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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Sustainable & Transformation Plans (STPs) have now been prepared for 44 separate ’footprints’ in England. On 21 October they were presented to NHS England and the other agencies and this Note addresses the choice that STP Leads face in planning the forthcoming engagement and consultation tasks. Three factors impinge upon the approach that the NHS
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This paper has been written for policy-makers and officials working in the civil service. It will also be relevant to politicians, academics and public engagement professionals working in the public, private or voluntary/community sectors. It considers how public and/or stakeholder consultation can work in the febrile policy environment that follows the UK’s decision to leave
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Background The Bus Services Bill was introduced into Parliament last month. Despite generating considerably more public transport journeys than any other mode, governments rarely pay too much attention to buses. This is the first significant piece of new legislation on buses since John Prescott’s Transport Act sixteen years ago and is thus deserving of our
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Introduction In a world of ever decreasing budgets and deep cuts to core services, “Devolution” is seemingly the biggest opportunity for local government. Local government is right to seek greater powers as well as demanding adequate resources because people still need esse Local authorities have faced a tough time since the financial crash of 2007/08.
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Few people now doubt that one of the biggest challenges facing our society is the need to develop a care system that is fit-for-purpose in the twenty-first century. Integrating Health and Social care is seen as the key policy, and we are witnessing the beginnings of the organisational and cultural transformation that’s needed if the
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When the Supreme Court rules on an important question of law, the general expectation is that it should provide a definitive settlement of disputed arguments – the last word on the current state of the law, if we like. So when on October 29th, the highest Court in the land published its first-ever judgment on
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It is not very often that a Government Minister has to come to Parliament to explain that a high-profile consultation “did not have the confidence of the public”. Yet after years of indecision, £6m of taxpayers’ money, two High Court cases and a terrific media campaign by parents of very sick children, we still appear
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Anyone reading Robert Francis’ massive Report into the Mid-Staffordshire Hospital Scandal(1) will surely be appalled at the widespread failures which meant that hundreds of patients suffered whilst Regulators and bureaucrats vacillated. Its 290 recommendations challenge almost every aspect of the status quo and is a tough read for everyone associated with the provision of health and
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In July 2012, the Cabinet Office produced a new set of Consultation Principles, intended to replace the 2008 Code of Practice, and put into effect immediately. Many established stakeholder organisations were taken aback, leading in time to a decision by the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee to conduct an inquiry in the autumn
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