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Enough of Experts? Ipsos MORI Veracity Index 2016
tCI’s Remmert Keijzer comments on Ipsos MORI’s annual Veracity Index. “2016 has been full of surprises with Donald Trump winning the US Presidential Election and the UK’s decision to leave…
Read moreEdinburgh Airspace Consultation designated as GOOD PRACTICE by the Institute
Edinburgh Airport has completed Phase I of a two-stage consultative process on proposed changes to its Airspace. The Consultation Institute has undertaken a Quality Assurance leading to a GOOD PRACTICE…
Read moreBreaking the STP consultation logjam: now’s the time for Councils to seize the initiative
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…
Read morePost-truth society and public consultation
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…
Read morePost-decision consultation is essential – but Barnet’s exercise is sub-standard
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…
Read moreThe Institute comments on House of Commons’ new briefing paper on Devolution
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…
Read moreParliamentary Report on NHS contract failure silent on public/patient involvement
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…
Read moreConsultation flaws in a School amalgamation case – important lessons for phased projects
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…
Read moretCI’s views on the King’s Fund STP report
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…
Read moreThe power of the loudest – disrupting a consultation
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…
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