The NHS is undoubtedly under pressure. Barely a day goes by without national headlines proclaiming failures in one part or another of our health and care system. Much of the coverage seems to recognise that things need to change and much of the debate is dedicated to answering the question of how. Just this week […]
Temporary engagement bypass in the NHS Read More »
Yesterday there was a full scale debate in the House of Commons on STPs. MPs took this issue very seriously and 50 of them took part. We have prepared a slidedeck containing key quotations from Government Ministers and backbenchers. Click here to access it stpdebate14sept2016
Imagine. A group of consultation professionals have spent the day debating the trickiest aspects of their trade. They are tired and looking forward to a relaxed dinner. Someone brightly suggests a ‘pub quiz’ by way of entertainment. Mock groans from the company, but they are a good-natured bunch and agree. The mock groans turn to
Arnstein Ladder versus Gunning Principles? Read More »
Janice Turner is a respected columnist for ‘The Times’ and last week she turned her fire on Keith Vaz MP. Her criticism was not his personal behaviour per se but what she regards as the hypocrisy of the Home Affairs Select Committee he chaired. The issue is an emotive one, the case for the decriminalisation
Not a week goes by without someone asking us if we know of some good examples of a consultation toolkit. Now it is true that there are a lot of good toolkits available but it would be wise to not go toolkit-by-default too soon. Wanting to adopt a common standard consultation practice is admirable and
Toolkits – how useful are they? Read More »
At PM’s Question Time yesterday, a Conservative backbench MP drew from the Prime Minister the clearest commitment yet that local NHS Sustainability & Transformation plans (STPs) will take account of local people’s views. Whether this necessarily means a traditional-style set-piece public consultation remains to be seen, but anything short of this will lead many Parliamentarians
Theresa May commits the NHS to listening to local people Read More »
Sinn Féin TD for Louth, Gerry Adams, has described the decision by the Department of Justice and Equality to limit direct engagement opportunities on the new Disability Inclusion Strategy 2016-2020, to venues in Dublin, Cork and Tullamore as “discriminatory and unacceptable.” Teachta Adams called on Minister Frances Fitzgerald to intervene with the Equality Division in
Disability Consultation ‘discriminatory and unacceptable’ – Gerry Adams Read More »
In my years working for tCI I’ve often said that I must be part of a ‘hard to reach minority group’ as I’m very rarely consulted about ANYTHING! I have noticed recently, however, that I am starting to see this changing…. The ‘minority group’ I belong to is, I’d suggest, white, home-owning, comfortably off, middle
Is Consultation really an extreme sport? Otherwise called customer service? Read More »
The recent Tobacco industry Judicial Review helps us to handle battles between the ‘experts’. Many public consultations revolve around matters of strong professional disagreements, and one of the biggest challenges facing Governments, Regulators and public bodies of all kinds is how to take decisions without being unfair to one side or another. Nowhere is this
New insights for the interpretation of conflicting consultation responses Read More »
Parents of a pupil in Wales launched a legal challenge against their council who wanted to scrap all free bus services for secondary school aged children residing more than two miles from their catchment area’s school. The boy’s parents argued that the Council’s decision was unlawful as it had failed to consult with the affected
How to consult children & young people Read More »
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