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PUBLIC HEALTH

Councils should have key role in getting jabs to the vulnerable, says public health chief

By Ann McGauran | 11 January 2021

Councils’ knowledge is crucial in order to ‘get the vaccine to people’ in homes and workplaces, r...

PUBLIC HEALTH

Councils' knowledge should be fully utilised in vaccine rollout

By Matthew Ashton | 11 January 2021

Empowering local areas to deliver the rollout of the COVID vaccine could make a major difference ...

HEALTH

Why I refused to support discharging COVID positive patients into our care homes

By Cllr Nesil Caliskan | 08 January 2021

Leader of Enfield LBC Cllr Nesil Caliskan explains why patients with COVID must not be admitted t...

EDUCATION

Council defies government by closing nurseries

By Martin Ford | 08 January 2021

A council has closed all of its nurseries to prevent the spread of COVID-19 despite the Governmen...

COMMUNICATIONS

Learning the lessons from past pandemics

By Bob Gordon | 07 January 2021

Bob Gordon asks what we can learn from local responses to past pandemics. He says preparation, co...

PUBLIC HEALTH

London boroughs call for closure of religious sites

By Martin Ford | 07 January 2021

Council leaders in London have called for the closure of places of worship for communal services ...

EDUCATION

Councils resist pressure to reopen schools

By Martin Ford | 04 January 2021

Scores of councils have raised concerns over the return of primary school pupils to classrooms am...

PUBLIC HEALTH

Lack of data is hampering local responses to new virus variant, says Lord Porter

By Ann McGauran | 24 December 2020

District councils are unable to deliver a local response to the new variant of COVID-19 due to a ...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Council refuses to put COVID patients in care homes

By Martin Ford | 24 December 2020

Enfield LBC has said it will not comply with requests to look at providing beds for COVID-positiv...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Hats off to those who have worked tirelessly on the pandemic frontline

By Heather Jameson | 23 December 2020

The efforts of local government at the pandemic frontline during the past year have been nothing ...

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frederica-diamanta

Strategic Director – Place-Based Services

£Competitive

Stevenage is a town with bold ambitions. Apply for this job

Stevenage Borough Council

Executive Director of Adult Care Services

£158,000

This is an exciting time to be joining Hertfordshire County Council. Apply for this job

Hertfordshire County Council

Assistant Director - People & Change

Up to £91,625 + generous pension

Cambridge is a city of global reputation and local pride – a place of ideas, innovation and inclusion. Apply for this job

Cambridge City Council