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NHS service change: Patient involvement duties and planning for winter
While most of us were basking in the Mediterranean temperatures of this summer’s heatwave, stalwart NHS planners across the country had the extremes of a different season firmly in mind:…
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Consultation as an alternative to a Second Referendum? Why it’s not the answer!
We live in extraordinary political times – so fluid that this article may be obsolete faster than anything else ever written by the Institute. However – right now – 7th…
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Some excellent recommendations, but will they change policy on consultation in planning?
At the end of November, the TCPA published Planning 2020: the final report of the Raynsford Review of Planning in England. This in an incredibly comprehensive and significant assessment of…
Read moreConsultation ideas … even in ex-Soviet Central Asia…
The UK has long been a magnet for countries to send their brightest and best to learn about democratic principles and pubic services. Strange, given our current convulsions but our…
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The Sefton Tunnel Judicial Review: One-off; or the shape of things to come?
There is much to ponder about the High Court decision to reject Sefton Council’s legal challenge to plans for a new access road to the Port of Liverpool. The Council…
Read moreLatest Law – version 2 – what’s covered
The Institute has been spoilt for choice this autumn. Our Law of Consultation course has already had to be significantly amended and updated to take account of the torrent of new…
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Football League’s failure to consult the Clubs – a boot on the other foot?
In April, we published an article entitled “Sporting ‘owners’ – to what extent do you consult the fans?”. It reported on a succession of disputes between famous football clubs and their…
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IRP strongly critical of bed closures at Rothbury Community Hospital
Sadly, we have yet another tale of flawed engagement and consultation as the NHS seeks to implement cost-saving measures at a Community Hospital. This conclusion is not from the Consultation…
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NHS reconfiguration consultations – Blue Lights needed …..
If you are involved in organising – or even just responding to a major public consultation on reconfiguring NHS services, this paper is for you. In part, it arises because…
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