Public sector bodies have been asked to check out their accessibility to the public using a new checklist issued by the Minister for the Cabinet Office.The ‘Access Checklist’ is designed to help ...

A ‘joined up’ debate has been launched across central and local government and the health service on the implications of the modernizing agenda for people who work in public services. The Cabinet ...

Health Minister Alan Milburn believes that restoring public confidence is the key to modernising the NHS and this involves empowerment of patients. He said: “It is the public’s health service. And it ...

Government ministers have begun a new series of ‘summit’ meetings in cities and towns, following the success of meetings last year in the eight so-called Core Cities. Ministers now want to engage with ...

A package of measures has been launched to encourage the recruitment and retention of teachers. A 200 m pound budget will be allocated over the next three years to schools in in teacher shortage areas ...

Investigates the extent to which privatization of public sector services has meant empowerment for public sector managers and a ‘hands off’ approach by central government. Explores the situation of ...

The authors describe more than 80 f-Laws, or flaws. They are truths about organizations that we might wish to deny or ignore. It is a simple and more reliable guide to managers’ everyday behaviour ...