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Medication Safety in Transitions of Care: Technical Report (2019)
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World Health Organisation. (2019). Medication Safety in Transitions of Care: Technical Report. Geneva: WHO

Medication discrepancies impact almost every patient that moves across transitions of care, e.g. admission to or discharge from hospital. WHO urges countries to prioritise early and sustained action to reduce medication-related harm arising at transi... Read More about Medication Safety in Transitions of Care: Technical Report.

A report on the progress, reach and impact of the learning programme Mindset Champions (2019)
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Gallacher, A. (2019). A report on the progress, reach and impact of the learning programme Mindset Champions. United Kingdom: Winning Scotland

Growth mindset has the power to transform the Scottish education system, raise attainment, and reduce income-related inequality in attainment. By empowering young people to be resilient, hard-working and ambitious, we can help them prepare for the fu... Read More about A report on the progress, reach and impact of the learning programme Mindset Champions.

Room for improvement? A briefing report on leadership and management in the public sector. Findings from the 2018 Workforce Development Survey (2019)
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Parry, J., Grant, K., & Sheehan, M. (2019). Room for improvement? A briefing report on leadership and management in the public sector. Findings from the 2018 Workforce Development Survey. The Workforce Development Trust

The research which underpins this briefing report was driven by a primary, quantitative Workforce Survey which focused on understanding the views of employers across the public sector – in particular, health and justice. This involved respondents sha... Read More about Room for improvement? A briefing report on leadership and management in the public sector. Findings from the 2018 Workforce Development Survey.

New Housing & Future Construction Skills: Adapting and Modernising for Growth (2019)
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Smith, S. (2019). New Housing & Future Construction Skills: Adapting and Modernising for Growth. Edinburgh: Scottish Government

The short life working group (SLWG) met during 2018 and was established to assess and provide recommendations for ‘future new housing and construction skills’. Members included housebuilders, industry organisations, college, university, public sector... Read More about New Housing & Future Construction Skills: Adapting and Modernising for Growth.

Handing Back Contracts: Exploring the rising trend in third sector provider withdrawal from the social care market (2019)
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Cunningham, I., Baluch, A., James, P., Jendro, E., & Young, D. (2019). Handing Back Contracts: Exploring the rising trend in third sector provider withdrawal from the social care market. Edinburgh: Coalition of Care and Support Providers Scotland

The purpose of this report is to explore the experiences of and issues associated with processes of handing back social care contracts by voluntary sector providers of services. This research has come at a time of increasing concern regarding the sus... Read More about Handing Back Contracts: Exploring the rising trend in third sector provider withdrawal from the social care market.

Mental Health Act review in Scotland: some initial observations (2019)
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Stavert, J. (2019). Mental Health Act review in Scotland: some initial observations. Essex Chambers

Provides some initial observations on and recommendations for the scope of the forthcoming review of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment)(Scotland) Act 2003, with particular emphasis on what this will require in ECHR and CRPD terms.

Research Impact Fund Report For Disseminating the “Songbirds” outcomes and establishing the wider impact for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) (2019)
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Kennedy, R. (2019). Research Impact Fund Report For Disseminating the “Songbirds” outcomes and establishing the wider impact for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Manchester: Lime Music for Health

The impact of the “songbirds” projects and the outcomes taught helped multi-agency professionals to understand the importance of music in health and education, and encouraged them to adopt practices that exploit the outcomes of the projects undertake... Read More about Research Impact Fund Report For Disseminating the “Songbirds” outcomes and establishing the wider impact for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

Guidelines and Roadmap on the establishment and functioning of Beneficial Ownership Registry in Albania (2019)
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Kaur Chhina, R., & Taymans, A. (in press). Guidelines and Roadmap on the establishment and functioning of Beneficial Ownership Registry in Albania. Council of Europe

This paper identifies and analyses a range of issues to be addressed by the Albanian authorities to achieve their stated objective of compliance with the relevant FATF Recommendations and EU AMLD framework dealing with the establishment and access to... Read More about Guidelines and Roadmap on the establishment and functioning of Beneficial Ownership Registry in Albania.

NHS Lothian HSDU Project (2019)
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Fascia, M. (in press). NHS Lothian HSDU Project. NHS Lothian

The aim of these observations conducted was to collect data which could allow the understanding of how people think and how they react to issues within the HSDU. Over the observation period there was a total of 40 diary pages collected and 8 unschedu... Read More about NHS Lothian HSDU Project.

Applications of Knowledge Discovery in Massive Transportation Data: The Development of a Transportation Research Informatics Platform (TRIP). (2019)
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Majka, K., Nagler, E., James, A., Blatt, A., Pierowicz, J., Anastasopoulos, P. . C., & Fountas, G. (2019). Applications of Knowledge Discovery in Massive Transportation Data: The Development of a Transportation Research Informatics Platform (TRIP). Federal Highway Administration

Transportation researchers and practitioners have access to unprecedented amounts of data but lack the tools to easily store, manipulate, and analyze these data. The Transportation Research Informatics Platform (TRIP) is an informatics-based system d... Read More about Applications of Knowledge Discovery in Massive Transportation Data: The Development of a Transportation Research Informatics Platform (TRIP)..