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HEALTH

Making the Better Care Fund work locally

By Adam Fineberg | 21 January 2014

Adam Fineberg explains how councils could harness the full potential of the £3.8bn pooled health ...

HEALTH

Clegg in call to action on mental health

By Jonathan Werran | 20 January 2014

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has today called for society to end ‘damaging’ and ‘unhelpful’ a...

FINANCE

Survey highlights public health exodus

By Jamie Hailstone | 16 January 2014

A ‘considerable’ number of directors of public health have left the sector following its transfer...

FINANCE

Two Director Roles

16 January 2014

HEALTH

Integrated care toolkit launched

By Jonathan Werran | 16 January 2014

LGA launches a toolkit designed to help commissioners improve the integration of health and socia...

HEALTH

Councils overlooked in obesity epidemic

By Jonathan Carr-West | 15 January 2014

Strategic role of councils curious by its omission given nation's losing battle against obesity, ...

HEALTH

Councils urged to speed up and meet new adoption targets

By Jonathan Werran | 15 January 2014

Children’s minister Edward Timpson has written to all local authorities – after figures show ther...

HEALTH

Authorities must be 'heart' of care and health integration

By MJ Correspondent | 15 January 2014

Councils must be at the ‘heart’ of the integration of care and health services, local government ...

HEALTH

Revolutionising local care services

By Brandon Lewis | 15 January 2014

Local government minister Brandon Lewis on how councils should respond to pooled budgets and the ...

HEALTH

GPs must make youth mental health a priority

By Jonathan Werran | 15 January 2014

Family doctors should make youth mental health a priority, the chair of a leading medical profess...