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Primary Care Prescribing - Cwm Taf Health Board

Cwm Taf Health Board’s management of primary care prescribing is supported by a clear strategic vision and good leadership. Good progress has been made in securing financial savings from more rational prescribing, although high volumes of prescribing persist and there is scope to improve the quality of prescribing in key areas.

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Putting Energy into Performance Appraisals - South Wales Pro...

South Wales Probation Service (former) used staff performance appraisals to implement its Green Policy across the organisation. Divisions reduced mileage, increased recycling and reporting on their progress on implementing the Policy to the Board.

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Saving Money Through Water Audits - South Wales Police

South Wales Police were provided with Welsh Water audits and undertook remedial actions at no cost. They have saved £10,000 per annum at South Wales Police HQ. South Wales Police's Headquarters is spread across 12 Acres and houses a diverse range of accommodation, from pre-war buildings to modern fit-for-purpose environments. The site uses an average of 13.5 million Litres of Water per annum at a cost of £38k.

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Staff Engagement in ' Energy - ‘Turning off the Northern Lig...

South Wales Police are actively progressing an Invest to Save programme across its estate as part of its Carbon reduction and energy efficiency commitment. The latest initiative was to upgrade the Lighting in Pontypridd Police Station. The overall savings from the initiative have been estimated at £12k in reduced energy costs. The savings will be higher in subsequent years as the cost of electricity continues to rise.

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Water management the real benefits of meter reading - Aneuri...

Aneurin Bevan Health Board use Automated Meter Reading as both a performance tool and an alert tool, allowing them to effectively manage consumption, respond immediately to anomalies and save money.

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Hywel Dda Health Board - Primary Care Prescribing

The prescribing of drugs is the most common form of treatment in primary care and the NHS in Wales issues around 75 million primary care prescriptions each year amounting to around £600 million in medicine costs. The amount spent in primary care per head of population each year (£196) is higher than England (£169) and Scotland (£168). In addition the number of items prescribed in Wales for each person per year in 2012 is the highest in the UK at 24 items and this has increased from 15 in 2002.

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Cardiff and Vale University Health Board - Consultant Contra...

In 2013, we summarised the findings from all of the local work undertaken in all health boards and trusts that employed large numbers of consultants in 2011.

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Cardiff City Collaborative Property Assets Management Initia...

This project explores the potential for public sector bodies to collaborate in the use, management and development of the property estate.

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Citizen Panel for Social Services in Wales - Participation C...

The Citizen Panel for Social Services in Wales secured the input of people who use services, carers and people with an interest in services. They fed in their views at a strategic level in the transformation agenda set out in Sustainable Social Services for Wales.

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Health Finances 2012-13 and beyond

This report provides a detailed assessment of the financial position across NHS bodies in 2012-13. It also looks at performance in the delivery of services, focusing on those areas that the Department has identified as a priority. The report then goes on to consider the future short, medium and long-term financial and service challenges for NHS Wales. 

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