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PSNI could improve the way it measures crime
A new report has suggested the way in which the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Policing Board measures the impact of crime could be improved...
The report forms part of a policy aimed at improving policing across Northern Ireland. Reviews into the efficiency of the Police Service of...
Social care – fit for purpose
Richard Kramer, Deputy Chief Executive at the Deafblind charity Sense highlights the importance of social care for deafblind and disabled people
Last year was incredibly challenging for many deafblind and disabled people. Changes to the welfare system including the transfer from DLA to PIP and ongoing issues with Work Capability...
Homelessness figures do not give a true picture
According to new research, official figures do not paint a true picture of the number of people at risk of homelessness.
High rents, cuts to housing benefits, and increasing debts are some of the difficulties pushing many people across the UK into abject poverty. It is unsurprising that the group...
The growing crisis in the NHS
Adjacent Digital Politics examines the crisis facing the NHS, why it came about, and what—if anything—can be done to fix it.
The NHS is in crisis. As the winter has progressed things seem to have gone from bad to worse for the health service.
Recent figures show that accident and emergency...
More needs to be done to prevent child abuse
Chairman of Wolverhampton Safeguarding Children Board Alan Coe said more needed to be done to prevent child neglect and organised sex abuse in the city.
Wolverhampton City Council revealed that 800 children are currently in its care across the region. This gives the local authority the highest rate of care...
Community care can support mental health
John Bowis, President of Health First Europe details how community care can support better mental health services in Europe.
My first involvement with mental health on the European stage was working with the 1999 Finnish Presidency initiative on mental health promotion. Later, as the rapporteur of the European Parliamentary Report...
Building a road to resilience
by Paul Bomke, Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor and David Cawthorpe.
The on-going need to improve mental health outcomes globally and in Germany presents significant pressure on service organizations to design and implement innovative approaches (Bomke/Kendall-Taylor 2014, Bomke 2014 a, Bomke 2013). In an attempt to meet needs with resources that are becoming...
How science has contributed to cancer research
Daniel Bridge, Policy Manager at Cancer Research UK gives consideration to how science has contributed significantly to cancer research.
Medical research provides the foundation of modern medicine; it is vital to tackling the health challenges of the future. We know this because of the remarkable results research has produced to...
Three steps to WAN resilience
With the advent of low cost, high speed, Wide Area Network (WAN) connections many organisations are realising the cost benefits and service improvements from integrating services across multiple sites. However anyone who has implemented SITE to SITE private WAN will know that WAN’s are not as resilient as LAN’s...
A global approach to sustainable soil management
Effective action is required to tackle soil degradation for our food security and sustainable development. Moujahed Achouri, Director of FAO Land and Water Division hosting the Global Soil Partnership sheds light on the efforts being made on an international scale on addressing sustainable soil management.
Soils constitute the foundation for...
East Coast franchise rail awarded
The government has announced a consortium consisting of transport companies Stagecoach and Virgin have won the East Coast rail franchise.
The East Coast mainline rail route is to be run by Stagecoach and Virgin, it has been announced. The route, which runs between London and Edinburgh, has been publicly-owned since...
Wound Care – Challenges in the home care setting
Sebastian Probst, and Georgina Gethin at the European Wound Management Association outline the challenges of treating wounds in a home care environment.
The European Wound Management Association (EWMA) aims to promote best practice in wound management and to advocate for the rights of people with wounds, to receive the best...
Nanobiotechnology for Diagnostics Nb4D Group
The Nanobiotechnology for Diagnostics (Nb4D) Group belongs to the Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC), one of the institutes of the State Agency CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), and to the Biomedical Research Centre Network of Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBERBBN).
The group is led by Prof. M.-Pilar...
IDOPS Cooperative
One of the most versatile technologies for newly planned parking facilities is the BEST PARKING SYSTEM, which can accommodate hundreds of cars.
The system is perfectly suited to underground garages for areas where space is at a premium – in the central parts of urbanised areas e.g. under parkland, near...
DARD sheds light on poultry disease control
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) in Northern Ireland sheds light on how government and the poultry industry are working together to help reduce epizootic diseases.
Poultry diseases greatly reduce the efficiency of food production, both in developed and Third World countries. Governments regulate certain diseases where it is in...
Economic Development It’s about place making
For those involved at a strategic level in economic development, place making as a tool is not new but its time is certainly now in view of the significant transformation towards a knowledge based economy which is taking place. The most important component of this transformation is a much...
Healthcare in the digital age
In an interview with Editor Laura Evans, Health Minister Dr Daniel Poulter and Chairman & CIO of Cloudbuy Ronald Duncan discuss the Care Act and the impact it will have on local authorities.
Following healthcare reforms last year, the role local authorities’ play in public health has significantly grown. Social...
Forest engineering, the backbone of timber and fiber supply
Forests and some of the services they provide have been prominently on the international agenda, gaining considerable public attention: conservation, biodiversity, carbon storage, recreation or wilderness are the most notable issues thereof. Although those services only came on the public agenda from the 1960s, they have dominated the set...
Managing the forests of Switzerland
Forests play a pivotal role in the environment, here AG assesses how Switzerland’s forests are maintained.
Forests not only act as places of tranquillity and recreation, but also play a major role in providing essential services and resources for people, plants and animals. Across the globe, forests contribute substantially to...
A biosecurity and disease control partnership
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) in Northern Ireland sheds light on how government and the poultry industry are working together to help reduce epizootic diseases.
Poultry diseases greatly reduce the efficiency of food production, both in developed and Third World countries. Governments regulate certain diseases where it is in...
