Health, public health and social care – for adults and children.
A look at the increasing role of the private sector in providing for children’s care services focussing on children’s homes and fostering. The briefing considers a number of questions around private sector involvement including profit-making, ownership, competition, financial risk, and the quality of care.
A look at the stability of children’s social care services in England. This briefing is about the changing nature of the children’s social care population, returning to the theme that the children’s social care system is in difficulty – a widely-supported view at the end of 2019 by the National Audit Office, the Public Accounts…
In the latest in our ‘A Month in the Life series’, Clare County Council fills us in on their October, a busy month. The Council continued to offer Covid-19 support to the community, while the Clare County Development Plan 2022-2028 was also a key focus, involving a public consultation event.
This briefing summarises and assesses the Chancellor’s spending announcements made in Spending Review 2020; also summarised is the economic and fiscal assessment conducted by the Office For Budget Responsibility (OBR).
This briefing examines the role of local governments in South Korea and Taiwan played in successfully suppressing the spread of Covid-19 to draw out lessons for local government internationally.
The health, public health and social care round-up summarises new policy, research and publications that are relevant to elected members and officers interested in health and social care.
Today the Chancellor laid out his much-anticipated one-year Spending Review, in place of the Comprehensive Spending Review and three-year plan he had hoped to produce before the pandemic disrupted the economic backdrop. This on-the-day briefing brings you the highlights.
The first national lockdown earlier in the year meant many people were subject to shielding across the UK. What were their experiences of shielding? With the new English lockdown about to start and local lockdowns across the UK what are the lessons we can learn from their stories?
The health, public health and social care round-up summarises new policy, research and publications that are relevant to elected members and officers interested in health and social care.
The monthly health, public health and social care round-up summarises new policy, research and publications.