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Rechercher des annonces: The five principles behind the world’s most efficient health systems
In an article for the Guardian Healthcare Network, Mark Britnell, head of healthcare, UK and Europe, at KPMG writes on what makes the perfect health system. After working in more than 60...

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Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 02 mars 2016

0; Whole system working for improved health and wellbeing
A solution to a knotty problem sprang into my mind last week. I was on my way to the local Health and Wellbeing Board and pondering why it has had so little effect. My previous thoughts...

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Adrian Barker
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Dernière mise à jour: 29 févr. 2016

0; Who makes up the support workforce in healthcare? – infographic
The UK health sector employs more than 2.1 million people; 40% of those are support staff. This infographic reveals statistics behind those workers.

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Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 25 févr. 2016

0; A faint air of menace
We need to talk about how we talk about diversity in the work place because the subject still has a faint air of menace about it. If people are reluctant to talk about diversity for fear of...

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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 22 févr. 2016

0; Rentaminority.com
It was a spoof and like the best spoofs it was just ridiculous enough to be believable. It was advertised as a new service for organisations who wanted to address the under representation of...

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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 20 févr. 2016

0; Citizen Reach (Sponsored Blog)
Councils getting to grips with the challenges of achieving citizen engagement targets are turning to digital advertising to improve voter registration. The Electoral Commission...

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Knowledge Hub Team
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Dernière mise à jour: 21 févr. 2016

0; Bad Customers
I can see it now one of those videos on the Internet by some American business guru entitled , " How to get rid of your bad customers". Serious articles in the Harvert Business review...

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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 12 févr. 2016

0; Donald Tusk addresses 116th Plenary Session of Committee of the Regions - 11th February 2016
Other highlights from the 116h Plenary Session. Six opinions and two Resolutions are on the agendaof this plenary session. On the first day, Mr...

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UDiTE Admin
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Dernière mise à jour: 11 févr. 2016

0; 2016 EU funding for 'Digital, open and collaborative government' is now open
The 2016 Calls for proposals under the Work Programme 2016-2017 of Societal Challenge 6 'Digital, open and collaborative government' of Horizon 2020 are now open. There are €50 million...

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UDiTE Admin
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Dernière mise à jour: 10 févr. 2016

0; Exciting news from Knowledge Hub
Hello from the Knowledge Hub team. We’re writing to share our plans for 2016 with you and to tell you a bit about who we are and what we stand for. Before we do that we want to share...

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Par:
Knowledge Hub Team
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Dernière mise à jour: 09 févr. 2016

4; What would happen in a world if all projects succeed?
This is a great video from the Courageous Conversation held between Judy Payne and Eddie Obeng called “We really need to talk about the world in which all projects succeed.” There are some great...

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Par:
Michael Norton
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Dernière mise à jour: 05 févr. 2016

1; Trust them to figure it out
The more demanding the agenda for change, the more savage the budget cuts, the more emphases on performance the greater the management emphasis on conformity. When senior managers feel the...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 03 févr. 2016

0; Spring Chicken Campaign and website
The Spring Chicken campaign was started two years ago because it was found that the products and services that helped older people live better, fitter and happier lives were difficult to...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 26 janv. 2016

1; Health Matters: Harmful drinking and alcohol dependence
Public Health England have published the third edition of Health matters, a resource to support professionals working to improve population health. This edition addresses harmful...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 26 janv. 2016

0; Dead letter drop,positive vetting and unconscious bias
MI5 have them. They are helping the secret services get the best out of their "Spooks". It was one of the reasons they were awarded public sector employers of the year. Soon every CEO, head...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 25 janv. 2016

0; Monthly data on delayed transfers of care in LG Inform
The LGA’s Research and Information team has compiled a range of helpful data on delayed transfers of care to support councils in understanding the latest situation locally. The reports allow you to...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 20 janv. 2016

0; Series of Health and Wellbeing reports in LG Inform
The following LG Inform and LG Inform Plus reports have now been published and are available to view by all. Just click on the report links below. This reports explore four themes of health and...

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Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 20 janv. 2016

0; Being overweight or obese could cause around 700,000 new UK cancers by 2035
Executive summary: Tipping the scales: Why preventing obesity makes economic sense A new report from the UK Health Forum and Cancer Research UK has found that rising rates of obesity and...

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Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 20 janv. 2016

0; Dementia Intelligence Network: Launch of the Dementia Profile and Catalogue
Public Health England's National Mental Health, Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network announce the launch of the dementia profile and data catalogue The dementia profile gives...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 20 janv. 2016

0; Do you work with data, information and/or IT in Social Care?
Skills for Care is conducting a national survey to find out how many staff specialise in processing, analysing and compiling data and information in social care. If you’re involved in data and...

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Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 20 janv. 2016

0; What about YOUth consultation
Health and Wellbeing of 15-year-olds in England – What About YOUth? (WAY): Public Consultation The Health and Social Care Information Centre have launched the WAY consultation, it...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 20 janv. 2016

0; How training as a social worker made me a better doctor
My favourite opening sentence this week comes from the Guardian. " Sharon D Clarke studied to be a social worker before becoming a doctor..... on Holby City." At first I thought this was...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 19 janv. 2016

0; It’s not Blue Monday, it’s Happy Monday
Apparently today is Blue Monday… the most depressing day of the year. Well, I beg to differ… I’ve been checking out what’s happening around Knowledge Hub today and what struck me was how many...

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Par:
Liz Copeland
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Dernière mise à jour: 18 janv. 2016

1; Data Services for Commissioners Show and Tell Events – January 2016
Please see some information below about two upcoming show and tell events hosted by the Data Services for Commissioners Programme The Data Services for Commissioners Programme is hosting...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 14 janv. 2016

0; Tribute to Dave Bowie - Changes
The conference like the song claims we can all be heroes. The promotional material speaks of the battles that have taken place and the battles to come, battles that have left many managers...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 11 janv. 2016

0; 2016 The Force Awkens
Is the Force still with us? Who is The Dark Lord ? Where is Luke Skywalker? Is the private sector the ultimate weapon of destruction, the Death Star. The Force is sheer will power,...

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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 04 janv. 2016

1; The "Special Ones"
They are the,"turn round " kings. They can straddle two LA 's, they can manage two large schools at the same time, they can transform your failing hospital trust, they can restore the...

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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 23 déc. 2015

0; What about YOUth survey 2014 - LA level results now available
The What About YOUth? 2014 survey provides valuable information on the health and wellbeing of teenagers and provides robust results at a Local Authority (LA) level. The results of the survey have...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 17 déc. 2015

0; Big Bang Data Exhibition - Somerset House, London
Big Bang Data - an exhibition of data-driven artworks 03 December 2015 - 28 February 2016 Embankment Galleries, Somerset House, Strand, WC2R 0RN A major exhibition of diverse, dynamic,...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 03 déc. 2015

0; Consultation on the Survey of the Mental Health of Children and Young People 2016
NatCen Social Research and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have been commissioned by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) to carry out the Survey of the Mental Health of...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 02 déc. 2015

0; HSCIC Lifestyles publications
The Health and Social Care Information Centres (HSCIC) 'Lifestyles' publications cover a range of topics including smoking, alcohol, drug use, obesity and contraception. Some of these...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 02 déc. 2015

0; Making sense of statistics
The Royal Statistical Society offers a range of useful materials to help the public as well as journalists and teachers find out more about statistics. Issues like money, life...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 02 déc. 2015

0; DfE annual report on SEN data trends published
The Department for Education have released their special educational needs (SEN) summary publication which gives an overview of the available data on SEN and a link to the external data...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 02 déc. 2015

1; Growing healthy communities: The Health and Wellbeing Index
This report by Grant Thornton UK LLP's Place Analytics team examines how collaboration between local authority stakeholders can help address health quality determinants (social, economic...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 02 déc. 2015

0; The district council contribution to public health . Report from the King's Fund
District councils have a key role to play in keeping us healthy. They have a distinct, local role in service provision, economic development, planning, and helping to shape and support their...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 02 déc. 2015

0; Quick guides: transforming urgent and emergency care services in England
NHS England and partners have published a series of quick guides to support local health and care systems. The guides provide practical tips, case studies and links to useful documents, which can...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 02 déc. 2015

0; Monitor report and infographics - A&E delays, last winter at a glance
This infographic from Monitor provides a picture of the findings of their research into increased waiting times in A&E, during October-December 2014/15 Their detailed report shows...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 02 déc. 2015

0; What’s new on My NHS?
What’s new on My NHS? MyNHS launched a new home page on 29 October You can now search using your postcode to find information about health and care services in your area. They have...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 02 déc. 2015

0; HSCIC Guide to Information Sources
The Health and Social Care Information Centre produce a guide, aimed at journalists but useful for anyone with an interest in health and care, identifying and signposting the information sources...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 02 déc. 2015

0; The dangers of getting things done
Pragmatism can be a cover for so many wrongs. It starts out as just cutting through the red tape but ends up justifying prejudice, discrimination, and self interest. Pragmatism in...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 02 déc. 2015

0; The Smoking Drinking and Drug Use Survey Among Young People in England (SDD): Public Consultation Outcomes Report
The Health and Social Care Information Centre recently ran a public consultation for the Smoking Drinking and Drug Use Survey Among Young People in England (SDD) survey that ran...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 26 nov. 2015

0; How can public services show prevention really is better than cure?
Guardian online article - How can public services show prevention really is better than cure? The old adage “prevention is better than cure” belies the fact that we spend vastly more public money...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 25 nov. 2015

0; The Professionals
The future for professionals who work in the public sector is bleak. The attempt by government to impose a new employment contract on junior doctors is just the latest example of a...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 20 nov. 2015

0; Get the job your abilities merit
Turn self doubt into self awareness and get the promotion your abilities merit Highly successful people in the public sector come across as confident and not suffering self doubt....

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 12 nov. 2015

0; Directors who go over to the dark side
When Directors go over to the Dark side Have you noticed the number of senior social service managers taking early retirement , resurfacing in the private sector trying to sell local...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 04 nov. 2015

0; Confessions of a serial cutter
The budget setting process starts earlier since austerity became the norm. As the summer comes to an end budget holders have already submitted their proposals based on best case scenario,...

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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 27 oct. 2015

0; Funding available to evaluate local-level alcohol interventions
The NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) Public Health Research (PHR) Programme has funding available to evaluate local-level alcohol interventions. To find out more and to apply,...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 19 oct. 2015

0; Measuring and acting to improve the mental wellbeing of children and young people
A guide to measuring the mental wellbeing of younger populations for public health commissioners - to support local joint strategic needs assessments (JSNAs) and the commissioning of interventions...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 19 oct. 2015

0; Brighton launches voluntary ‘sugar tax’ in effort to tackle obesity
Guardian network article - Monday 5th October Brighton and Hove is addressing its sweet tooth by becoming the first British city to introduce a voluntary “sugar tax”. The local council is...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 09 nov. 2015

0; Alcohol Identification & Brief Advice – LGB&T Briefing
This briefing, published by the National LGB&T Partnership and Public Health England, discusses early interventions to reduce alcohol related harm for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 19 oct. 2015

0; Championing health in your community - training for elected members
The Local Government Association (LGA) has joined forces with the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) to deliver training that enables elected members to champion health improvement in their...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 19 oct. 2015

0; Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) Data Extract Service for Local Authority (LA) public health teams
Public Health England (PHE) and the Health & Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) have worked together to develop a new hospital activity data extract service which is now available to...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 19 oct. 2015

0; Unlikely things for senior managers to say
I don't think we will have too much difficulty delivering this round of budget cuts. I have the board in my pocket. The inspection is a formality. Can I just say thank you in advance to all...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 12 oct. 2015

0; Is it fair? No. But it's not the fault of the inspectors
The CQC has come in for more criticism recently a chief executive thinks they were unduly harsh in placing his trust in special measures having judged two areas of service failing yet...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 15 oct. 2015

0; Square pegs in round holes
Local Authorities under sever budget pressure and wanting to "change the culture" tend to undertake a management restructuring. They hope the disaffected and incompetent will be...

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Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 05 oct. 2015

0; The Godfather
"No-one leaves this room until …………….." I didn't hear the rest of the sentence as I was pondering the menacing tone and veiled threat of these words. The suits sat...

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Par:
Blair McPherson
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Dernière mise à jour: 30 sept. 2015

0; Stoptober infographic has been published
To mark the start of Stoptober, an infographic poster containing the latest HSCIC statistics on smoking has been published. Campaign resources are available here.

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 30 sept. 2015

0; Strategies going round in circles – but that’s OK
I am not convinced our local health and wellbeing strategy is terribly strategic. However there are some quite interesting, and even innovative things going on locally in health, adult social...

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Par:
Adrian Barker
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Dernière mise à jour: 30 sept. 2015

0; Inside the scheme that converts school dropouts to social workers
Neets often get a raw deal, forced to do short, low-level courses. But one council is having success with a new social care training scheme (Guardian Careers Network article) Hertfordshire County...

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Par:
Philippa Lynch
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Dernière mise à jour: 29 sept. 2015

0; Looking for a new challenge?
The Knowledge Hub Team has been made aware of three exciting job opportunities at Breckland Council and South Holland District Council. If you're seeking a new challenge and think one of the...

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Knowledge Hub Team
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Dernière mise à jour: 25 sept. 2015

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