The first 29 hospital trusts to be invited to apply for Foundation status – subject to Parliament passing the Health and Social Care Bill – have been named by the Health Secretary Alan Milburn. The ...

People who have called up their local police station to report a crime would probably not say afterwards that they were treated like “a valued customer”. That is about to change. Police forces of ...

This report from the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) says that inspectors found that most local authorities are making a good contribution towards delivering ...

Finalists from across national and local government, plus the NHS and education will find out tonight (Tuesday, May 15) which of them has been judged the outstanding public servant of the year.The ...

Wage inflation and a buoyant economy will impact severely on an already tight labour market, leading to increasing pressures on organizations. The warning comes from the Chartered Institute of ...

This report from the New Local Government Network argues that decisions on public services across health, leisure, transport and the local environment should be handed down to individuals and ...

The public services union, UNISON, is calling on politicians to pay attention to the views of social workers who have set out their key priorities for improving child protection. In a survey they ...

Sets out a six-step plan to manage 360-degree feedback, based on work done by the Whitbread Group. Advises human resource managers to make sure that the 360-degree feedback is part of the organization ...

The High Court has ruled in favour of a trade union trying to block measures that would reduce the level of redundancy pay for civil servants. Lawyers representing the Public and Commercial Services ...

Many of us are afraid of failure and spend our lives trying to avoid it. But society’s most high achieving figures would all recognise that failure has been an integral part of their success. In 2009, ...

This report from Communities and Local Government describes how expenditure of all public bodies in an area was assessed and used as a basis for the work of the Total Place pilot projects. It explores ...

For more than 25 years Michael Rosen’s charming story “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt” has captured the imaginations of millions, transporting readers on an adventure to “catch a big one” while overcoming ...