The play-acting phase seems to be over and most of NHS England’s STP ‘footprints’ have made their draft plans publicly available in one form or another. They are a mixed bag, and, happily, some are clearly the product of both the clinical and the municipal mind. But there are other parts of the country where […]
tCI’s Remmert Keijzer on the influence it will have on running a consultation 2016 is almost coming to an end and we can all agree that it has been a somewhat turbulent year. The first half of 2016 was largely dominated by the Brexit referendum and the latter half by the US Presidential Election. Most
Post-truth society and public consultation Read More »
Across our desk this week came a widely-reported story about how the London Borough of Barnet’s outsourcing contract with Capita is succeeding to make savings and improve customer service. The Institute has no view of the wisdom of outsourcing local government services or the performance of this particular contractor for this particular Council. However, those
Post-decision consultation is essential – but Barnet’s exercise is sub-standard Read More »
Remmert Keijzer writes, “In yesterday’s Autumn Statement, Chancellor Philip Hammond reiterated that devolution is still “very much at the heart of this Government.” With a new post-Brexit Government, many local authorities in England wondered just how committed the Government actually was to delivering on its promise to devolve powers to English local authorities, as since
The Institute comments on House of Commons’ new briefing paper on Devolution Read More »
A recent Case in the Scottish Court of Sessions examined something of an old chestnut – the extent of the common law duty to give reasons for administrative decisions. The case in Scotland concerned Ministers approval for the controversial Mossend Railfreight terminal east of Glasgow. North Lanarkshire Council refused planning permission but the developers appealed
This is a shocking tale and is already the subject of a small consultancy industry. Here is the Commons Public Account Committee (a big beast of SelectCommitteeland) having its say on the Comptroller & Auditor General’s earlier Report last July. It is about an £800 million contract awarded by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough CCG for
Parliamentary Report on NHS contract failure silent on public/patient involvement Read More »
Earlier this summer Denbighshire County Council faced a legal challenge on its plan to merge two schools in the Ruthin area in North Wales. One of the interesting features of the case – which was partly argued in the Welsh language – was that it emerged that the Welsh translation of the consultation paper differed in
Consultation flaws in a School amalgamation case – important lessons for phased projects Read More »
Rhion Jones has been studying yesterday’s Report from the King’s Fund. “Sustainability and Transformation plans in the NHS – how they are being developed in practice?”. Here is the Institute commentary. This is the most comprehensive analysis of the STP process so far. It is an excellent piece of work and should be a ‘must
tCI’s views on the King’s Fund STP report Read More »
Two weeks ago I delivered a presentation at our Local Government Special Interest Group in London about the latest developments in the world of public consultation. I spoke about the events that had dominated the British political scene for years now, such as Brexit, fracking, airport expansion, and to a lesser extent, devolution. I talked
The power of the loudest – disrupting a consultation Read More »
Sustainable & Transformation Plans (STPs) have now been prepared for 44 separate ’footprints’ in England. On 21 October they were presented to NHS England and the other agencies and this Note addresses the choice that STP Leads face in planning the forthcoming engagement and consultation tasks. Three factors impinge upon the approach that the NHS
What next for NHS Sustainability & Transformation Plans? Read More »
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