A fresh pair of eyes
20 April 2026
Professor Lisa McNally, director of public health for Worcestershire County Council, says the new Public Health Peer Review programme will benefit public health teams and system partners striving t...
Improvement notice lifted on Oxfordshire's SEND services
By Lee Peart 20 April 2026
An improvement notice for SEND services in Oxfordshire issued following an inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission in 2023 has been lifted.
North London measles cases rising outside Enfield
By Lee Peart 09 April 2026
Measles cases are showing ‘signs of stabilisation’ in north London but rising outside Enfield, according to the latest statistics.
Councils increase debt to fund higher social care costs
By Lee Peart 08 April 2026
Councils are falling further into debt to fund rising social care costs, analysis has found.
Unison proposes adult social care pension scheme
By Lee Peart 08 April 2026
A letter proposing a pension scheme for adult social care workers funded by employers and employees has been sent by Unison to health and social care secretary Wes Streeting.
Health devolution: opportunity or distraction?
07 April 2026
Katherine Merrifield, assistant director at The Health Foundation, says the creation of mayoral health commissioners is a significant step but must be enabled by a genuinely joined-up approach, whe...
Closing the collaboration gap
02 April 2026
Victor Adebowale looks at how to move from rhetoric to reality and make collaboration between local government and health possible.
Show us the money
By Lee Peart 01 April 2026
Social care funding is ‘a classic for the insurance system’, and the deadline for the final Casey Commission report should be brought forward. Lee Peart reports from a Smith Square debate.
Place-based partnership to receive Sport England funding
By Lee Peart 30 March 2026
Energize Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, on behalf of Shropshire Integrated Place Partnership (SHIPP), is to receive over £500,000 in Sport England funding to tackle inactivity and health inequalitie...
Scottish councils call for leisure and sport investment as prevention tool
By William Eichler 26 March 2026
Scotland's councils are calling for long-term investment in public leisure and sport, warning that short-term funding and outdated legislation are putting vital community services under serious str...
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