The way in which councils are interpreting the eligibility criteria for adult social care is inequitable and has produced a post code lottery. This is a key finding of a review by the Commission for ...

Phil Neal examines how local authorities can overcome some of the challenges they face as they prepare for phase two of the Troubled Families scheme. The work already underway to improve outcomes for ...

There is more conflict in the public sector workplace than there is in the private sector where conflict is better managed. These findings come from a new report ‘Fight, Flight or Face It’ published ...

National Health service patients, doctors and nurses are to be asked for their views on a new system of managing information as part of a major consultation on patient privacy to be carried out by the ...

When the waters of deficit reduction have subsided the total place legacy will be there to help in the process of rebuilding public services. The brand will disappear, but the principles will be ...

The Local Government Association has teamed up with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister to develop a tool designed to help local authorities deliver real improvement in the services they provide ...

The Total Place timetable creates a high speed record for a nation-wide initiative involving so many people in different organizations. The Total Place initiative has the potential to transform public ...

Better management of property assets across the public sector is being increasingly recognised as a major contributor to cutting costs, without any harmful effect on service delivery. As well as ...

Public Administration Volume 82: Issue 2. ISSN: 0033-3298.

Better off patients are seen as more attractive by family doctors than those that come from deprived backgrounds and, new research today says, that could be one reason why they get better treatment ...

A new cross-sector forum offers those in the public sector grappling with the e-government challenge access to the ideas, tools and guidance they will need to effect real change in their organisations ...