démembrement

English translation: devolved service

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French term or phrase:démembrement
English translation:devolved service
Entered by: Silvia Brandon-Pérez

07:13 Sep 5, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Government / Politics
French term or phrase: démembrement
En matière de gestion des approvisionnements, le MSP a débuté une réorganisation interne des services de l’ONPPC entrainant une révision des rélations entre l’ONPPC et ses démembrements (3 dépôts de zone et 44 pharmacies populaires).

The ONPPC (National Office of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Products) and its what? Stripping, break-up, make no sense here...
Silvia Brandon-Pérez
United States
Local time: 19:35
devolved service
Explanation:
" Changes in NHS regulations in 1995 introduced locally devolved services that allowed health authorities to contract with community pharmacies to provide an extended hours pharmacy service"
www.pharmj.com/pdf/papers/pj_20020824_openinghours.pdf

"It was recommended that the number and roles of Senior Dental Nurses should be enhanced to develop services in each CHP in recognition of the range and opportunities for development around the health range of development. There had been a lot of discussion around the management arrangements. Agreed to support the devolved services including the establishment of Practice Managers which had received positive feedback and clinics were being arranged to see the maximum number of patients. This had made a huge difference."
http://www.tripdatabase.com/search?criteria="devolved servic...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-09-05 10:24:36 GMT)
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i.e. either:
a) services that were once a part of, but have been separated from the main service provider organisation - "hived off" is the derogatory term often used when referring to this in the NHS,
or
b) services that may be new, where the responsibility for ensuring provision lies with the main service provider organisation, but the actual provision has been devolved or contracted out to others.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-09-05 10:28:38 GMT)
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"Policy implementation through devolved government
Commissioner’s Foreword
"Australia has a long history of using non-government entities for service delivery. For many years, governments have funded non-government ‘third-sector’ organisations to deliver a range of social, health and education services. More recently, firms and markets have been used to help in the delivery of services, such as employment services.
"This approach, known as devolved government, has grown in its usage and diversity. It has enabled delivery to better meet government and citizen needs. It is consistent with the approach taken by the Government of ‘no ideological preference’ for mode of service delivery. But problems can arise, and they tend to highlight the issue of effective oversight by governments and public administrations of devolved government arrangements."
http://www.apsc.gov.au/publications09/devolvedgovernment.htm
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 04:35
Grading comment
Whether or not it's used in the US, inasmuch as this is an international document, devolved service it is! And thank you very much for all the input.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3devolved service
B D Finch
4facilities
Rosa Paredes
3 +1offshoot
Karen Stokes
3outpost/outreach
Carol Gullidge


Discussion entries: 1





  

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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
facilities


Explanation:
I think that's what it's meant.
National Office of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Products. NHW. National Health Watch. UNAIDS. Joint United Nations Program for HIV/ AIDS ...
www.theglobalfund.org/documents/rounds/9/.../9NGRH_1895_0_f...
http://www.theglobalfund.org/grantdocuments/5NGRM_1178_0_ful...

Rosa Paredes
Canada
Local time: 22:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
outpost/outreach


Explanation:
just an idea that might perhaps work as a generalisation, or at least stimulate a chain of thought.

I was initially trying to think of something along the lines of "outreach" (as in small branch offices within isolated communities), but couldn't fathom out how to work it into your text. This still might be a possibility though!

There's also the possibility of "sub offices" (analogy with the good old English Post Office system, with its sub POs and - yes, nowadays! - outreach offices in remote rural areas that are open on a very limited basis.

And I actually don't really see anything wrong with "branches" - unacquainted as I am with the niceties of company hierarchies!

Anyway, hope this brainstorming is of help, even if only indirectly!

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
devolved service


Explanation:
" Changes in NHS regulations in 1995 introduced locally devolved services that allowed health authorities to contract with community pharmacies to provide an extended hours pharmacy service"
www.pharmj.com/pdf/papers/pj_20020824_openinghours.pdf

"It was recommended that the number and roles of Senior Dental Nurses should be enhanced to develop services in each CHP in recognition of the range and opportunities for development around the health range of development. There had been a lot of discussion around the management arrangements. Agreed to support the devolved services including the establishment of Practice Managers which had received positive feedback and clinics were being arranged to see the maximum number of patients. This had made a huge difference."
http://www.tripdatabase.com/search?criteria="devolved servic...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-09-05 10:24:36 GMT)
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i.e. either:
a) services that were once a part of, but have been separated from the main service provider organisation - "hived off" is the derogatory term often used when referring to this in the NHS,
or
b) services that may be new, where the responsibility for ensuring provision lies with the main service provider organisation, but the actual provision has been devolved or contracted out to others.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-09-05 10:28:38 GMT)
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"Policy implementation through devolved government
Commissioner’s Foreword
"Australia has a long history of using non-government entities for service delivery. For many years, governments have funded non-government ‘third-sector’ organisations to deliver a range of social, health and education services. More recently, firms and markets have been used to help in the delivery of services, such as employment services.
"This approach, known as devolved government, has grown in its usage and diversity. It has enabled delivery to better meet government and citizen needs. It is consistent with the approach taken by the Government of ‘no ideological preference’ for mode of service delivery. But problems can arise, and they tend to highlight the issue of effective oversight by governments and public administrations of devolved government arrangements."
http://www.apsc.gov.au/publications09/devolvedgovernment.htm

B D Finch
France
Local time: 04:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 123
Grading comment
Whether or not it's used in the US, inasmuch as this is an international document, devolved service it is! And thank you very much for all the input.
Notes to answerer
Asker: I like the idea of 'devolved' services in this context, in the sense of something that was once a 'part of' but is now a separately functioning entity... goes with the use of démembrement as in 'stripped' ...


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge: I like "devolved". Fairly similar to my idea of "outreach"!
2 mins
  -> Thanks Carol. Outreach is taking services to where the users are. Devolution is about delegating responsibility for delivery. So they are different concepts.

agree  joehlindsay: But only for UK readers. I don't think this term is used in the US, and a quick google search would seem to confirm.
7 hrs
  -> Thanks joe. I'm afraid that, films, TV and books in US English notwithstanding, I can't claim fluency in US English.

agree  Gabriella Bertelmann: agree
9 hrs
  -> Thanks Gabriella
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
offshoot


Explanation:
Another option for the same basic idea suggested by Carol and Meirs.

Karen Stokes
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sandra Mouton: Plus fidèle à l'original
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Sandra
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