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Ann McGauran

Ann McGauran

Journalist and content editor with 20+ years specialising in public policy. Still learning.

Articles by Ann McGauran

Councils' commissioning must boost communities says report

By Ann McGauran | 15 April 2020

The public sector should adopt Community Value Charters as a standardised way of evaluating socia...

Index reveals places most at risk during pandemic

By Ann McGauran | 14 April 2020

The West Midlands is the new immediate battleground against COVID-19, according to a risk rating ...

Leeds City Council fast tracks plan for temporary mortuary

By Ann McGauran | 08 April 2020

Leeds City Council is to build a £800,000 temporary mortuary as part of emergency planning in res...

Experts seek clarification on virtual meetings regulations

By Ann McGauran | 06 April 2020

Councils should give five working days’ notice for virtual meetings or use normal urgency procedu...

Government announces 'biggest changes to building safety in a generation'

By Ann McGauran | 03 April 2020

The Government has announced steps to further reform building safety, including mandatory sprinkl...

CQC issues COVID-19 guidance on DBS checks

By Ann McGauran | 03 April 2020

The Care Quality Commission(CQC)  has issued interim guidance on the Disclosure and Barring Servi...

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 ...

Care providers experience tenfold hike in costs of protective equipment

By Ann McGauran | 01 April 2020

Suppliers of protective equipment are charging as much as 10 times the normal amount for their pr...

'Things will probably not be the same again'

By Ann McGauran | 31 March 2020

John Henderson’s top-level military background is proving crucial to Staffordshire CC as it refoc...

Lawyers warn Deprivation of Liberty safeguards will be 'paralysed' by pandemic

By Ann McGauran | 31 March 2020

COVID-19 will ‘paralyse’ the system of Deprivation of Liberty safeguards (DoLS), says the organis...