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i The National Consultation Digest, every fortnight ii Communities of Interest: sustained work on a single topic iii Coffee Mornings: informal peer sessions every month iv Training that turns the reading into practice

Articles on Consultation & Engagement.

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The rising fear about options appraisal

NHS learns to defend legal challenges to service transformations

Another Summer of consultation Court judgments?

When options are more apparent than real

The elephant in the Council Chamber – consultation needed on de-commissioning non-statutory services

Attending a judicial review

Leisure Centre closure declared unlawful

When consultees say, ” I told you so…! “

Wales to abolish Community Health Councils – can it avoid the mistakes made in England?

Are the Courts making public consultations more difficult to organise?

Can a subcontractor bias a consultation?

A Citizens Assembly in a next PM’s backpack

Too much law? Or just not enough understanding?

Consulting on proposals to merge NHS commissioning organisations.

When public meetings go wrong…. they can make a bad situation so much worse

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