A new downloadable guide designed to help local authorities deal with procurement plans and waste contracts has been launched by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The procurement ...

Local authorities have not received enough income from fees to cover the cost to them of implementing the 2003 Licensing Act, according to a report laid before MPs. The findings of the Independent ...

The number of patients mentioning NHS spending levels in NHS feedback has increased over threefold in the past year, according to figures released today by independent feedback website Patient Opinion ...

Children believe only those professionals who work with them, such as teachers or social workers, should have access to information from the Children’s Index. Youngsters who took part in a study ...

Offers four case studies to illustrate the effect of the adoption of commercial principles by public sector agencies in Australia. Comments on the process of commercialization which has been taking ...

The magnitude of the challenge facing the health and social care services has not been fully grasped. Plans to meet the challenge are unlikely to deliver the result. This is the conclusion of the ...

A new health and work assessment and advisory service is to be set up to provide advice to employees, employers and GPs in order to help people back to work after sickness absence and prevent them ...

Getting it right first time is important to all organizations because follow up calls are annoying to customers and costly to the service providers. Failure to get it right has become a significant ...

The independent think-tank, the New Local Government Network, today launches a survey designed to measure variations in public opinion across the UK on a range of issues affecting the quality of ...

A group of social scientists has taken advantage of the facilities offered by the internet to develop software which enables other researchers to easily create interactive internet-based intervention ...

Chief executives of housing associations have their chance to get their hands on a rundown of how Government policy is really likely to affect their work, at their annual conference this week.’Six Big ...

A new group of professionals with a track record in school transport issues has been set up to help the Government promote alternatives to short car journeys.The School Travel Advisory Group will be ...