Governments unique proposals to intervene in failing council services should draw on lessons learned in the NHS and academiesGovernment plans for poorly performing children’s services to be taken out of council control and given to other tall-performing local authorities,experts or charities, show that failure happens in all public services, or whether we like it or not.
These measures – which include a unique inspection regime as well as initiatives to promote best practice learning between social workers – also point to the fact there are marvelous ways and bad ways to fail.
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Source: theguardian.com