Serco's top two executives handed £7.4m in pay for 2020, after Serco ‘given’ a £400m pound contract on Track and Trace that isn’t even successful in preventing the spread of the virus…..
The impact of COVID-19 has not just hit local government as it has hit every other organisation across the country and the world, but the demands on local government services and responsibilities...
It’s back to the Committee stages with the scrutiny of 160 government-inspired amendments to the original Health and Social Care Bill. But will it make any difference? I think it […]
Is Happy New Year an oxymoron for those in public service?
If 2010 is going to be one of the most challenging periods for those involved with the public sector then 2011 is going to be a potential disaster. With the […]
We have been working with a local authority recently to identify the gaps in their services and one gaping hole is in opportunities for those who fall out of the […]
We all know performance management has to be embedded throughout a business. It has to be adopted by all levels of an organisation, and be part of the daily routine. […]
We have recently been approached by an adult social care department about some work to evaluate the impact of their training on safeguarding investigations. Sadly this is an unusual request. […]
If anyone really did believe that working in the public sector provided safe and secure employment then think again! Two of our local authority clients recently ‘lost’ their chief executives […]