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HEALTH

Council-led project helps free up much-needed hospital beds

By Cllr Richard Kerry | 09 April 2020

An East Suffolk Council-led multi-agency partnership pilot is providing crucial support during th...

HEALTH

Testing to be rolled out to care workers

By Heather Jameson | 09 April 2020

Coronavirus testing could soon be rolled out to care home workers, MPs have been told.

SOCIAL CARE

At times like this local government comes into its own

By Anthony May | 07 April 2020

Anthony May looks at how local government has ‘pivoted to this new normal, perhaps faster than an...

SOCIAL CARE

Let's make the argument now for the world we want to live in

By Jonathan Carr-West | 06 April 2020

Will the impact of coronavirus mean more state investment or 10 more years of austerity to pay fo...

SOCIAL CARE

Satisfaction level for social care 'remains stubbornly low'

By Michael Burton | 06 April 2020

The satisfaction level for social care ‘remains stubbornly low’ according to a survey into public...

HEALTH

PPE 'on its way' to the frontline

By Heather Jameson | 06 April 2020

More than 30 million items of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) are due to be delivered to Loca...

SOCIAL CARE

Vacant care homes will open in two weeks for COVID-19 capacity

By Ann McGauran | 03 April 2020

Hertfordshire CC is recommissioning two vacant council-owned former care homes over the next two ...

HEALTH

COVID-19: Hertfordshire's support for care sector provides confidence for the future

By Iain MacBeath | 03 April 2020

Iain MacBeath explains how Hertfordshire CC has stepped in to offer certainty and support to the ...

HEALTH

Lack of vital worker protection 'shameful'

By Dan Peters | 01 April 2020

Local government secretary, Robert Jenrick, has demanded that local government workers get access...

HEALTH

Outsourcers change coronavirus policy

By Dan Peters | 01 April 2020

Outsourcer Amey has U-turned to give full pay to workers off sick with coronavirus or those self-...