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Getting ready to deliver an Executive Briefing tomorrow, we have today finished our line-by-line look at the new 2015 version of this important Guide – it matters to many of my LinkedIn colleagues and members of the Consultation Institute. Its title is “Planning, assuring and delivering service change for patients” It reinforces the need for