Category: Blog
‘Complaints – a window into their role in good corporate governance and as the driver for improvement’
Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman perspective on investigating complaints about councils.
CfGS Annual Conference
Results and reflections on the 2023 CfGS Annual Conference, Annual Conference.
Health Scrutiny and the Hewitt Review
Thoughts on the Hewitt Review on integrated care systems.
Failure to Prepare, Prepare To Fail
Exploration of how to prepare for a new a incoming administration.
Devon County Council – Children’s Scrutiny and Ofsted
Sharpening the scrutiny function in a Children’s Scrutiny Action Plan, in respond to Ofsted.
Local Public Accounts Committees – You Heard It Here First
Thoughts on bringing accountability in Local Public Accounts Committees to life.
Long read: the English Devolution Accountability Framework
First thoughts on the English Devolution Accountability Framework.
Local Public Accounts Committees: what are they?
Interrogation of Local Public Accounts Committees, and their purpose.
Health scrutiny and the NHS’s current pressures
[UPDATE: new arrangements for scrutiny of substantial variations in local health services came into force in January 2024. You can find more details here]. Over the past few months we have been working to better understand how the arrangements for scrutiny of health and care services will be changed by the 2022 Act. In particular, […]
The past and future of CfGS
Preparation for CfGS’s the 20 year anniversary.