Best Value: Regulation and RiskPapers from the 1997 ADSS/PSI Annual Seminar
Edited by Isobel Allen
This booklet brings together the papers delivered at the annual seminar held by the Association of Directors of Social Services and Policy Studies Institute in 1997.
The papers begin by looking at the development of the concept of Best Value, and how it relates to changing approaches to regulation and risk in health and social services. Three papers examine the problems of regulation and risk from the perspective of the voluntary, public and private sectors and from the point of view of purchasers, providers and users of services. The two final papers look at broader issues concerning the problems and processes involved in the implementation of regulation and risk management to ensure Best Value.
Contents:
- Best Value Tim Judson, Head of Best Value Policy Branch, Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions
- Risk and Regulation: in whose interest? Deryk Mead, Chief Executive, NCH Action for Children
- Drawing the Boundaries of Risk and Regulation: perspective from the public sector Jo Williams, Director of Social Services, Cheshire County Council * Squaring the Circle of Risk, Regulation and Best Value Chai Patel, Chairman, Chai Patel Associates; Deputy Chairman, Continuing Care Conference
- Implementation and Risk Management: problems and processes Gillian Dalley, Director, Centre for Policy on Ageing
- The Dangers of Risk: professional practice and organisational roles Andy Alaszewski, Director, Institute of Health Studies, University of Hull
The ADSS/PSI group
The Association of Directors of Social Services (ADSS)/PSI Group has been active for over 20 years. It is a unique independent forum outside the main political and operational structures. The ADSS/PSI Group holds an annual seminar to identify emerging policy issues and to stimulate debate among practitioners, researchers, academics and policy makers on the most topical issues in social policy. Previous publications arising from the seminars include Rationing of Health and Social Care (1993); The Future of Social Services: Accountability, Planning and the Market (1994); and Targeting Those Most in Need: Winners and Losers (1995)
£9.95 paperback ISBN 0 85374 756 3
November 1998 80 pages 216x135mm