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Promises, promises… what the election could mean for the NHS

Promises, promises… what the election could mean for the…

As the 8th of June rapidly approaches, the debate and rhetoric starts to heat up – and the potential impact…

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Delayed Transfers of Care: Coping with the crisis

Delayed Transfers of Care: Coping with the crisis

Patients, social care and health must work together to deliver a sustainable system through demand management. The issues in managing…

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Don’t let the election delay what we have to do

Don’t let the election delay what we have to do

Elections are hectic times for returning officers and their teams, but purdah, uncertainty and a vote which is “all about…

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Model hospitals, model outcomes?

Model hospitals, model outcomes?

NHS Improvement have announced that they will expand the ‘Model Hospital’ database to include mental health, community, specialist acute and…

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Holding up a mirror: the effectiveness of role play

Holding up a mirror: the effectiveness of role play

The problems facing many complex public sector services, such as adult social care, are often less to do with structure…

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Demand is proving demanding: Stepping off the ‘treadmill’

Demand is proving demanding: Stepping off the…

Today’s publication of the Next Steps for the Forward View shows that despite some progress in wrestling demand pressures in…

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Tackling demand in children’s services

Tackling demand in children’s services

We know we must change, we can see it is possible, now to work out how. We recently co-authored an…

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Spring budget 2017: what will you get for social care, and what should you do with it?

Spring budget 2017: what will you get for social care, and…

The very welcome £2bn sticking plaster? The budget announcement of an additional £2bn for social care including £1bn in 2017/18…

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Regional adoption agencies – necessity can be the mother of invention

Regional adoption agencies – necessity can be the mother…

In mulling over the quandaries facing our clients on regional adoption agencies (RAAs) I was considering how to clarify some…

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Local Government Financing: Disappointment and Distrust

Local Government Financing: Disappointment and Distrust

Starting out in local government, it was explained to me that the finance system was like the Schleswig Holstein Question…

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IMPOWER expands health team with senior appointments

IMPOWER expands health team with senior appointments

IMPOWER Consulting is delighted to announce the appointment of Sarah Atkinson, who joins IMPOWER from Capita’s health advisory and analytics…

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Social care precept: The local implications of a national debate

Social care precept: The local implications of a national…

Yesterday it was reported that Theresa May is considering allowing councils to increase the social care precept to cover the…

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