Consultation News

Ruth Breidenbach Roe tells a parliamentary all-party group that the sector’s advocacy role in devolution had to be asserted. Proper communication with the public and the charity sector should be a “red line” when drawing up devolution deals, MPs and peers heard yesterday. At a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Charities and Volunteering, […]

Dozens of placard-carrying campaigners took their health service protest to Totnes as they condemned health bosses’ latest round of consultations as another “sham”. South Devon communities are still reeling over the decision to close community hospitals at Ashburton, Dart­mouth, Bovey Tracey and Dartmouth, amid claims that local protests were completely ignored. Now health bosses are

Move likely to embarrass British government as UN agency says lack of talks with Europe means it should refrain from further work A United Nations committee has asked the UK to suspend work on the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset because of the government’s failure to consult with European countries over the

NHS bosses ‘do not have all the answers’ on plans to transform health services in Sussex – but have promised to engage patients while they try to find them. Sussex and East Surrey is one of 44 areas across the country to produce a Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) to deliver changes needed to save

The boot, wheelbarrow and thimble have all been retired in the latest version of Monopoly. The classic pieces have been replaced by a Tyrannosaurus Rex, a penguin and a “rubber ducky”. It follows a public vote over which tokens to save, as part of the brand’s “Monopoly Token Madness” campaign. The original pieces have been

We Stakeholder Engagement practitioners are nothing short of evangelical in our zeal to sing the praises and benefits of consultation/engagement. So much so that I sometimes wonder if we should just go ahead and form our own religion and get some tax free status advantages! But is good engagement/consultation always the right answer, to every question?

A town mayor has expressed concerns around a local governance review consultation currently being undertaken by North Lincolnshire Council. But the claims have been refuted by council bosses, who insist they have followed all correct procedures throughout the process. The review is looking into the future electoral arrangements of the eight town councils in North

Banbury MP Victoria Prentis has added to Horton campaigners’ criticism of a market research scheme giving out lottery tickets in return for completing a survey about downgrading the hospital. Mrs Prentis this week described handing Health Lottery tickets to respondents ‘extremely concerning’. Keep the Horton General (KTHG) members were called to Banbury Town Hall on

A Lincolnshire mum campaigning against the potential closure of the children’s heart unit at Glenfield Hospital has launched a furious attack on NHS bosses, accusing them of lying over and over again. Sam Norton, whose severely disabled son has received treatment at the East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre in Leicester, said that the NHS was