HEALTH

'Tsar' hails second year of ring-fenced funding

By Jamie Hailstone | 16 January 2013

The Government's public health 'tsar' has hailed a second year of ring-fenced funding allocations...

HEALTH

Boss pledges 'better care' for disabled

16 January 2013

Former council boss in charge of plans to reform care at Winterbourne View pledges to work with l...

HEALTH

Sickness rates respond to the right treatment

By Dean Wanless | 15 January 2013

Dean Wanless says local authority sickness rates are not quite what they appear.

HEALTH

Figuring out the costs of social care

By Cllr Lucinda Yeadon | 15 January 2013

John Baker and Cllr Lucinda Yeadon say it's time to put the myths of residential care provision t...

HEALTH

Scrap adoption bureaucracy say council chiefs

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 January 2013

Town hall bosses have warned that government bureaucracy is still getting in the way of the adopt...

HEALTH

Government publishes adoption map

By Jamie Hailstone | 11 January 2013

The Government has published a map of 'adoption hotspots' to encourage the number of people who w...

HEALTH

Bosses angry over health budget delay

09 January 2013

Town hall bosses have made public their frustration at continuing delays to the announcement of n...

HEALTH

Use fuel allowance to fund care limit says Burstow

09 January 2013

Former care minister Paul Burstow and three council leaders have reignited the debate over social...

HEALTH

Get more residents to exercise, councils told

By Jamie Hailstone | 09 January 2013

Local authorities should encourage more people to exercise as part of the sector's new public hea...

HEALTH

Commons group calls for overhaul of 'failing' CQC

By Jamie Hailstone | 09 January 2013

An influential group of MPs has heaped further criticism on the beleaguered Care Quality Commissi...

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frederica-diamanta

Corporate Director of Children and Family Services

£142,950 - £157,041

Forged through an industrial past, Stoke-on-Trent is a city with creativity and kindness at its heart. Apply for this job

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Strategic Director Economy, Innovation and Growth

Up to £134,228

We have four fantastic opportunities for innovative and forward-thinking leaders to join our leadership team Apply for this job

Gateshead Council

Strategic Director Housing, Environment and Healthy Communities

Up to £134,228

We have four fantastic opportunities for innovative and forward-thinking leaders to join our leadership team Apply for this job

Gateshead Council