Two of the nine advisers started work at the beginning of this month,while the others are due to begin by mid-summer. The move sees theDepartment of Health begin to catch up with the Department of Educationand Skills, which already has a fleet of regional staff in place.
However, unlike the DfES posts, the new advisers, recruited by the CareServices Improvement Partnership, will not be charged with performancemanagement. Instead they will focus on advising a range ofprofessionals, from directors of children's services to healthcommissioners, nurses and paediatricians.
Richard Ford, executive director of the partnership's children and youngpeople programme, said the advisers would promote co-working while alsoacting as a link between the people making policy and those deliveringit.
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