FINANCE

MPs call for end to 'one-off' SEND inspections

By Ann McGauran | 22 October 2019

Joint ‘one-off’ Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Ofsted inspections of special educational needs...

SOCIAL CARE

CQC: care Green Paper delay causing 'instability'

By Chris Mahony | 15 October 2019

The care regulator has accused the Government of aggravating the funding pressures in adult socia...

FINANCE

Providing a clear picture of care

By Iain MacBeath | 01 October 2019

By bringing financial and care quality data together to be accessed in one place in real-time, 11...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

'Significant areas of weakness' found in Stockton's SEND provision

By Martin Ford | 17 May 2019

Watchdogs have criticised the pace of improvements in provision for children with special educati...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Call for inspection pause in case of Brexit hit

By Dan Peters | 10 April 2019

Council chiefs have urged Whitehall to be ready to ease pressures on the sector for up to six mon...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Government must 'step up' on adult social care

By Ann McGauran | 28 February 2019

The council ranked the best at delivering most for the money it spends on adult social care has c...

FINANCE

Top 10 adult care councils

By Jeremy Cooper | 27 February 2019

Building on the ranking tables included in iMPOWER’s report Which Councils Are Best?, Jeremy Coop...

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

Public audit will soon need a spring clean

By David Walker | 19 February 2019

John Tizard and David Walker make the case for a new way of auditing how public money is spent th...

SOCIAL CARE

CQC appoints new adult care chief

By Martin Ford | 28 January 2019

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed Kate Terroni as chief inspector of adult social c...

OFSTED

Collaboration is key in delivering the SEND reforms – a reflection on inspection

By Caroline Marriot | 24 January 2019

Organisations in Milton Keynes were described by Ofsted and the CQC as ‘united in their ambition ...

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