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Health screener diploma giving me valuable knowledge and skills
The level 3 health screener diploma is the recommended training programme for any new screeners in the diabetic eye, abdominal aortic aneurysm and newborn hearing screening programmes. Here a trainee screener talks about his experiences of working his way through it.
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Electronic health records
Whether investigator site or sponsor, what can be done to ensure EHRs are fit for purpose to make clinical trials the best they can be.
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New funding to rebuild and re-empower the local community after the Grenfell Tower tragedy
The Grenfell Tower fire was a terrible tragedy and its impact will be felt by the local community for many years ahead. This funding will support the planned merger between Kensington and Chelsea College and Morley College so local people can get the high-quality further education and training they need.
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Protections against oak processionary moth
In an interview with Horticulture Week Ken Cox, the managing director of Glendoick Gardens, has criticised the government for taking too long to tackle the tree pest oak processionary moth (OPM). Mr Cox said it has taken the government three …
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Stress Awareness, Resilience and Neuroscience Discovery Session
Join colleagues in Bootle for this latest discovery session
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Garden cities create opportunities for Herts
Good progress has been made in reinvesting in larger towns like Watford, Stevenage and Hemel Hempstead. In this blog, Lucy Gravatt from Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership looks forward at new opportunities for the area.
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Great Yarmouth: a town of two halves
The eponymous Yare divides Yarmouth from Gorleston. But that is not the only schism we found on this, our latest visit to see first-hand how the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage impact on employers, workers, unions, local …
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Landing your Returner Programme
Paul Chapman, National Lead for the Return to Practice programme, answers some of your top questions around starting and promoting returner programmes. Paul has supported many allied health professionals and healthcare scientists to return to work.
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The Prevention Green Paper: A chance to turn talk into action
The Government has published a Prevention Green Paper setting out how it plans to embed the principle ‘prevention is better than cure’ across wider society. PHE’s Chief Executive Duncan Selbie discusses what this could mean for the public’s health.
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Home Office in the media: Tuesday 23 July
Today's leading stories include reports on yesterday's Home Affairs Select Committee and gun licences.
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Preventing bullying and harassment in the screen industries
In this guest blog, Jennifer Smith, Head of Inclusion at British Film Institute, explains the steps being taken to prevent bullying and harassment in the screen industries.
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UK Voluntary National Review into Global Goals progress
International Development Secretary Rory Stewart presented the UK’s first Voluntary National Review (VNR) into progress towards the Global Goals (Sustainable Development Goals) at the United Nations in New York.
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Brilliant new screening timeline
Links to download your copy of a brilliant new screening timeline poster for the public.
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Announcing DataJam North East 2019 and looking back to last year’s event
The second DataJam North East event will be held in Newcastle on 16 & 17 September. Find out what happened last year and how to apply for tickets to take part.
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Michael Gove visits the Royal Welsh Show
Today Environment Secretary Michael Gove attended the 100th anniversary of the Royal Welsh Show, one of the biggest shows in the agricultural calendar.
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Decreasing workload and increasing pay for teachers
Reducing workload is a key priority for the department – last July we published a workload reduction toolkit, which we worked on with school leaders and teachers. This has been collectively downloaded over 158,000 times since becoming available.
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Dreamer’s Bay: Ancient Remains in Cyprus
Regular blog readers will know that there is an annual cycle of archaeological excavations at the Dreamer’s Bay site at RAF Akrotiri. The Ancient Akrotiri Project team, which is overseen by DIO and led by the University of Leicester School …
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SLSD in action: a day in the life of a Veterinary Investigation Officer
Veterinary investigation Officer, Adrienne Mackintosh, based at APHA’s Carmarthen Veterinary Investigation Centre, talks about her role and its impact.
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Baroness Sugg writes on women's rights and unsafe abortion
International Development Minister Baroness Sugg last week announced a new UK aid package to prevent women dying from unsafe abortion around the world. On Thursday 18th July, she wrote in The Telegraph: Anne* was 14 years old when she was …
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Making social connections
I am delighted to be an opening speaker at the 9th International Social Work Conference: Shaping the Future - promoting human rights and social perspectives in health and mental health. Social workers from all over the world are gathering in …
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Forestry Commission report on Sheffield tree felling
There has been coverage in the Yorkshire Post of the conclusion of the Forestry Commissions’ investigation in to tree felling undertaken by Sheffield City Council as part of their Streets Ahead programme. The investigation concluded that on balance there is …
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Help us improve our safeguarding guidance
In October 2018 we launched refreshed guidance about Safeguarding and protecting people for charities and trustees. The issue of safeguarding and protecting people has continued to dominate the headlines, with the sector producing new tools and resources to help support …
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Working together to integrate adult social care
"As people are living longer and more people than ever are living with complex needs, it is vital we look at the evidence for what works best, and what represents good value for money for the local health and care system." So says Professor Gillian Leng, Deputy Chief Executive at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as she discusses the latest NICE impact report on adult social care.
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Home Office in the media: Monday 22 July
Home Office media stories today include a National Audit Office investigation into G4S making profits from immigration removal centres, calls for drug consumption rooms and Tier 1 investor visas. G4S profit from detention centre There is coverage in papers and …
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What quality looks like when offering screening
What quality looks like in making offers for population-based screening is an important question given that screening brings potential harms as well as possible benefits. This blog post is about a discussion involving experts to probe that very question — and what it revealed.
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Discovering Continuous Improvement
Join us in Bristol on the 2nd September or Exeter on the 17th September
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Protecting chalk streams
All river flows vary naturally over the year, especially when we are in the summer months with some streams and smaller river tributaries drying up entirely. This is even more the case during long term dry weather, such as we …
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Duncan Selbie's Friday message - 19 July 2019
Dear everyone Food, farming and countryside On Wednesday the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission (FFCC) published ‘Our Future in the Land’, a landmark report looking at practical ways for policymakers, businesses and communities to respond to environmental challenges that impact …
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School's out!
Sean Harford, Ofsted's National Director of Education, on our new inspection framework and the summer break.
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From charity work to changing lives – the moments that inspire teachers
Teacher, Natalie, and Executive Principle, Frank, reflect on this year’s highlights, lessons learnt and how their students continue to inspire them every single day.
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Moving forward our work on identity assurance
GDS Director of Digital Identity Lisa Barrett gives an update on our work on identity assurance, including a call for evidence on how to organise the digital identity market.
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"Another year of dedication" – a thank you message from the Secretary of State
Damian Hinds, Secretary of State for Education, thanks all those working in our schools and colleges for their hard work over the past year.
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How we’re planning to encourage learner drivers to broaden their experience
We’re launching a campaign to encourage learner drivers to increase the amount of practice they have driving on country roads, driving independently and driving in the dark. Find out why we’re doing it, and how we’ll work with the driver training industry.
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How UK aid is helping to tackle Ebola in DRC
International Development Secretary Rory Stewart announces new support to deal with outbreak - ahead of the World Health Organisation calling it a public health emergency of international concern.
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Why it's important to use the right data
What if they were a few degrees out for the Apollo 11 mission 50 years ago? We look at the importance of data, and how we use your data at Companies House.
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Help young people leaving care in the north east
Would you like to work with CS Local as part of a small project team to help plan and deliver a volunteering event for young people leaving care in the north east?
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Building a sustainable process with the community at its heart
Marie Berggren, from the Swedish municipality of Östhammar, shares her thoughts on the journey her community has taken within the Swedish geological disposal programme.
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Education funding, social mobility and the importance of an active summer
We are glad to see that school and further education funding is being highlighted as an important issue ahead of the next spending review, where the Education Secretary will back the sector to have the resources they need to deliver world-class standards across the board.
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Learning and sharing knowledge with the Canadian Digital Service
Steph Marsh, the Head of User Research and Analysis at GDS, travelled to Ottawa to visit the Canadian Digital Service. In this post Steph describes how the two organisations are learning from each other.
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Listening to the needs of local newborn hearing screening providers
The newborn hearing screening programme has published new guidance around screening babies with 2 health conditions.