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EDUCATION

Leader admits SEND report was 'uncomfortable reading'

By Martin Ford | 10 November 2022

Kent CC is at risk of Government intervention following a damning indictment of its provision for...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Care inspections could risk councils being 'set up to fail'

04 November 2022

The reintroduction of an inspection regime for adult social care could risk councils being ‘set u...

SOCIAL CARE

Shared Lives is a win-win

By Ewan King | 01 November 2022

Shared Lives has yet to grow to its potential and needs to be at the heart of our plans for adult...

WHITEHALL

Adult social care inspections ahead

By Dan Peters | 21 June 2022

Whitehall officials are drawing up a controversial adult social care inspections system after the...

SOCIAL CARE

Driving towards great social care

By Jeremy Cooper | 27 April 2022

Jeremy Cooper says the list of transformational change factors facing directors of adult social s...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Counting the cost of care in Wiltshire

By Cllr Richard Clewer | 08 March 2022

Wiltshire CC has been considering the potential ‘eye-watering’ cost of implementing the Governmen...

WHITEHALL

Ministers maintain power over CQC reviews

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2022

Ministers have dismissed an attempted challenge from peers to proposed fresh powers over looming ...

HEALTH

Ethnicity data: a vital tool for health

By Tracey Bignall | 02 March 2022

It’s time to take a closer look at how ethnicity is recorded, so that the data can help address t...

PAY

The future of social care remains precarious

By Amanda Kelly | 10 December 2021

The adult social care reform White Paper misses the opportunity to resolve the pressing issues of...

OFSTED

Slough accepts damning SEND report

By Martin Ford | 17 November 2021

Watchdogs have demanded action from Slough Council to address ‘significant areas of weakness’ in ...