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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…

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…

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…

The week after the latest submission deadline for NHS England’s Sustainability and Transformation Plans has seen a trickle of information emerging into the public domain as, partners in three of…

Their article wrongly says I initiated the FOIA request to see Hampshire’s STP plans. Not Guilty, your Honour. Does anyone know a good libel barrister? (Actually, the journalist Sam Claydon…

Three reflections on the day that 44 NHS ‘footprint’ areas in England submit plans for the future of Health and Social Care. It has been an ambitious process Critics have…

Last week Remarkable Engagement and tCI organised a Breakfast Briefing on Social Media and the Planning Consultation Process. Remarkable Engagement ran a survey and contacted 1,401 councillors across Great Britain…

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’…

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…

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…