Yesterday (25th April) we held our first Member exclusive webinar of 2019! Lasting around 30 minutes, Nick Duffin, who delivered the webinar, shared Institute thinking on options appraisal. He discussed: What tCI has learnt from judicial reviews and the legal challenges before Court The shape of good option appraisal Who should be involved in the […]
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This begs the question ‘… according to whom?’ In the distant past, we remember coming out of a public meeting where the organisers must have been dispirited and disappointed. But the audience felt elated; campaigners were cock-a-hoop; the Council had been embarrassed and impassioned speeches from the floor had been duly applauded. Conversely, we have
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The saga of Horton Hospital, Banbury continues. This month, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment and rejected campaigners’ claims that consultees were not given a sufficient opportunity to comment on the ‘bed closure test’ for NHS reconfigurations. The case is Keep the Horton General v Oxfordshire CCG. The ‘bed closure test’ is an interesting idea – announced by Simon Stevens
They are now coming thick and fast. Legal challenges by parents to Council decisions to make changes to the provision of services for those with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND). First, we had a case in Bristol last year – won by claimants on the grounds that the Council had not consulted properly. Last
With an extract from The Politics of Consultation Right now, with Council elections taking part in 248 English local authorities, and with on/off European elections in the offing, there is a restriction on public consultations … all in the name of a vague principle called Purdah. At the Consultation Institute, we are rather sceptical, but
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We realise that many Institute members and friends have very little time. So, in case you’re not aware, here are some genuinely useful short videos that can help you keep abreast of what’s happening in the field of consultation. The SEND Judicial Reviews …. in under three minutes The easy way to be aware to
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We asked Elizabeth Gammell, who is the author of the new e-learning package on Consultation and Public Events, about the Institute’s new offering. Why is this a priority subject? Don’t people already know how to run public events ? You might imagine so. It is every Consultation or Engagement Manager’s bread-and-butter. That’s because members of the
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This is one of the most far-reaching consultations for a long time, so we asked Fraser Henderson, the Institute’s respected specialist on online issues to look at the detail. Here is his assessment…. It looks like the Government is getting serious about tackling online harms with the launch of this week’s recent consultation on new
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With thousands of hopeful candidates standing for election this May, it is a good time to give them a reminder to take care with any commitments they make, which could eventually involve a public consultation. Why is this important? To understand the answer to this question we have to go back 15 years and explore
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Tuesday Topic 347 Recent controversies over SEND services illustrate the challenge facing local Councils Only some of our local Councillors face local government elections next month. Be thankful you’re not one of them! For in these febrile political times, the BREXIT soap opera has crowded out so much that matters in public life. And so
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