by Chris Rogers | 17 Jan 2014 | Outsourcing
NHS Arden, Greater East Midlands, North Yorkshire and Humber, West and South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Commissioning Support Units (CSUs) are to form an alliance to help deliver “market-leading, cost-effective services that meet the needs of our customers”. The CSUs...
by Chris Rogers | 17 Jan 2014 | Employment, Politics, Third Sector
The Government, led by the DWP, has published its response to the Better Working with Disabled People consultation, which ran between July and October 2013. The response proposes the creation of a ‘Fulfilling Potential Forum’, to be chaired by Mike Penning and the...
by Sam | 15 Jan 2014 | Health, Whitehouse News
The goal of turning obesity around cannot be achieved without engendering an understanding of what constitutes healthy living amongst children and young people, who can then take the good habits learned while growing up into adulthood. This principal made it...
by Sam | 13 Jan 2014 | Health, Whitehouse News
A major new report published today has highlighted that the UK faces dramatically exceeding a worst case scenario of more than half its population being obese by 2050 unless hard-hitting campaigns, similar to those for anti-smoking, are introduced. The report has been...
by Sam | 4 Sep 2013 | Health, Public Sector
A story has rather drifted under the radar this week, but could yet be a significant milestone in the Government’s reforms of the NHS. According to leaked board papers from the NHS Trust Development Authority, which were obtained and published by the Health Service...