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HEALTH

Two million elderly at risk from digital switchover delays

By William Eichler | 06 March 2023

Two million older and disabled people could be put at risk unless councils are given more support...

HEALTH

Hancock comes under fresh fire

By Dan Peters | 02 March 2023

General secretary of trade union Unison Christina McAnea has accused former health and care secre...

HEALTH

Local government pension schemes expected to increase health sector investments

By William Eichler | 01 March 2023

The vast majority of Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) fund professionals would like to incr...

HEALTH

The success of Labour's 5 Missions will depend on councils being properly funded

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 01 March 2023

As the Labour Party begins to release more information on how its 5 Missions are to be achieved, ...

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...

WHITEHALL

IFS: No case for increased public spending

By Michael Burton | 28 February 2023

There is no case for increased public spending despite better-than-forecast borrowing figures, ac...

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...

HEALTH

Producing healthier places

By Rosie Fogden | 21 February 2023

Health inequalities remain profound, but locally designed public services can help turn the tide,...

HEALTH

Inequalities hitting life expectancy, report finds

By Paul Marinko | 16 February 2023

Socio-economic inequalities are wiping an average of 1.5 years off the lives of people in the mos...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Book clubs for children offered a vision for the future

By Sarah Newman | 13 February 2023

Book clubs with young people to explore what they wanted their futures to look like helped the bi...