Public Service Practice

The Public Service Practice Series aims to give advice and guidance to public policy professionals about the progressive implementation of modernisation and other initiatives while retaining a focus on broader issues of social justice, equalities, staff and user involvement and community well being.

Titles in the series include:

PSP9 - Management Consultants: A Best Value Handbook. This handbook offers essential practical guidance to local authorities, health public bodies, trade unions and community organisations in dealing with management consultants. Email or telephone us to purchase this handbook.

PSP8 - Best Value Implementation Handbook. Incorporating the Best Value Code for Quality Employment. Email or telephone us to purchase this handbook.

PSP7 - User/Employee Involvement in Best Value, PFI and Partnerships. An invaluable handbook for local authorities, health and other public bodies, user and community organisations and trade unions. Email or telephone us to purchase this handbook.

PSP6 - A Handbook for checking Specifications. An essential handbook for public bodies in drawing up specifications for contracts and service level agreements. Email or telephone us to purchase this handbook.

PSP5 - Public Services and Business Plans.A detailed handbook for developing public service planning. Email or telephone us to purchase this publication.

PSP3 - Monitoring Public Services. A practical guide to monitoring council services under enforced competition. Email or telephone us to purchase this publication.

PSP2 - Equal Opportunities Strategy for Competitive Tendering. An essential and detailed handbook for promoting equal opportunities in procurement and tendering. Email or telephone us to purchase this publication.

PSP1 - Tender Evaluation. A detailed handbook for tender evaluation in white collar, professional and manual services.

Other similar titles include:

Frontline Involvement. Good practice guidelines on employee and trade union participation in Best Value.

Strategy for Best Value.

Other Best Value publications are available in our Outsourcing and CCT Archive and Books and External Reports pages.