The Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health, set up in January 2003, is now deciding which of the 600 not for profit organizations who want to get involved should set up and run ...

Vulnerable children and families often have to cope with multiple challenges which do not fit the structures of children’s and adult services. In a move to focus action on those in need and bring a ...

The impact of wealth and social class on older people’s well-being is detailed in new research published today. The study produced for the Economic and Social Research Council says the effects are ...

A survey of council websites to find out how well they promoted the county council elections produced a disappointing result. The survey was carried out by the Society of IT Management. The key ...

The National Audit Office has identified key management practices that it recommends to those further education colleges in poor financial health.In its latest report, NAO says that financial ...

The Welsh Assembly Government relies heavily on asset-based welfare as part of its approach to tackling child poverty, but the policy is threatened by plans to change the national Child Trust Fund ...

Phil Beaumont and Laurie HunterThis book published by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development explains the implications of the recently introduced EC Information and Consultation ...

Severe operating problems are being experienced with the new IT system for registering births and deaths. About half the Registry Offices across England and Wales have reverted to manual records local ...

The Local Government Association (LGA) is pulling in support in its bid to keep school funding in local council hands.It is calling a meeting of all those organisations with an interest in education ...

This programme is now available to view on egovtv.tv, the online television channel for public service modernisation. It reviews the way the Government Secure Intranet is enabling central and local ...

An in-depth study of the current revolution in council management has shown that the new structures being set up are not being linked to the change that they are supposed to bring about.The old ...

Public service unions have reacted angrily to the employers’ submission to the Local Government Pay Commission. UNISON, the United Kingdom’s largest trade union, has branded the employers’ views as ...