To date councils have mainly focused on managing demand at the front door through strengths-based conversations with clients. While this has an impact, the extent of it may be limited unless it is accompanied by a focus on commissioning the local market in a way which promotes independence.
With the many nights away from home and the hours spent travelling up and down the country, sometimes you find…
I had intended to write a ‘my top highlights of 2016’ blog but, I must admit, I am so over…
The coverage of Louise Casey’s report “A review into Opportunity and Integration” predictably focused on the “integration oath” and the…
Last week my colleagues and I attended the LGC & HSJ Integration Summit, a gathering of leaders and managers from…
This year’s annual NHS Planning guidance for the first time requires NHS leaders to produce two separate but connected plans:…
The current strategy and rhetoric around health and social care all focuses on the importance of prevention over treatment and…
Most people are familiar with the term economies of scale: If you focus on doing something and do a lot…
