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    Bye now, pay later - The management of early retirement in local government

    Early retirement of council employees has become the norm, not the exception. This study of the Local Government Pension Scheme in Scotland has found that during local government…

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    Health board commissioning: contracts and contracting - Bulletin 2

    In 1996/97 health boards and trusts in Scotland planned and delivered £2.8 billion worth of NHS services by means of contracts. This study has identified a number of problems…

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    The Commissioning maze - Commissioning community care services

    Councils in Scotland spend around £750 million a year on community care but many don't know what care is provided, whether it is effective or not, or who should be given priority…

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    Health board commissioning: contracts and contracting - Bulletin 1

    This Bulletin details the findings of the first phase of a study into the way in which health boards carry out their role as commissioners of health services. The first phase of…

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    Shifting the balance - Resource transfer for community care

    This study looked at the effectiveness of the arrangements for transferring resources from health boards to local authorities to help pay for additional services for people who no…

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    Managing property risks in schools - A handbook for Head Teachers

    As a follow up to its national report A Safer Place, the Commission has produced a handbook that gives practical guidance to head teachers on how to reduce property crime and…

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    Social Work - How your service performed in 1995/96

    Highlighting home care/home help services, respite care provision and, in relation to residential care, the levels of single room provision, staff qualification and inspection.

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    Education - How your service performed in 1995/96

    Highlighting information relating to pre-school provision, primary school class size, primary and secondary school occupancy levels and special educational needs assessment.

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    Housing - How your service performed in 1995/96

    Covering issues relating to council house repairs, rent loss due to empty houses, rent arrears levels, council house sales and the processing of housing benefit applications.

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    Police and Fire services - How your service performed in 1995/96

    These pamphlets cover a selection of the indicators from the main report. There are five pamphlets, designed to make the information more accessible to the public, highlighting…