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HEALTH
Bed blocking down by just 3% a month on from £250m plan
By Paul Marinko | 22 February 2023
The Government’s £250m initiative to speed up hospital discharges reduced the number of bed block...
MANAGEMENT
Not holding out for a hero
By Gemma Carmichael | 15 February 2023
Gemma Carmichael sets out the main messages from her research into good leadership, and reflects ...
HEALTH
Shaping a new era for Wigan Council
By Alison McKenzie-Folan | 03 February 2023
The Wigan Deal is a movement for change that rewrote the rules, says the council's chief executiv...
FINANCE
'Progress falls short' at Nottingham
By Martin Ford | 02 February 2023
Nottingham City Council has been too slow in turning around its finances, according to the team c...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Let's make greater use of technology in social care
By Jon Rallings | 01 February 2023
In the midst of a recruitment and retention crisis, councils need to keep dedicated social care s...
HEALTH
Sector given role in NHS plan
By Paul Marinko | 31 January 2023
Local government will join an ‘expert group’ with the voluntary and community sector and care pro...
RECRUITMENT
Liverpool is now entering a new era
By Joanne Anderson | 30 January 2023
Mayor of Liverpool City Council Joanne Anderson reflects on her time in office and explains why s...
WHITEHALL
Sector calls for action over care home purchasing plan
By Paul Marinko | 30 January 2023
Local government has called for action so a £200m initiative to address hospital bed blocking avo...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Playing the postcode lottery
By Tim Pope | 17 January 2023
Tim Pope says the postcode lottery argument should be used locally to develop breakthrough innova...
TRANSFORMATION
Horizon scanners, shapeshifters and Richard Branson
By Blair McPherson | 05 January 2023
Blair McPherson looks at how councils can learn from entrepreneur Richard Branson and create the ...
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