Responsibility And Public Services

Responsibility and Public Services

In this important book, Richard Davis looks at the issue of ‘responsibility’ in public services – on both the government’s part and that of the users. While government wrestles with how to cut the cost of services, Davis shows that government can provide responsible, sustainable and effective services significantly more cheaply by focusing on what is of ‘value’ to individuals and communities.

Power and Responsibility in the Public Service / Pouvoir et respopnsabilité dans la fonction publique (edited by David M. Cameron)

The Good Governance Standard for Public Services

For the first time, half a million people who serve on governing bodies in the UK have a single, common Standard that clarifies their roles and responsibilities. The Good Governance Standard for Public Services will help governing bodies to review their own effectiveness; the public and regulators can use it to challenge how services are governed and seek improvements. The Independent Commission on Good Governance in Public Services, chaired by Sir Alan Langlands, drew on the views of a wide range of people with experience of governance, service users and citizens to produce the Standard. The Standard presents six core principles of governance that are common to all public service organisations. Each principle has supporting principles that provide more detailed guidance, along with practical advice on how to apply them. There is a set of probing questions for governors to assess how well they are living up to the Standard, and another set for members of the public who want to find out how well their services are being governed. Management (OPM registered]) and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), in partnership with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.