Mental health services are undergoing change with the creation of more foundation trusts. This change has brought a need for business intelligence so that information is available on care delivered, ...

At the same time councils face the increasing challenge of an ageing population and increased citizen expectations, they are also faced with the shrinking of public spending. As a result, councils and ...

Councils are being told today that they could save hundreds of millions of pounds if they took tougher action against fraud. The Audit Commission says people fraudulently claiming a single person ...

Craig Bentley looks at how public sector organisations can reduce costs without impacting on services. The public sector has suffered as much as any during the era of austerity introduced by the last ...

Councils are placing too much emphasis on building new homes, according to a new report from the Audit Commission which says they should pay more attention to making the most of existing houses and ...

The prevention package raises the focus on prevention as a means of ensuring good health, well-being and independence in later life by promoting and encouraging uptake of comprehensive health and ...

Faced with anxiety over potential job losses and extra pressure in overstretched departments, for staff in the public sector, occupational health and safety has never been more important. This feature ...

A major new report has concluded that Britain’s social housing system needs to be “urgently and radically” overhauled to deal with the growing problem of overcrowding. The 40-page report, ‘Room to ...

The dire reports about failures in the flagship welfare reform programme published in Publicnet during the last few months now have the official stamp of approval. The NAO report published today ...

New figures show that every local authority in Wales has already met its 2010 targets to cut the levels of of waste sent to landfill. The Landfill Allowances Scheme limits the amount of biodegradable ...

At least £60 billion of central government spending should be devolved to local areas over the next five years, council leaders urge today. The Local Government Association said cities and county ...

In this book Prasad Kaipa and Navi Radjou provide a fresh and timely approach to nurturing wise, resilient, and flexible leadership in a world of growing complexity Leaders tend to obstinately stick ...