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Data Packs update v1.6 provides the latest content

5th December 2010

The Data Packs v1.6 update provides users with the latest data, benchmarks…
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Get data for any geographies with Data Packs

1st November 2010

Data Packs provide a very rich range of national and benchmark data…
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Seaside towns also hit hard by Housing Benefit reform

29th October 2010

The media spotlight has highlighted how the Housing Benefit reforms from the…
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Comprehensive Spending Review 2010: impact on local areas

29th October 2010

The Comprehensive Spending Review has confirmed that local government is going to…
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A big future for local information systems?

21st October 2010

I’ve blogged earlier today that effective research and information is needed in…
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Effective research is critical to meeting the tough spending challenge

21st October 2010

The Comprehensive Spending Review has confirmed that local government is going to…
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Spending review for local government – main points

20th October 2010

The Comprehensive Spending Review has confirmed that local government are firmly in…
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The Business Case for Data Packs

20th October 2010

Given the pressure on local authority and partner budgets, we have been…
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How Data Packs can save local information systems managers time and money

20th October 2010

Local information systems (also known as data observatories) can save you and…
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OCSI Data Packs save local information systems time and money

11th October 2010

The OCSI Data and Report Packs support organisations manage and deliver their…
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Impact of the 2011/12 adult social care returns

3rd October 2010

The Health and Social Care Information Centre published a number of provisional…
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Helping communities understand the story from the data

27th September 2010

We have been working with rural communities on understanding the available data,…
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Revised Population Estimates- No Problem with Data Packs

25th September 2010

The Office for National Statistics have been hard at work revising their methodology…
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Local Information Systems Paying their Way

19th September 2010

Government commissioned research published earlier this year values local information systems (or Data…
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Impact of revisions to the mid-year population estimates

18th September 2010

Revisions to the standard mid-year population estimates have a significant impact on some local authority resident populations, particularly in London and other large cities. The effect on calculated population data such as benefit claimant rates is also significant, and could lead to changes in how initiatives to tackle worklessness and other issues are targeted

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Healthy Communities 2010 – Creating A People-Centred Service

17th September 2010

Social care and health commissioners cannot afford to miss out on the…
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Data Packs Update 1.5 Provides the Latest Data for all Areas

15th September 2010

The Data Packs v1.5 update provides users with the latest data, benchmarks…
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Data Packs Update 1.4 Provides Latest Data for all Areas

1st September 2010

First posted 01/09/2010 The Data Packs v1.4 update provides users with the…
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Planning4care Learning Disability and Mental Health tools launched

31st August 2010

OCSI and Care Equation have recently launched the Planning4care Mental Health (MH) …
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Planning4care Learning Disability and Mental Health tools launched

31st August 2010

We are really pleased to announce the launch of the Planning4care Mental…
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Watch on… Long term care funding

21st July 2010

Government launches adult social care funding commission A  three-person commission has been…
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The NHS White Paper – how will the proposal affect local partnership working?

15th July 2010

Wide ranging proposals for structural change have been published in the NHS…
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Using data to understand communities – spreading good practice internationally

2nd July 2010

OCSI have been working with researchers from our ‘parent’ group at Oxford…
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Helping understand rural need

18th June 2010

The OCSI “Evidencing rural need” website went live this week, providing the…
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What are the prospects for social care under the coalition programme?

2nd June 2010

Reform of long-term care funding is yet again postponed. The coalition programme…
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Planning4care 2.0 Older People demonstration report now available

1st June 2010

Following the release of Planning4care 2.0 for Older People, the demonstration report…
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Understanding future requirements for residential care and extra-care housing

23rd May 2010

Projecting the future requirement for residential care in Leeds “Planning4care has given…
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Projecting future requirements for residential care and extra-care housing

23rd May 2010

Projecting the future requirement for residential care in Leeds “Planning4care has given…
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Planning4care identified by Audit Commission “Planning for an ageing population” toolkit

20th May 2010

The Audit Commission “Under pressure – Tackling the financial challenge for councils of an…
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Projecting future requirements for residential care and extra-care housing

23rd April 2010

Projecting the future requirement for residential care in Leeds “Planning4care has given…
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Planning4care identified by Audit Commission “Planning for an ageing population” toolkit

20th April 2010

The Audit Commission “Under pressure – Tackling the financial challenge for councils…
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Watch on… Long term care funding

31st March 2010

White Paper – Building The National Care Service With the publication of the…
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Planning4care at Ageing Population conference

26th March 2010

Planning4care attracted attention at the Ageing Population Conference 2010 where delegates were…
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Watch on… Long-term care funding

26th March 2010

THE DEBATE CONTINUES Health committee says point scoring must stop A report…
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Visualising how the Big Lottery is helping deprived areas

2nd March 2010

The Big Lottery Fund commissioned OCSI to visualise the relationship between Big…
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Planning4care strategic needs assessment for Learning Disability and Mental Health

22nd February 2010

We are shortly launching the Planning4care Mental Health and Learning Disability tools….
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Watch on … Long-term care funding

20th February 2010

Local authorities ‘not prepared’ for ageing population says the Audit Commission Councils…
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Planning4care strategic needs assessment for social care and health

15th February 2010

Planning4care provides the intelligence that social care and health commissioners and providers…
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At the IA LIS Workshop

14th February 2010

At the Geowise InstantAtlas (IAS) workshop in Nottingham, more than 70 public sector…
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