Can we still wait months before providing feedback on a public consultation? Older people are fond of recalling that in the bad old days, they had to save, or they had to wait for good things to arrive. The younger generation just don’t get it, for we have lived in an age of instant gratification […]
Running commentaries Read More »
Right now, people who live close to our Airports, but not necessarily under the final approach may be living in hope that the amount of aircraft noise they endure might be reduced. Or maybe they fear that it might increase. This is because technology changes are leading to changes in flight-paths – some of which
A few days too late for the heatwave, the BMA held its Annual Representative Meeting this week in Bournemouth, and turned its legendary firepower on the Government’s STP plans. One motion sought their demise because they had become ‘vehicles to try to legitimise further cuts to vital NHS services’. The
Doctors’ broadside against NHS transformation plans – an Institute perspective. Read More »
The Institute’s website has been featured as good example of their work by website provider Cambridge ICT. Rhidian Jones from the Consultation Institute said: “We were delighted when Cambridge ICT approached us to feature our site on their own new shop window. The Institute has been delighted with the service received from them, but most importantly of
Institute Website featured by Cambridge ICT Read More »
The government will go ahead with plans to overhaul the funding of social care with a consultation scheduled for the two-year parliamentary session but has not set out details about how this would work, the level of any cap or how much people would have to pay for care, reports Sara White In the Queen’s
Queen’s Speech 2017: government set to consult on social care plan Read More »
The danger of pushing your data further than it should go … This is the effect of having the brilliant Ben Goldacre highlight poor data interpretation at our Conference – and having a General Election the following day. We have all spent the weekend listening to academics, politicians, journalists and commentators all trying to explain
Over-interpretation – how to discredit your consultation Read More »
For the second time in a year, the public have shocked the political establishment by delivering an unexpected result. It did the same in the USA last November. It happened in France too – its President is someone nobody thought could possibly win … What’s happening? Why has it become so risky to ask the
The Perils of asking the public: instant reflections on an unforeseen election result Read More »
There might be many of you whom I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting during my time at the Consultation Institute. I have attended dozens of training courses, sector-related events and of course our own successful conferences, and at these events I met hundreds of people who were deeply passionate about the work that they
My consultation journey Read More »
Everyone now knows that the famous U-turn on Social care promised that a future Conservative Government will consult on the details. And that, hey presto, it will feature a cap on payments. Note however, that what Theresa May and her colleagues have actually committed to is a ‘Green Paper’ – a part of our administrative
May’s commitment to consult on Social Care – note it’s a GREEN paper Read More »
Quite unexpectedly, and just before a General Election was called, the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) launched an inquiry into the library closures by Swindon Borough Council and Lancashire County Council. Both councils decided in 2016 that they needed to close the majority of their council run libraries due to financial constraints. It
Providing a ‘comprehensive library service’: what does it mean? Read More »
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