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HEALTH

Money alone is not enough to solve bed blocking

By Heather Jameson | 01 March 2023

'Government attempts to resolve the thorny issue of bed blocking may have been born out of good i...

FINANCE

Questions raised over social care spending

By Martin Ford | 24 February 2023

A report from the Institute for Government and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Acco...

HEALTH

Bed blocking down by just 3% a month on from £250m plan

By Paul Marinko | 22 February 2023

The Government’s £250m initiative to speed up hospital discharges reduced the number of bed block...

WHITEHALL

Avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach to social care reform

By Becky Wilkinson | 15 February 2023

Becky Wilkinson examines what Wolverhampton City Council has learned from being a trailblazer cou...

WHITEHALL

Pride, innovation... and disappointment

By Karen Fuller | 15 February 2023

Karen Fuller sets out Oxfordshire CC’s experiences of preparing to pilot social care charging ref...

WHITEHALL

Lib Dems propose social care pay increase

By Mark Conrad | 06 February 2023

Almost a million frontline social care workers would receive significant pay rises under Lib Dem ...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Let's make greater use of technology in social care

By Jon Rallings | 01 February 2023

In the midst of a recruitment and retention crisis, councils need to keep dedicated social care s...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

The case for a budget-setting collective

By Michael Hudson | 01 February 2023

Michael Hudson looks ahead at planning for 2024-25 budget-setting, and he says we need to do this...

DEVOLUTION

The next showrunners

By Jonathan Werran | 01 February 2023

Jonathan Werran says that, whatever and whoever is running the show after next year’s General Ele...

HEALTH

Sector given role in NHS plan

By Paul Marinko | 31 January 2023

Local government will join an ‘expert group’ with the voluntary and community sector and care pro...

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frederica-diamanta

Director of Corporate Services

£100,000 plus excellent pension scheme

We are a forward-looking organisation that genuinely wants to live our new values of People, Pride, Performance and Progress. Apply for this job

St Leger Homes

Transformation and Innovation Manager

£51,356- £55,539

Do you thrive in a dynamic and innovative environment? Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council

Transformation and Innovation Manager

£51,356- £55,539

Do you thrive in a dynamic and innovative environment? Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council