A new government presents an unmissable opportunity for a ‘reset’ in the relationship between central and local government, which is...

Working in regional ‘clusters’, councils are building and testing a new approach to foster carer recruitment through a government-funded...

Last night saw the election of a Labour government, in power for the first time since 2010. John Copps considers the implications of this...

Catch up on our webinar - Connecting Public Services with People and Places Using Cooperative Principles - which took place on Thursday...

John Copps says that cooperative principles should provide the foundation for adult social care reform – rebuilding and maintaining the...

The traditional GP practice is under pressure from rising demand, a shortage of GPs and the preferences of a new generation of doctors....

Myriad challenges in children’s residential care, including increasingly complex needs and business models driven by scale, are resulting...

Too many of our public services have become detached from the people and places they are there to serve, with detrimental consequence for...

Violence Reduction Units are a great example of how central government policy can translate effectively to the local level to proactively...

MV Non-executive Professor Donna Hall argues that early intervention must be a priority for a new government and makes the case that a...

We are thrilled to invite you to our Fostering Recruitment & Retention Learning Week from Monday 10th June - Thursday 13th June. During...

Catch up on our webinar - Reflections on the Liberating Public Services Conference. This webinar was held on Tuesday 7th May 2024. Watch...

Andrew Laird looks at the potential of AI in public services and the lessons learnt from the recent exploratory work completed by a group...

As the Strengthening Families Protecting Children Programme is brought to a close, Essack Miah reflects on what is needed to ensure a...

After more than a decade of austerity and rising demand for services, Ross Murray argues that there is a need for change in the way local...

Sign up for our webinar - The Development and Progress of Regional Fostering Recruitment Support Hubs - on Wednesday 22nd May in...

To shift care closer to people’s homes, primary care and community services need to be firmer allies and work closely with local...

With murmurs of a post-election return of the previous Labour government’s Total Place policy, John Copps looks at why it is still...

Regional collaboration in children's services is now firmly part of the way services are organised. Mutual Ventures has produced a series...

Launched in 2009, the UK Government's Total Place policy is a valuable model of local multi-agency collaboration in an attempt to provide...