rather than have a separate focus on open policy making we are clear that it is a fundamental part
of the DH policy tests. The tests and their supporting resources are designed to make open policy
making easier to do (see Figure 3).
Figure 3 – DH Policy Tests and Open Policy Making
In May 2014 we will be holding a conference with external experts to ensure all SCS policy makers
are aware of the open policy making agenda. We will then expect them to share this learning with
their teams.
We will also seek to make ourselves more open by introducing challenge sessions where external
experts and Civil Servants will be brought together to discuss significant policy issues. This is an
approach that has worked in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and we will look to replicate this
success.
In addition, one way of being more open will be through the Connecting Programme. Connecting
was introduced in 2013 for SCS in the Department. This pioneering programme enables officials to
go out and spend time in frontline health and social care such a day with a district nurse or visiting a
care home. It helps policy makers understand the reality of service delivery and the impact of the
policies they work on. [DN: include some statistics].
In 2014/15 the connecting programme is being rolled out to all policy officials. We are also seeking
to strengthen the methodological base for connecting (which is in essence ethnographic research
carried out in a care provider) so that the insights gathered can improve policy making.
Connecting is an example of one linked initiative within the Department. Another is our work on
developing best practice in sponsorship. Those sponsoring our ALBs will typically be policy officials.
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Standards have been developed for sponsorship and we have ensured these support ALBs
involvement in policy making.11
Having more open and connected ways of working increases the need for good knowledge
management (see Box B). This is an issue for everyone in the Department, but is particularly
relevant as more policy development work happens as a policy projects, with teams completing
work and moving on to new priorities.
Box B - Knowledge Management
Good knowledge management is essential to make best use of our resources and expertise. Twelve
Actions to Professionalise Policy Making called for a cross-Civil Service review knowledge
management (Action 11). Whilst the cross-Whitehall review is going on we are working with
Knowledge and Information Management professionals within the Department to develop clear
guidance on how to close-down, write-up and disseminate the learning from a policy project. We
will also be emphasising the importance of sharing of knowledge in people’s objectives.
4. Rewarding a focus on excellent policy making
The success, or not, of this policy improvement plan, will come down to the actions of policy officials.
Whether you use the policy tests, whether you take responsibility for their CPD and whether you
choose to operate in a more open and connected way. Hopefully you are convinced of the rationale
for this work and why we need to improve. However, in the context of busy working lives, making a
successful case for change is not enough. We also need to ensure there are incentives on policy
officials.
Therefore we are expecting line managers to discuss CPD with their staff regularly in line with the
Department’s fourth people management commitment.12 There should be a particular focus on this
as part of mid and end of year appraisal discussions. If policy officials are not taking their CPD
seriously, they will have to explain why in these conversations.
Everyone should be developing their skills so they do a better job in their current role, but for those
looking to advance, we will be building this work into promotion gateways. Candidates for Grade 7
and SCS1 gateways can expect to be asked about their use of the six policy tests. And they will also
be questioned about what they have done to improve their own, and the departments, policy
making capabilities.
Finally we are looking to develop clear expectations of policy skills, knowledge and experience
required by different grades. This will build on the Policy Profession Skills and Knowledge
Framework,13 but look to extend this by being clear what sort of experiences we expect people to
have had (e.g. working outside the Department through secondments).
11
Insert Link when available
The fourth commitment of six says “I will ensure performance reviews for my team inform robust personal
development plans and that all staff have fair access to relevant learning and development opportunities.”
13
Available at:
https://staginglearning.civilservice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/final_policy_skills_knowledge_framework_februa
ry_2013.pdf
12
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Next Steps
This is an ambitious programme, reflecting our belief that 2014/15 is a crucial year for making
progress on this agenda. Our top ten deliverables for this year are:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Policy Tests that are being used
Running a successful Policy School
The introduction of the DH Policy Certificate
The re-tendering of the MSc in Health Policy
Beneficial challenge sessions to further open up our policy making
Highly accessible, interactive policy section of the new DH intranet
A clear methodology for how the connecting programme improves policy making
The inclusion of policy skills in gateway interviews
Sharing of policy knowledge through the proper close down and documentation of policy
projects
10. A 2015/16 Policy Improvement Plan that shows significant progress
Taken together these should create a more consistent and cohesive approach to policy making in the
department, helping to foster a community of policy officials who focus on their development.
Further Information:
For further information on anything outlined here, please contact one of the Policy Improvement
Team at the Department of Health:
Peter Howitt (peter.howitt@dh.gsi.gov.uk)
Jen Mason (jennifer.mason@dh.gsi.gov.uk)
Alice Ehrlich (alice.ehrlich@dh.gsi.gov.uk)
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Annex A – Specific Plans on Each of the Twelve Actions
Action
What DH has already done
Action 1: Permanent Secretaries, assisted by
the Head of the Policy Profession, will
transform the role of the Departmental Head
of Policy Profession (HoPP) during 2013/14.
The HoPP will be accountable for (a) improving
policy standards and driving improvement
activity within departments, and (b)
contributing to Civil Service-wide action to
professionalize policy making.
Action for Policy Profession Board. [DN: or do we want to put something here about Ian’s Objectives?]
Action 2: The Head of Profession, supported by
Permanent Secretaries, will establish enhanced
policy profession support by December 2013 to
act as a catalyst for professionalization. This
will be governed by a strengthened Policy
Profession Board, and funded by a modest levy
from departments. Resources will be used to
build an enhanced sense of a service-wide
policy community across departments to
unlock synergies, share learning and codify
good practice. It will include funding the
establishment of a Policy Lab to promote
innovative techniques.
Action for Policy Profession Board. We have committed to funding the cross-Civil Service work and will
be looking to utilise the Policy Lab.
Action 3: The Head of the Policy Profession and
Departmental HoPPs will develop and maintain
regular communications with policy officials,
with a particular focus on professional
development, from October 2013.
Action principally for Policy Profession Board. In DH we are developing our policy intranet pages as main
communication medium. We are also using SCS bulletins to circulate details of learning and
development opportunities.
Action 4: Each Department will adopt during
2013/2014 a set of fundamental policy
• Co-designed the DH tests
with over 100 staff in 2013
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What DH will be doing in 14/15
• Make the tests highly visible;
placing posters and desk guides
How we will know we have
succeeded?
Improved awareness and use of
Policy Tests from July 2014
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standards and subsequently work to embed
these. All SCS in charge of policy work will be
responsible for quality assurance against these
standards.
through workshops and team
meetings.
around the Department’s buildings
(link to Action 3).
• Senior engagement through
DH Leadership Team, SCS
Forum and Directors’ Policy
Network.
•Run workshops for private offices
on the Tests and encourage them
to provide constructive challenge
to policy officials on their use.
•Planned soft launch of Policy
Tests in Feb 2014; digital
engagement through
Yammer, discuss with ALBs,
use staff network established
in earlier engagement.
baseline, measured as part of the
DH Annual Skills Review.
•Use the tests in the work of the
Submissions Review Group (which
considers the quality of a crosssection of the Department’s advice
to ministers).
• Place the tests as a centre-piece
of induction for new entrants into
the department (link to Action 7).
• Ask questions about the practical
use of the tests in promotion
gateways for Grade 7 and SCS1
(link to Action 8).
Action 5: All Departmental HoPPs will make
policy improvement systems and activity
within their department transparent on an
annual basis, and subject to HoPP peer review.
• Policy Improvement Plan
drafted and shared with PPB
Working Level Contacts and
other key parties for peer
review.
• Publish DH’s Policy Improvement
Plan.
• Positive feedback on draft
Policy Improvement Plan.
• Monitor work delivered under
policy improvement programme to
ensure expected benefits are
realised, and report in the next
Policy Improvement Plan in March
2015.
•2015 Policy Improvement Plan
demonstrates progress on the six
Departmental actions (4-9) in line
with expectations described in
this report.
Action 6: Each Departmental HoPP will
champion Open Policy Making as part of their
core responsibilities.
• The Department of Health is
one of seven Departments
that self-identified as being
• Run a conference for the SCS in
May on Open Policy Making
involving external experts..
• Staff awareness and use of
OPM will be monitored through a
supplementary question added to
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exemplars of open policy
making. We believe that we
are particularly strong in
some areas of open policy
making such as the coproduction of policy with
partners and the use of digital
methods to engage more.
•The six policy tests and their
supporting resources are
designed to make open policy
making easier to do.
Action 7: The Policy Profession Board will make
recommendations in 2013/14 for how
Departmental HoPPs can overhaul policy
induction for new entrants, learning from the
best professional advisory services, to take
effect during 2014/15.
• Policy Improvement session
delivered for DH Fast Stream
Induction on 14 October
2013.
• Introduction to Policy stand
prepared for DH corporate
induction events.
• Introduce challenge sessions
where external experts and Civil
Servants will be brought together
to discuss significant policy issues.
the DH Annual Skills Survey (July
2014)
• Develop more case studies of
open policy making in practice in
the DH and share these, for
example through the Civil Service
Quarterly and the Open Policy
Making Linked In group.
• Design and launch the
supplementary policy induction for
all new policy staff.
• Signpost policy officials to Civil
Service Learning policy courses
which complement their personal
development plans.
• All new entrants to attend
Corporate Induction.
• All new policy officials to attend
1-day policy induction.
• Positive feedback from
attendees of induction events.
• Agreed with HR that we will
offer a specific induction for
new policy staff from
2014/15.
Action 8: All policy officials are responsible for
developing their skills and expertise, including
through appropriate continuous professional
development (CPD). This should be considered
as part of appraisals and in promotion
exercises.
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•Recommendations paper for
DH Policy School drafted,
based on site visits and
collaboration with four OGDs
currently running their own
schools. Venue secured for
w/c 8 September 2014.
• Design sessions for DH Policy
School.
• First DH Policy School held
September 2014.
• Invite applications for Policy
School and select participants.
• First candidates taking modules
for the new DH Policy Certificate
by September 2014.
• Commission independent
evaluation for Policy School.
• Candidates for Grade 7 and
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•Initial planning begun for DH
Policy Certificate and senior
champion identified.
• Example CPD record
designed.
• Work with colleagues across DH
to co-design Policy Certificate
modules, and secure their
commitment to delivering modules
in their areas of expertise.
SCS1 gateways to be asked what
they have done to improve their
own, and the department’s,
policy making capabilities.
• Discuss appraisal and Gateway
applications for the Policy Tests
with HR.
•Develop a self-assessment tool so
that policy officials can rate their
own skills in carrying out the six
Policy Tests.
•Refine and promote the CPD
template for policy staff.
Action 9: Departmental HoPPs, working with
Human Resource Directors, will develop plans
to transform the development of policy grades
7 – SCS 1, with a focus on increasing (a) deep
subject expertise, (b) post-graduate
qualifications on public policy or business
administration, and (c) wider experience and
(d) skills in related disciplines.
• First cohort of MSc students
completed their degrees.
Second cohort commenced
second year. Third cohort
began their studies in
September 2013.
• Connecting programme
initiated and all SCS to have
attended 20 days Connecting
by April 2014.
• Policy Maker’s Guide to
Analysis developed.
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• Re-tender the MSc for 3/5 years
and encourage ALBs to identify
participants.
• Roll out the connecting
programme to all policy officials
• Share and refine the Policy
Maker’s Guide to Analysis.
• Successful retender for MSc in
Health Policy; fourth cohort
commence studies in September
2014.
• All SCS and policy staff at other
grades participating in
Connecting programme by March
2015. Teams set criteria of
success through self-designed
compacts between themselves
and the Connecting programme
team.
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Action 10: The High Potential directors working
on policy making will be considered a Civil
Service-wide, rather than Departmental, talent
pool from April 2014.
Action for Policy Profession Board
Action 11: The Policy Profession Board will
initiate a fundamental review of knowledge
management practices, surveying practices
within each department, learning from other
sectors and countries, and making
recommendations during 2014.
Action for Policy Profession Board. Whilst review is carried out we will work in the Department with
Knowledge and Information Management professionals to develop clear guidance on how to close-down,
write-up and disseminate the learning from a policy project. We will also be emphasising the importance
of sharing of knowledge in people’s objectives.
Action 12: The Policy Profession Board will
ensure clarity as to whether these
recommendations have been implemented,
their individual and aggregate impact
(including through developing indicators of
success) by commissioning an independent
annual assessment and encouraging
appropriate scrutiny.
This is principally an Action for Policy Profession Board although, as outlined here, we are developing our
own measures of success for the actions we are leading.
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Annex B - CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - POLICY
Name: Jane Smith
Date
03/12/13
Development opportunity
Open and Collaborative
Policy Making course
Days
1
Objectives
• To improve my
understanding of OPM
•To connect with OGD
colleagues
•To discover OPM
resources and
techniques
Learning
After attending this
course I am able to
confidently
describe
what OPM means for
our Department and the
benefits it brings.
Impact
- High satisfaction at our recent
stakeholder workshop where I used
the techniques learned at the
course.
- Discussions on OPM LinkedIn
page with colleagues in OGDs
identified wider range of people to
consult on our policy.
- Positive feedback from Director’s
Policy Network on how OPM is
defined in Policy Improvement Plan.
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