It is one of a series of proposals to reform public services which the Prime Minister is announcing today. In a speech called "Working Together", Gordon Brown will say: "We will recruit the brightest and best in our public services - for instance, with a new fast track teacher training scheme, taking six months instead of a year, to bring career switchers into the teaching profession." Other initiatives include more management autonomy for public sector workers. "We will grasp at the opportunity to put teachers, doctors, nurses and the police back at the heart of our public service mission by providing them with new opportunities to run services in return for the greater accountability and responsiveness that we seek." Mr Brown will also say the Government wants to put "power in the hands of those who use our public services" and bring those services up to the standards of the private sector. "People take it for granted that they will access other people's reviews and ratings before buying something on eBay or Amazon, and yet we do not have systematic access to other people's experiences when choosing a GP practice or nursery. "We have clearly got the balance wrong when online businesses have higher standards of transparency that the public services we pay for and support." Decentralising the provision of public services is another theme of the Prime Minister's speech. "Moving from good to great public services can only be achieved by Whitehall letting go and empowering staff to shape local needs and priorities." Source: Skynews.com
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