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OPEN FORUM Do we need civil servants to be the policy gurus for our services, asks Richard Berry. Indeed, do we need Whitehall at all? The chief executive of the [...]

What a relief to know that this is the 'best year ever' for the NHS. While this might be arguable in performance terms, it seems scant consolation to some of [...]

welfare rights Joint teams to help older people claim benefits are failing to live up to the spin, writes Gary Vaux The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is committed [...]

To be successful the Children's Workforce Development Group must avoid using a managerial perspective as it attempts to remodel the professional landscape, writes Peter Beresford Idon't sleep very well, so [...]

The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service may not be able to cope with its new responsibilities to promote mediation in child custody cases, the children's minister has [...]

The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service may not be able to cope with its new responsibilities to promote mediation in child custody cases, the children's minister has [...]

Australia's National Aerial Firefighting Centre (NAFC) is evaluating responses to its recently closed request for proposals (RFP) for the country's 2005-6 fire season, ahead of seeking best and final offers [...]

The government plans to reduce the numbers working at the Department for Work and Pensions by 30,000 within the next three years. This amounts to 23 per cent of its [...]

by quentin reade The Employers Forum on Age (EFA) has attacked the Government for failing to take into account the needs of employers in its rush to create a new [...]

Inadequate support by the government contributed to the lengthy delays in assessing compensation claims for people wrongly charged by the NHS for personal care, a watchdog has found. Health service [...]

The government's plans to set up a series of asylum accommodation centres were plunged further into disarray last week after the deputy prime minister John Prescott refused to give a [...]

FOR THE pAST THREE YEARS, THE NATIONAL TREATMENT AGENCY HAS TACKLED DRUG ABUSE IN ENGLAND WITH SOME SUCCESS. FAR MORE PEOPLE NOW receive EFFECTIVE TREATMENT THAN EVER BEFORE. but not [...]

Will the proposed Commission for Equality and Human Rights be able to deliver or will it be just another talking shop? Anabel Unity Sale asks the opinions of disability, race [...]

Angry social work students have criticised the General Social Care Council for confusion over bursary entitlements which led to them being told they would receive no financial help and would [...]