This week: Truss’s new government; vacancy rates in health and social care; and…
After a short hiatus, I’d like to welcome all readers back to the Week in Public Services. I hope we can be forgiven for our absence and offer up this year’s Performance Tracker as both an excuse and penance. There’s a lot to cover from the last few…
This week: NHS reform; vaccine successes and worries; and how to help children catch up on education.
General
As regular readers know, in the pandemic era there is always a huge amount to cover in…
This week: rising concern about knife crime; Spring Statement rumours; and how Brexit will affect public services
On the one hand, the impact of Brexit for public services isn’t too hard to…
This week: a bunch of stories about health and social care — sexual health services are under strain, climate change is creating problems for the NHS, and social care is facing long-term challenges, but at least politicians seem to agree that…
This week: how Coronavirus is changing the NHS; what will happen now GCSEs and A-levels aren’t going ahead; and comparing social care in the four nations of the UK
This week: the state of the prison estate; retaining teachers in disadvantaged schools; and should we ‘nationalise’ GPs!?
Health and Social Care
This week: the worst A&E performance figures ever; more than half of councils plan to dip into reserves; positive news for prisons!?
This is a weekly round-up of research and happenings from the team at the Institute for…