Council leaders and healthcare professionals will need to ‘develop a shared view’ of services, according to the latest guidelines issued by the Local Government Association (LGA) and NHS England.
More than half of council bosses believe a lack of time and capacity is holding back the transformation of public services, according to a new report by Localis.
More than half of senior council leaders fear that local government does not have the time or resources to undertake the reforms demanded by Whitehall funding cuts, a poll has found.
A report has called on the government to make local taxation more available to councils.
65% of survey respondents see council leaders and chief executives as the key drivers in re-thinking the way they design and delivery public services.
While the debate continues endlessly in Whitehall about who’s responsible for the state of the economy, and which levers of power should be pulled, pushed ? or just caressed ? the fact remains that, out in the real world, most people just want to have a job.
Councils should be given new powers to tackle land banking by developers including ‘use it or lose it’ planning powers, according to think tank Localis.
With demand for social care at an all-time high, thanks to our ageing society and the impact of recession on families, the system finds itself under unprecedented pressure through severe cuts.
A new report from government think-tank Localis has revealed that innovation is vital in improving public services, according to respondents.
Council leaders believe that councils are not making enough use of data to understand residents’ needs.