Commission welcomes NHS accounting decision
The Audit Commission has welcomed the Department of Health’s decision to lift the burden of RAB (Resource Accounting and budgeting) from NHS Trusts.
Last year the Commission recommended that the financial system no longer apply to NHS Trusts in a report made to health secretary Patricia Hewitt. Continue reading…
Unique partnership set to transform social housing recruitment
A unique partnership set to transform the way in which talent is recruited into the social housing sector has been launched this week.
Six major social housing organisations have joined forces with top web based talent management technology providers, JGP (publishers of Jobsgopublic.com) to provide MyHousingCareer.com, a specialist jobsboard and career service for the social housing sector. Continue reading…
Blair praises frontline staff
Tony Blair praised front line public service staff this morning.
At a breakfast service event in Downing Street he said they were "making a real difference to people’s lives". Continue reading…
Report backs social enterprise for health care
The government has launched a report which earmarks the "vast potential" of social enterprises for reforming public services.
Healthy Business: A Guide to Social Enterprise in Health and Social Care Today is the result of extensive research from the Social Enterprise Coalition and industry legal specialists Hempsons. Continue reading…
Housing Corporation chief set for Croydon role
Housing Corporation chief executive Jon Rouse is to be installed as the new chief executive of the London Borough of Croydon.
At the age of 38, Mr Rouse will become one of the youngest leading figures ever installed at a major unitary authority as well as only the sixth chief executive of Croydon in the past 70 years.
An official announcement is expected this week, with the move due to take place by mid-summer. Continue reading…
