Development of a national strategy for dementia: dementia and policy in the UK

Dementia ◽  
2010 ◽  
pp. 379-385
Keyword(s):  
National Strategy ◽  
The Uk

Revealing the Invisible: The Need for Retrospective Conversion in the Virtual Future

2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Missing Data ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Electronic Records ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
New Methods ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Invisible

Libraries, archives and museums act as memory organizations, recording and providing access to a range of knowledge and information. In an age of increasing access to information via electronic methods, they support lifelong learning, as well as national and international goals in support of the rights of individuals to education, leisure, health and employment. The provision of new methods of accessing catalogues from a distance is severely compromised if the catalogues accessed do not record the complete stock of their institutions, and therefore the retrospective conversion of catalogues is of increasing relevance today. Items for which there are no electronic records effectively become invisible to potential users. The retrospective conversion of catalogues still in manual forms has been a goal since electronic versions were first installed, but the extent to which it has been achieved has been governed largely by financial considerations. Recent studies in the UK have revealed the extent of missing data in the electronic catalogues of libraries and archives. Some retrospective conversion is being carried out as and when funding becomes available, but progress is erratic and piecemeal, without reference to a national overview. To address this problem, a national strategy for the UK has been developed and will be taken forward by a newly formed Implementation Group.

Start of UK Confidential Haemophilia A Database: Analysis of 142 Patients by Solid Phase Fluorescent Chemical Cleavage of Mismatch

1999 ◽  
Vol 81 (06) ◽  
pp. 900-905 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naushin Waseem ◽  
Richard Bagnall ◽  
Peter Green ◽  
Francesco Giannelli ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Viii ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Haemophilia A ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Coding Region ◽  
Database Analysis ◽  
Chemical Cleavage ◽  
Signal Region ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Von Willebrand

SummaryA national strategy for optimising genetic services in haemophilia A has been initiated in the UK. Solid phase fluorescent chemical cleavage of mismatch is used to screen the entire coding region of factor VIII in six segments: four amplified from the trace of mRNA in blood lymphocytes and two from genomic DNA for the 3.4 kb exon 14 and flanking intron sequences. These segments are analysed in two threefold multiplexes so that the genes of 18 patients can be screened in a single ABI 377 gel. The promoter and polyadenylation signal region are amplified and sequenced directly. We have analysed 142 unrelated patients and identified 141 factor VIII mutations and one Normandy type von Willebrand homozygote. The former mutations include 89 missense, 10 nonsense, 5 frameshift, one 24 bp deletion and one splice signal defect. These comprise 71 different changes, of which 39 have not been previously observed.

Injury Prevention in Scotland — The Case for a National Strategy

2000 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 147-149
Author(s):  
D. Stone ◽  
R. Muir ◽  
J. Logan ◽  
D. Gorman
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Injury Incidence ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
The Public ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
Injury Prevention Strategy ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Local Agencies

In children and young adults, injury overshadows other causes of death and is a major contributor to acute and long-term disability. Yet injury is more amenable to prevention than most other causes of ill health. The purpose of this paper is to present the case for the development and implementation of a national injury prevention strategy for Scotland. Systematic reviews of the evidence have identified a series of specific interventions that have been shown to reduce injury incidence, mortality or morbidity. Research suggests that over half of all traumatic deaths are avoidable in children. In addition to the responsibilities of individuals, parents, carers, schools and employers to prevent or to reduce the probability of injury, responsibility for injury prevention and the protection of the public from injury hazards lies with a range of national and local agencies in the UK. These vary across the country and are unco-ordinated. To reduce the number of deaths and disorders resulting from injury, and the costs associated with treating and caring for injured people and their families, we contend that the most pressing current need is to develop a national strategy for Scotland.

World Class Arena: Providing an International Perspective on Assessing Gifted and Talented Students

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-139
Author(s):  
Jon Waldren
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Gifted And Talented ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Policy Document ◽  
The World ◽  
World Class ◽  
Talented Students ◽  
The Uk

When the UK Government introduced its national strategy for gifted and talented students in its policy document Excellence in Cities in March 1999 (DfEE, 1999), the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) was given the remit to produce World Class Tests. These tests, in mathematics and problem solving, were to be developed to demonstrate World Class abilities in the top ten per cent of nine and 13 year olds in those subjects internationally. From the inception of the World Class Arena project, it was intended that strong international links would be forged in order to learn from, and contribute to, the teaching and learning of gifted and talented students.

scholarly journals Research Expertise and the Framework of Harms: Social Network Analysis, Phase One

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margo Hilbrecht ◽  
◽  
David Baxter ◽  
Alexander V. Graham ◽  
Maha Sohail
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Public Health Approach ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Gambling Harms

In 2019, the Gambling Commission announced a National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms. Underlying the strategy is the Framework of Harms, outlined in Measuring gambling-related harms: A framework for action. "The Framework" adopts a public health approach to address gambling-related harm in Great Britain across multiple levels of measurement. It comprises three primary factors and nine related subfactors. To advance the National Strategy, all componentsneed to be supported by a strong evidence base. This report examines existing research expertise relevant to the Framework amongacademics based in the UK. The aim is to understand the extent to which the Framework factors and subfactors have been studied in order to identify gaps in expertise and provide evidence for decision making thatisrelevant to gambling harms research priorities. A social network analysis identified coauthor networks and alignment of research output with the Framework. The search strategy was limited to peer-reviewed items and covered the 12-year period from 2008 to 2019. Articles were selected using a Web of Science search. Of the 1417 records identified in the search, the dataset was refined to include only those articles that could be assigned to at least one Framework factor (n = 279). The primary factors and subfactors are: Resources:Work and Employment, Money and Debt, Crime;Relationships:Partners, Families and Friends, Community; and Health:Physical Health, Psychological Distress, and Mental Health. We used Gephi software to create visualisations reflecting degree centrality (number of coauthor networks) so that each factor and subfactor could be assessed for the density of research expertise and patterns of collaboration among coauthors. The findings show considerable variation by framework factor in the number of authors and collaborations, suggesting a need to develop additional research capacity to address under-researched areas. The Health factor subcategory of Mental Health comprised almost three-quarters of all citations, with the Resources factor subcategory of Money and Debt a distant second at 12% of all articles. The Relationships factor, comprised of two subfactors, accounted for less than 10%of total articles. Network density varied too. Although there were few collaborative networks in subfactors such as Community or Work and Employment, all Health subfactors showed strong levels of collaboration. Further, some subfactors with a limited number of researchers such as Partners, Families, and Friends and Money and debt had several active collaborations. Some researchers’ had publications that spanned multiple Framework factors. These multiple-factor researchers usually had a wide range of coauthors when compared to those who specialised (with the exception of Mental Health).Others’ collaborations spanned subfactors within a factor area. This was especially notable forHealth. The visualisations suggest that gambling harms research expertise in the UK has considerable room to grow in order to supporta more comprehensive, locally contextualised evidence base for the Framework. To do so, priority harms and funding opportunities will need further consideration. This will require multi-sector and multidisciplinary collaboration consistent with the public health approach underlying the Framework. Future research related to the present analysis will explore the geographic distribution of research activity within the UK, and research collaborations with harms experts internationally.

Do Citizens Know How to Deal with Legal Issues? Some Empirical Insights

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 661-681 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXY BUCK ◽  
PASCOE PLEASENCE ◽  
NIGEL J. BALMER
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Know How ◽  
Policy Concern ◽  
The Uk

AbstractOver recent years there has been increasing policy concern in the UK about whether citizens are equipped with sufficient legal ‘know-how’. In January 2006, the Department for Constitutional Affairs, now Ministry of Justice, announced a Public Legal Education and Support Task Force to develop and promote the case for a national strategy. This comes after UK government strategies have recently been developed for both consumer education and financial capability. Drawing on empirical data, this article explores whether there is indeed a lack of awareness and confidence among the population of England and Wales in regard to legal issues. The results from the English and Welsh Civil and Social Justice Survey, a large-scale face-to-face survey representative of the population, illustrate the case for targeted as well as general public legal education initiatives.

Taking the UK’s National LLW Progamme From Strategy Development to Implementation

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Rossiter ◽  
Rachel O’Donnell
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Parent Body ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Metal Recycling ◽  
Effective Manner ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
The Uk

In 2008 UK Nuclear Waste Management Ltd (UKNWM) became the Parent Body Organisation (PBO) at the Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR) in the UK. LLWR is the primary disposal facility for the UK’s LLW, supporting a wide range of industries across the nuclear power generation, reprocessing, defence, healthcare, education, and oil and gas sectors. One of the key tasks following the appointment of the new PBO was to work with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to develop a national strategy for LLW generated in the UK, predominantly in the NDA estate. The new National Strategy for LLW was required to address the gap between the forecast waste arisings and predicted capacity at LLWR. The National Strategy for LLW Management was published in August 2010 following an 18 month development period. The main focus of the strategy is on three areas: • Application of the waste management hierarchy to extend the life of LLWR and ensure waste is managed in a risk-based, fit-for-purpose manner; • Making best use of existing assets such as transport, packaging, treatment and disposal facilities; • Opening up new fit-for-purpose waste management routes to divert waste away from LLWR. Developing a robust strategy is vital to provide strategic direction to Government, waste producers, regulators, and stakeholders. Once the strategy is developed and approved, the key challenge is then to implement the strategy on a national scale in an efficient and cost-effective manner that delivers maximum value for money to the UK taxpayer. As well as developing the strategy, LLWR has been actively working to develop the enablers to implement the strategy. Since the publication of the strategy in August 2010 LLWR has been re-organised to reflect the shift in focus, from strategy development to implementation and delivery of the strategy. New resources have been brought in with international waste management experience to help integrate delivery with waste producers. This paper covers the changes in focus required from developing the strategy to how this is implemented. This includes the development of metal recycling, incineration, VLLW disposal, characterisation, packaging transport services. These services have been developed to allow the key aims in the strategy to be achieved, and the cultural changes that both LLWR and the customers have had to adapt to, as well as future developments in waste services.

scholarly journals Artificial Intelligence in the Service of the State: Pros and Cons

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-69
Author(s):  
Roman Alekseev
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Artificial Intelligence Technology ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Integral Element ◽  
The Uk

The purpose of the article is to identify the advantages of introducing artificial intelligence into life and potential threats to its use using the example of leading countries in this field - the USA, China and the UK. Research methods such as case herds and comparative studies have been chosen as the main ones. With their help, the use of artificial intelligence technologies in the field of politics and public administration, domestic and foreign policy and ensuring national security was analyzed. The goals of using artificial intelligence technologies in the power and management sphere of different countries are indicated. The scope of artificial intelligence technologies application is considered. The role of the National Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence in Russia, adopted in 2019, was noted. Arguments are formulated "for" and "against" the use of artificial intelligence. It is stated that at present artificial intelligence has become an integral element of state and social development. Over time, it will only gain momentum and once again become a topic for discussions of scientists, politicians and public figures, as artificial intelligence technology gradually become part of the life of society.

“Strategy is a Commodity, Implementation is an Art”: 2 Years of Implementation of the UK National LLW Strategy

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Cassidy ◽  
David Rossiter
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Strategy Implementation ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Low Level ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Future Demand

The Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR) is the primary facility for disposal of Low Level Waste (LLW) in the United Kingdom (UK), serving the UK nuclear industry and a diverse range of other sectors. Management of LLW in the UK historically was dominated by disposal to the LLWR. The value of the LLWR as a national asset was recognised by the 2007 UK Governmental Policy on management of solid LLW. At this time, analysis of the projected future demand for disposal at LLWR against facility capacity was undertaken identifying a credible risk that the capacity of LLWR would be insufficient to meet future demand if existing waste management practices were perpetuated. To mitigate this risk a National Strategy for the management of LLW in the UK was developed by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), partnered with LLW Repository Ltd. (the organisation established in 2008 to manage the LLWR on behalf of NDA). This strategy was published in 2010 and identified three mechanisms for protection of the capacity of LLWR – application of the Waste Hierarchy by waste producers; optimised use of existing assets for LLW management; and opening of new waste treatment and disposal routes to enable diversion of waste away from the LLWR. Since publication of the National Strategy, there have been significant efforts made by LLWR (on behalf of NDA) to drive strategy implementation and to optimise LLW management practices across the UK. This paper seeks to illustrate the challenges of strategy implementation in the context of the 2010 LLW National Strategy to provide a demonstration that “strategy is a commodity, execution is an art”. The paper describes: the key themes of the National Strategy; the key barriers to strategy implementation; the measures implemented by LLWR since publication of the National Strategy to support transformation of LLW management behaviours, with emphasis on how the initiative supports achieving the behavioural change; and providing a review of the past two years and a look forward to the planned evolution of National Strategy implementation over the next five years.

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