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Latest National News
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CSP sets strategy for the future
28 July, 2010
A CSP led summit today in London brought together 23 national agencies to develop a strategy to ensure that the work of the agencies is streamlined and focused for frontline staff and that the role of commissioning is embedded in the sector.
Read about our summit and our plans for the future of commissioning.
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Costing your services - a learning together group
20 July, 2010
Commissioners need to know the cost and value of services of all services in the Children's Trust system.
A learning group will be held in September and October bringing together people from different regions in England to learn from each other.
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PM kick starts Big Society
19 July, 2010
David Cameron is travelling to Liverpool today in the first of a series of public events on the Big Society.
The PM will set out how the Big Society will be “the biggest, most dramatic redistribution of power” from the state to individuals.
Latest Regional News
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Ofsted should remain integrated, says Hampshire DCS
23 November, 2009
Social care and education services should not go back to separate inspection regimes, according to Hampshire's director of children's services (DCS).
Article about the integration of Social care and education
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Family Nurse Partnership awarded funding to trial new work
18 November, 2009
Nottingham's Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) has been awarded an additional £100,000 of national grant funding to take forward two new pieces of development work.
Article on Family Nurse Partnership awarded funding for new work
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Ofsted praises safeguarding services in Hounslow
10 November, 2009
The London Borough of Hounslow has good safeguarding and looked-after children services, according to its latest Ofsted inspection.
Article after Ofsted inspection. Ofsted praises safeguarding services in Hounslow.
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