by Sam | 28 May 2014 | Uncategorized
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has expressed his agreement with NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens on the existence of a big gap between what general practitioners do and what hospital doctors do. The Secretary of State called for the gap to be closed and...
by Sam | 28 May 2014 | Children and Families, Local Government
An Ofsted inspection has found that Birmingham City Council’s children’s services department is failing the ‘most vulnerable’ children within the city, Public Procurement Insider reports. The inspection found that the Local Safeguarding Children Board lacks both...
by Sam | 27 May 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The Guardian reported this week that the National Association of Disability Practitioners (NADP) has raised concern that many universities will be unable to support students with disabilities following the announcement earlier this month that the Government intends to...
by Sam | 27 May 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Changes to how school league tables are calculated have seen a 40% fall in GCSE entries from Year 10 pupils or younger, writes the BBC. The changes were made following concerns that schools might have been encouraged to boost their league table ranking by putting in...
by Sam | 27 May 2014 | Uncategorized
The Times Higher Education has featured a story on the NHS Health Research Authority (HRA) and its ability to streamline the assessment and approval of studies, including clinical trials. The Department of Health awarded £4.5 million to the HRA in March in order to...
