The rise of public services inspection / Steve Martin and Howard Davis -- Inspection of local government services / James Downe -- Inspection of adult and children's social care / Chris Johns and David Lock -- Inspection of education and skills : from improvement to accountability / Jane Martin -- Regulation and inspection of health services / Keiran Walshe -- Inspection and the Criminal Justice Agencies / John W. Raine -- Holistic public services inspection / Steve Bundred and Clive Grace -- Performing paradoxes : the politics of evaluation in public services / John Clarke -- The future of public services inspection / Howard Davis and Steve Martin.
Summary
Public Services Inspection in the UK provides a detailed account of the changing role of inspection in public services management. It outlines the continuing debates about providing inspection that encourages not only accountability but also effective service provision and best practice. Contributors describe current inspection methods across the key public sectors of education, social care, local government services and healthcare, and provide insights into the underlying issues and tensions of public services inspection. They compare approaches adopted in different parts of the UK and presen.
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