Eyebrows have been raised from the business community and others who feel a decision on this controversy is long overdue. They think that the 70,000 responses given to Howard Davies’ Airports Commission were more than enough to expose the relevant arguments. The trouble is that the Questions asked were a bit general – in fact […]
Do we really need yet another Airports consultation? Read More »
What happens when consultees want a much wider debate than the consultation scope allows? Can you question the effectiveness of Regulation? People in Lancashire are upset. Many of them have campaigned vigorously against drilling for shale gas. Following the County Council’s refusal to grant planning permission, Cuadrilla, the applicant, appealed. After a Planning Inquiry, the
Consultation and the fear of ‘fracking’ Read More »
Death and dying touches all our lives, and as I’ve got older I’ve had friends and relatives die at ages from 32 to 102. Under 70 has been rare but it seems unfair when people pass away earlier than ‘their time’. The other thing about death and dying is many people find it awkward to
End of life matters – is this the ultimate Consultation? Read More »
Seven more days to go – and all over England in 44 ‘footprint’ areas, hugely significant plans are being submitted that can affect the NHS and social care in your area. Seven days to influence the way our most cherished public service develops. But this is not a 38 degrees style petition; this is a
7 days to STP submissions – are we all in this together? Read More »
Last week, NHS Improvement rejected a Freedom of Information request to see a copy of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight draft STP plan. It did so by relying on the FOIA exemption that allows public bodies to withhold a document if it will eventually be published at a later date. In a reasoned statement,
FoI Request for Hampshire/IoW STP draft refused by NHS Improvement Read More »
Imagine being in charge of analysing the data from a major public library consultation. Option 1 received 310 likes, 178 frowny faces, 96 wows. Option 2 received 459 likes, 312 frowny faces, 89 wows etc. You might think this sounds silly but we’re actually not that far away from the reality of it. Digital by
Social Listening in Public Consultations – How useful is it? Read More »
It is time for our national politicians to take a closer interest in public consultations. Politicians are quite ambivalent about consultation. When in Opposition, they complain bitterly that there is not enough. When in Government they find it irksome and time-consuming when they are certain what they want to do, but are rather glad to
Why Parliament must take notice Read More »
As we developed training courses for the Institute, many topics naturally suggested themselves to us. Technical subjects like focus groups, surveys and questionnaires, data analysis etc. were obvious areas for us to tackle. We created courses on different aspects of legislation, on social media, on equality and the challenging world of the law of consultation
Pre-consultation: Opening Pandora’s Box? Read More »
Yesterday we held the Institute’s Health Special Interest Group (SIG) session in Birmingham. It took place against a background of intense engagement activity in the 44 ‘footprint’ areas. Here are the key points STP Process (Sustainability & Transformation Plans) in the NHS Ruth Beattie and Catherine Leggett from NHS England gave a presentation on the
Health SIG report Read More »
No-one now doubts that these plans will have an important impact upon the ability of the NHS to meet the challenges of its Five Year Plan. But as our selected quotations from last Wednesday’s Parliamentary debate revealed, there is still much confusion about the process and in particular about the level of involvement that local
STP Engagement and Consultation for NHS and Local Authorities Read More »
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