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The government wants to promote resilience, but it can do more than just...
We tend to think of resilience as being able to ‘bounce back’ from crises – to manage and overcome adversity. But Hardeep Aiden and Katherine Runswick-Cole argue that building resilience is about more...
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People want to work: providing tailored support, rather than extra...
Qualitative research into the impact of welfare reforms have found that they led to an erosion of resilience and increased sense of powerlessness, often making people less able to get into work....
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Discrimination against black and minority ethnic staff within the NHS is...
Research by Roger Kline finds that black and minority ethnic (BME) staff are grossly under-represented at senior levels of the NHS and their presence has declined despite the increasing number of BME...
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PASC support for the creation of a single Public Services Ombudsman for...
The government today released a report that proposes significant changes to the Ombudsman service in the UK. Crucially, the report argues for the creation of a single Public Services Ombudsman for...
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The new Help to Work scheme could use some work
Will the government’s new Help to Work scheme, recently launched, actually help people back into work? The evidence suggest that the placement element is ineffective. On the other hand, those receiving...
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Without reform, the funding model for the Work Programme is set up to fail...
The government’s Work Programme, whereby providers are paid on a results basis, is not fit for purpose and risks failing Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants. Drawing on new research,...
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The ‘nightwatchman’ state is being rolled back: Do the powerful still need...
Theresa May, the Home Secretary, has launched radical reforms of the police service, already the hardest hit of all public services. Why have the police plunged in political clout sufficiently to make...
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Research indicates that men are more likely to suffer adverse health...
Poor health is an outcome of unemployment, and men tend to be far more affected than women. Jenny Gulliford talks about the findings of her latest report ‘Sick of Being Unemployed: The health issues of...
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Wholesale changes to the probation system should be slowed down and piloted
The coalition government is pressing ahead with the privatisation of the probation service in England and Wales in the hope of reducing re-offending rates despite serious concerns about the scale, pace...
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Why the Dutch pension system is not a role model for the UK
The UK should not look to the Dutch when thinking about how to improve pension policy, argues David Hollanders. Suboptimal governance, high costs and decreasing benefits has characterised the Dutch...
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What do we do when the public services market fails?
What happens when outsourced contractors are no longer able or willing to continue with the provision of public services? Bob Hudson explores the downsides of outsourcing public services and finds the...
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Race equality is a challenge the NHS must rise to
How staff are treated impacts on patient care, but the NHS has yet to tackle discrimination against black and minority ethnic staff like it does other patient care issues, writes Roger Kline. In this...
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How political context has affected policies of personalisation in Norway and...
Care services have increasingly become personalised, tailoring services to individuals’ needs rather than fitting individuals into existing service provisions. By comparing the cases of Norway and...
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‘A policy that kills’: The bedroom tax is an affront to basic rights
Billed as a way to reduce under-occupation and encourage people back into work, the ‘bedroom tax’ has not met the goals set out by policymakers, writes Insa Koch. Instead it is creating hardship for...
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To succeed in reducing poverty, we need rethink our approach to it
Summarising the findings of a new report into poverty in the UK, Katie Schmuecker highlights the need to go beyond conventional approaches to poverty reduction. She discusses the changing face of...
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‘Poverty Porn’ undermines the welfare state
At their annual conference, the Conservatives announced that if elected next year they plan to issue those on benefits with pre-paid cards for food so they don’t ‘waste it’ on items such as cigarettes...
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The government’s rehabilitation policy is in crisis due to the ready embrace...
The government’s rehabilitation policy is in crisis, with the Justice Secretary Chris Grayling presiding over a series of monumental policy errors which have combined to erode prisoner rights and...
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Reducing inequalities in mental health is a task for the whole of government...
While mental disorders may affect anyone in society, there is a social gradient in common mental disorders (depression and anxiety) with a higher prevalence found among those living in poorer...
View ArticleThe cuts in local government funding have had a significant impact on...
How has the significant cuts to local authority funding affected front-line services? There had undoubtedly been enormous strain on services and front-line staff, with councils have argued that the...
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Why ‘privatisation of the NHS’ (the term not the concept) should be banned
The heat of the debate about the ‘privatisation’ of the NHS has been intense. The role of the private sector in the NHS is a development which needs serious consideration, but only by resisting the...
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