Health and social care workers will learn today (Thursday, April 18, 2002) what ‘hoops, hurdles and targets’ they’ll have to face alongside what the Chancellor has billed as the largest ever sustained ...

This report from the Public Management and Policy Association is made up from papers by academics and practitioners which set out visions of where public services are going and how they might get ...

The Government says it has reached its target of employing nearly 2,000 modern matrons in the NHS.It comes just one year after their reintroduction to the health service, even though the target set to ...

The Government has unveiled a series of measures to help local authorities deal with the problem of empty town centre shops. The move has been welcomed by the Local Government Association which had ...

Newcastle City Council is working with a regional charity to set up what is thought to be the country’s first youth council independent of the local authority. The new body, created with the support ...

Evaluating current cleaning processes should already be part and parcel of a mindset that seeks to consistently meet high standards. However, the fact that the new standard has been in place for just ...

Learning from the Comprehensive Performance Assessment is helping to raise the standards of public services. All the larger councils were involved in the first phase of CPA and the remainder are now ...

Social media is changing the world of work. From Twitter to eBay, Facebook to YouTube, new tools are emerging every year that place the connecting power of the internet in the hands of everyone. This ...

Local authority chief executives and other senior managers have underlined in a new report the link between their ability to recruit and retain good staff and the condition of the local economies in ...

Guidelines for the continuous professional development of health care managers have been brought together in a single new publication, including a best practice guide for employers and a framework for ...