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• NHS will have to ration further treatments, GPs warn
• NHS reforms: Ed Miliband steps up pressure on Lib Dem peers
• NHS chief: reforms are 'confused mess'
• Jennifer Dixon: Bill or no bill, the NHS must undergo radical change
• Former M&S boss defends work experience scheme
• Welfare to work project in crisis, Lib Dem minister warns Chris Grayling
• Childcare costs rise by nearly 6%
• Editorial: Elected mayors - champions for the cities
• Michele Hanson: Three generations in one house? It's not as frightful as some people think
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• Bradford and race: the TV experiment that aims to change perceptions and prejudice
• Public services, big earners: a sector-by-sector analysis
• What should work experience look like?
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On the Guardian Professional Networks
• Live discussion from noon: how can housing help manage dementia?
• David Rowland, head of policy at the General Social Care Council, on why it's right that social work students should be registered with the GSCC
• Kevin Beirne, of One Housing Group, explains why NHS trusts should work with housing associations
• It's not in the nature of thinktanks to go beyond the making of policy to measuring its impact, but big ideas still matter , says David Walker
On my radar ...
• An eloquent interview with synth player Aaron Gilbert of the band Delays, on mental health charity Campaign Against Living Miserably's Calmzone blog, in which he talks about his experiences of depression:
When I get depressed, it consumes every single one of my molecules. It tastes metallic, numb and like it'll never end. Somehow, from nowhere it always does though. The most stunning thing, is that apparently it always will too.
Meanwhile, Paul Brook has written a post on his Dippyman blog comparing his experience of depression with The Empire Strikes Back. Brook, who refers to his depressed self as his alter-ego Paul Brookes, writes:
Brookes isn't dead - yet. His Empire has not been defeated - yet. His Death Star has not been destroyed - yet. But note the word 'yet'. Because Brookes has not killed off my hope that I will get better. He has not finished off my faith that good times will return. He has underestimated my tenacity – my determination to hang on, no matter what wounds he has inflicted on my battered body and mind. He has failed to recognise the threat that the powers of good pose to his existence.
Just as Luke Skywalker had to face up to his destiny and confront the forces of evil to complete his training, I now stand with a mission ahead of me. I have an Empire to overthrow, a galaxy to reclaim, and a better life to lead. Brookes has made me small, weak and feeble – pathetic opposition to his sneering arrogance and despicable disregard for my wellbeing. But he has not taken away my terrier-like persistence. Not permanently. I am playing Brookes at his own game. He hibernated until the time was right for him. Now I'm emerging from my own slumbers to take him on in a climactic battle.
Do not underestimate the power of the bright side of the Force, Brookes. I'm back. And this time it's personal.
• How to build the economy of the future, the topic of the joint JRF/York University lecture, being given tonight by economist and author Diane Coyle.
• Social enterprise sounddelivery, which is to run nine free social media workshops for voluntary and community organisations across the country during March and April. The workshops are being run on behalf of the Family Strategic Partnership - a consortium of four charities: Barnardo's, Action for Prisoners' Families, Children England, and the Family and Parenting Institute. Places are limited but sounddelivery hopes to reach those frontline organisations who would really benefit from learning new skills. Find out more here.
• An interesting social media project from Hertfordshire county council, which has put together this YouTube video to explain how council tax payers' money is spent. (thanks to Dan Slee and We Love Local Government for the link)
• Twenty-year-old student Ben Moss, who is to Morris dance this year's London marathon for deafblind charity Sense. In this short video, he explains why.
• A lovely project from Birmingham retro and vintage charity shop Forgotten Vintage , which has launched a "clothes hospital". The shop. opened by charities Reach the People and Sifa Fireside, raises money for projects in the city working with homeless people. The surgery will offer repairs such as replacing buttons or relining coats, as well as a professional tailoring service to create vintage-style outfits. It will also be running sewing and knitting masterclasses.
Other news
• BBC: Rewrite NHS bill - Lib Dem peers
• Children & Young People Now: MPs highlight 'shocking' numbers of Neet teenagers with SEN
• Community Care: Adoption inspections to get tougher, Ofsted warns
• Independent: Harrison hired despite A4e fraud warning
• Inside Housing: Landlord issues £250 million bond
• LocalGov.co.uk: Survey finds falling confidence in council finances
• Public Finance: Councils' information breaches worry watchdog
• Telegraph: NHS watchdog plans 'risk another Mid Staffs'
• Third Sector: One Vision Housing chosen as best not-for-profit organisation to work for
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