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May 29, 2008
NATIONAL STANDARDS
Rationalisation of National Standards
Attached is BR23/08 which outlines an invitation to Napo from NOMS to submit constructive ideas about how National Standards might be rationalised. Please circulate as widely as possible amongst your members.
THE REQUEST:
BR23/08
MMcC/CMcG
29th May 2008
To: Branch Chairs & Secretaries
From: Mike McClelland - Chair
RATIONALISATION OF NATIONAL STANDARDS
NOMS has asked Napo for any constructive ideas about how to rationalise National Standards. This request is in the context of our ongoing discussions over Workload Prioritisation. Clearly, there will not be any political will at the centre to compromise the integrity of National Standards insofar as they provide structured and rigorous community sentences. Nor is there likely to be much appetite for moves which might be deemed as compromising either Risk Assessment or Risk Management. Nevertheless, there is, apparently, the will to consider aspects of National Standards which are either unnecessarily time consuming or excessively bureaucratic. We are, therefore, requesting members to send in any suggestions as to how this might be achieved. Clearly, the most informed observations on this front are likely to come from frontline staff who work with National Standards on a day-to-day basis.
Please could you ask members to respond to:
cmcgarry@napo.org.uk heading their replies
‘Rationalisation of National Standards’
Thank you
MIKE McCLELLAND
Chair
Posted by Hampshire at May 29, 2008 05:56 PM