New for LGS@50: in 'Making a difference? Attracting new generations into local government'
@catherinemangan.bsky.social @catherineneedham.bsky.social
@drdavemckenna.bsky.social &
Jason Lowther show how public services need more transformational & relational work doi.org/10.1080/0300...
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'Exploitative' children's home firm profits to be curbed
The new measures aim to stop private care home providers benefiting excessively from a stretched system.
Local authorities say there were more than 1,500 children in 2023 for whom councils were paying over £500,000 a year to be placed in residential homes, with a lack of other options being the most common reason. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Important article here by @guardianheather.bsky.social on a too often neglected #socialcare workforce issue:
17.11.2024 22:48 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Conference programme for UKAPA Conference 2024. Full programme available via link.
Here's the programme for the UK Association for Public Administration Conference #ukapa24
With @catherineneedham.bsky.social keynote and @paulcairney.bsky.social lecture.
Full programme: airdrive.eventsair.com/eventsairwes...
11.09.2024 09:59 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
Yes please, thanks Angela!!
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University of Manchester @OfficialUoM.
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Senior Policy Analyst for the Nuffield Trust, writing and doing whatever-things-on-here-are-called about NHS funding, finance and healthcare equity
Senior Fellow @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social; health policy on both sides of the pond. Research interests varied — but lots on international comparisons and NHS reform.
