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 […]
A duty to explain? Read More »
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
Institute comments on updated NHS Five-Year Forward View Read More »
Hundreds of Institute members and supporters have heard me deliver ‘The Law of Consultation‘ training course in recent years. But not in Scotland! Typically we review about 35 Judicial Reviews in the High Court of England, Wales and occasionally Northern Ireland – all those occasions where someone has sought to show that a public consultation
‘The Law of consultation’ course taken to Scotland Read More »
The UK Government has been scratching its head since they received word from a United Nations committee, advising them to suspend work on Hinkley Point C, a nuclear power station in Somerset. The Government has been accused of not notifying neighbouring countries of its intention to build this power station, thereby neglecting its obligations to
Not always … but sometimes Twenty years ago, the Blair Government entered office and held discussions with the voluntary and community sector; these ultimately led to the National Compact. It committed the Government to consulting the Third Sector when the latter’s interests were affected and to do so for twelve weeks. It was already the
The case for shorter consultations Read More »
Last night, Rhion Jones, Programme Director of the Institute, was awarded the Jonathan Street Lifetime Achievement Award at the Association of Healthcare Communications & Marketing (AHCM) for his longstanding contribution to healthcare communications. The AHCM is the primary independent network for people working in communications, public engagement and marketing for the NHS. Presenting the award, AHCM
tCI’s Rhion Jones honoured with AHCM lifetime achievement award Read More »
I’m still head scratching over the significance of Philip Hammond’s £325m announcement for Sustainability & Transformation Plans in England. On the one hand, every little helps. On the other hand, the ‘Transformation’ part of the equation was always going to need lots of capital expenditure etc., and rumour holds that funding current NHS deficits has
How much STP can you get for £325m over 3 years? Read More »
After years of stalling, things are finally looking up for Grimsby Town Football Club who recently became one step closer to getting a new stadium. Believe it or not, the existing stadium is actually in Cleethorpes – which is a useful bit of pub quiz trivia. The planned new development includes a range of other
Grimsby Town FC and its options development process Read More »
How fault-tolerant is the process of listening to stakeholders? For some years, a tactic of choice for anyone objecting to decisions taken to change public policy or public services, has been to apply to the Courts for a Judicial Review. For many, it has seemed that decision-makers were more vulnerable on the process they followed
How many mistakes can we make in a public consultation? Read More »
Late last week I was listening to an excellent Radio 4 show on the Morality of Fake News featuring guests including editors and journalists of different media outlets discussing the current state of journalism. One of its shocking conclusions was that journalism had abandoned the notion of objectivity many years ago. People nowadays are sharing headlines
The influence of journalists in public consultations Read More »
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