by Chris Rogers | 18 Nov 2013 | Uncategorized
A Comres poll has suggested that too many patients are going to their GP with concerns over their oral health when they should be going to their dentist. The survey found 87% of 1,000 GPs felt under pressure from the number of patients with worries including...
by Chris Rogers | 18 Nov 2013 | Education & Children's Services, Employment
The President of the Association of Colleges has described the quality of careers guidance available in schools in England is “nothing less than appalling”. Michele Sutton says there needs to be more impartial advice and called for more funding for the National...
by Chris Rogers | 13 Nov 2013 | Education & Children's Services
Education Secretary Michael Gove used a speech on child protection to argue that all young people should get the same opportunities as he received. Gove paid tribute to the social workers who “transformed” his life by placing him with loving adoptive parents when he...
by Chris Rogers | 13 Nov 2013 | Employment, Welfare
The number of unemployed people in the UK fell by 48,000 to 2.47 million between July and September. The unemployment rate fell to 7.6%, the lowest rate in more than three years. Reuters.
by Chris Rogers | 13 Nov 2013 | Education & Children's Services
More than 30 academies have been sent warning letters amid serious concerns about their performance. The letters, sent by the Department for Education (DfE), warn the schools to improve their performance or face action – which could ultimately include being taken over...
