Transformation

By Paul Marinko | 22 February 2023

The Government’s £250m initiative to speed up hospital discharges reduced the number of bed block...

MANAGEMENT

Not holding out for a hero

By Gemma Carmichael | 15 February 2023

Gemma Carmichael sets out the main messages from her research into good leadership, and reflects ...

HEALTH

Shaping a new era for Wigan Council

By Alison McKenzie-Folan | 03 February 2023

The Wigan Deal is a movement for change that rewrote the rules, says the council's chief executiv...

FINANCE

'Progress falls short' at Nottingham

By Martin Ford | 02 February 2023

Nottingham City Council has been too slow in turning around its finances, according to the team c...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Let's make greater use of technology in social care

By Jon Rallings | 01 February 2023

In the midst of a recruitment and retention crisis, councils need to keep dedicated social care s...

HEALTH

Sector given role in NHS plan

By Paul Marinko | 31 January 2023

Local government will join an ‘expert group’ with the voluntary and community sector and care pro...

RECRUITMENT

Liverpool is now entering a new era

By Joanne Anderson | 30 January 2023

Mayor of Liverpool City Council Joanne Anderson reflects on her time in office and explains why s...

WHITEHALL

Sector calls for action over care home purchasing plan

By Paul Marinko | 30 January 2023

Local government has called for action so a £200m initiative to address hospital bed blocking avo...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Playing the postcode lottery

By Tim Pope | 17 January 2023

Tim Pope says the postcode lottery argument should be used locally to develop breakthrough innova...

Horizon scanners, shapeshifters and Richard Branson

By Blair McPherson | 05 January 2023

Blair McPherson looks at how councils can learn from entrepreneur Richard Branson and create the ...

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