There is a warning today that Government plans to use community matrons as a way to keep older people out of hospital may be based on misleading data. The warning, published in the British Medical ...

The speed of change in the world of education has accelerated in recent months with root and branch scrutiny of processes and structures. The Audit Commission has now turned the spotlight on Local ...

The Guide, which is produced by the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, explains what strategy is, how it works and how it differs in the public compared to the private sector. It was produced to help ...

Public sector organisations will have easier access to learning and development solutions after a new agreement was reached by OGC Buying Solutions. The Learning and Development and eLearning ...

The national body set up to handle equipment procurement for Fire Services across England has awarded its first major contracts. Firebuy Ltd., which was established in April last year as part of the ...

Local councils are to get stronger powers to scrutinise all local public services, including the possibility of compelling organisations to attend scrutiny meetings. A new Private Members Bill, which ...

A disagreement between Scottish local authorities and the country’s Qualifications Authority has become public with the councils announcing that they will seek another organisation to provide the ...

Scottish style e-petitions should be used by all local authorities to engage people in local politics according to a report from the New Local Government Network. Its paper says allowing local people ...

The Government has been warned that it has significantly under-estimated the cost of providing free personal care for elderly people who have high levels of need. The warning from the Association of ...

The authors provide a new governance framework for using valuable tools of community improvement, especially performance measurement and citizen engagement, to empower communities to achieve the ...

Bob GarrattThis is a revised edition of a book published in 1986 that was one of the first to try to put learning ideas at the top of the management agenda. The author is a leading authority on the ...

Technological equipment and systems, known as Telecare, whilst not a replacement for one-to-one contact, can provide support and independence for older people. It may help them feel safer and it may ...