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How does purdah work for government departments during a consultation?

Government departments are now in purdah. For most of them this means that many of their on-going consultations should go ahead but no new public consultations should be launched. Earlier today the Department for Transport announced that they had cancelled five remaining public meetings as part of their consultation on the South Eastern rail franchise, […]

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When political parties promise

Article, Tuesday Topic / Rhion Jones

The case for putting public consultations on a proper Statutory footing The classic complaint of the British voter is that politicians only listen when they are asking for votes. ‘We only see them at election time’, is the standard refrain. We are about to see them once again traipsing up and down our streets, admiring

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A manifesto commitment to better public engagement?

Article / Rhion Jones

Rhion Jones proposes an Office of Public Consultation Manifesto-writers will be busy this weekend. If they follow previous form, they will commit to consult on many of their proposals that are – shall we say – a little unfinished. They will also probably make general noises about more transparent Government, and use words like ‘listen’

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Making the most of Purdah!

Article / Cambridge ICT

The country is preparing to go to the polls again. For Local Authorities and the NHS this means that many controversial decisions will be put on hold as the doctrine of Purdah means that public bodies shut down their policy-making efforts. Civil servants and commissioners avoid doing or saying anything that might favour outgoing Cabinet

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Health Select Committee launches inquiry into STPs

Article / Remmert Keijzer

Earlier this week we received word that the House of Commons’ Select Committee on Health had launched an inquiry in the NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs). This news got snowed under following NHS England’s ‘Next Steps’ report which we commented on earlier but it is very important it gets the attention it deserves. It

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Referring consultations to the Health Secretary: what actually happens?

Article / Paul Parsons

The tension in relationships between councillors and health commissioners is never more evident than in the run up to local elections. We can hardly blame politicians for acting politically, so it’s no surprise that as elections approach in England we see a flurry of calls for local health scrutiny committees to refer commissioners’ decisions for

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The NHS ‘Next Steps’ paper – and its implications for consultation and engagement

Article, Briefing Note / Rhion Jones

The NHS in England has published its ‘Next Steps’ document, taking stock of progress against the Five Year Forward View (FYFV) and charting the way forward. It is an intimidating paper – full of detail and with enough acronyms for a dozen alphabets. For all that, it is also highly revealing and is worth serious

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Institute comments on slamming Select Committee’s report on NHS long-term sustainability

Article / Remmert Keijzer

“Our NHS, our ‘national religion’, is in crisis and the adult social care system is on the brink of collapse.” The first line in the House of Lords’ report on the NHS long-term sustainability immediately sets a gloomy tone. The 134-page report was published yesterday after a 10-month inquiry into the future of the NHS.

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A duty to explain?

Article, Tuesday Topic / Rhion Jones

To what extent should decision-makers be obliged to explain their thinking – especially if it’s in defiance of consultation responses? One of the persistent criticisms of public consultations is that they are not sufficiently transparent. And even if critics accept that the dialogue phase is becoming more open, they will insist that after the closing

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Institute comments on updated NHS Five-Year Forward View

Article / Rhion Jones

Rhion Jones has been reading Simon Stevens’ long-awaited update to the NHS Five Year Plan in England. He finds some interesting harbingers of what’s ahead in an admittedly challenging environment. Whilst much sound and fury has raged over the apparent failure of NHS bodies to engage fully with Councils and the voluntary sectors over Sustainability

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How does purdah work for government departments during a consultation?

When political parties promise

A manifesto commitment to better public engagement?

Making the most of Purdah!

Health Select Committee launches inquiry into STPs

Referring consultations to the Health Secretary: what actually happens?

The NHS ‘Next Steps’ paper – and its implications for consultation and engagement

Institute comments on slamming Select Committee’s report on NHS long-term sustainability

A duty to explain?

Institute comments on updated NHS Five-Year Forward View

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