When can you address the problems and carry on, and when is it best to abandon the consultation and start again? Consultation is far from being an exact science, and even with good preparation and diligent execution, things can still go wrong. In Topic 316, we explored the issues that arise when people complain, and […]
Fatal flaws in Consultation Read More »
The Mayor of London’s consultation on Public Access and Engagement There are too many poor public consultations, So, part of the role of the Institute to champion best practice, and, occasionally to illustrate what can go wrong by exposing poor practice. Last week saw the launch of a deeply flawed consultation on aspects of Policing
Is this the worst consultation of 2017? Read More »
The Institute finds this fascinating! If Chris Grayling is right, and Consultations from Highways England are intended only to initiate a discussion, then it runs counter to established thinking over many years. It might also prompt a rethink on the Government Consultation Principles and at the High Court. On the other hand, he may just
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling confused on Consultation Principles Read More »
I attended the annual conference for the Consultation Institute earlier this month: a place where consultation professionals and those working within that field come together to share their practice and learn more about the current shifting landscape of consultation. The topic for this year was Public Engagement in The Post-Truth Age. It was excellent for
Susan Ritchie: tCi Conference Blog Read More »
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 »
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