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When consultees say, “ I told you so…! ”
The cry of frustration uttered by so many stakeholders… This is scarcely a sentiment confined to the National Health Service, but it was NHS England Chief Executive, Simon Stevens who…
Read moreUsing Twitter as a data source: an overview of social media research tools (2019)
Twitter and other social media platforms represent a large and largely untapped resource for social data and evidence. In this post, Wasim Ahmed updates his recurring series on the Impact Blog, to…
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‘Community’ theme dominates Infrastructure consultation Conference
Rhion Jones’ observations on this year’s Waterfront Conference One of the joys of June for me is being invited to chair the Annual Waterfront Conference on Consultation and Stakeholder engagement…
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Wales to abolish Community Health Councils – can it avoid the mistakes made in England?
On Monday, the Welsh Government published its long-awaited Bill to abolish Community Health Councils (CHCs). The Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Bill replaces 40-year old CHC machinery…
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Are the Courts making public consultations more difficult to organise?
On the occasion of launching our latest edition of Latest Law this week, we have sought to respond to a question posed by an Institute member. The individual was fully aware…
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Can a subcontractor bias a consultation?
In today’s newsletter, there is a cautionary tale about allegations of bias when the Government used a specialist Company to help obtain a bigger response to the consultation on a…
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Ditch gadgets…and climb trees in 2019
A Call for Evidence, launched on 27 May by the Department for Education, seeks information to support character education and development for children and young people. This will enable the…
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A Citizens Assembly in a next PM’s backpack
You have to admire the guy! For sheer nerve (chutzpah if you like), in a procession of potential Prime Ministers all trying to square a seemingly impossible circle, he stands…
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Latest Law is coming soon
Keeping Institute members up-to-date on the ever-growing body of case law is a real challenge. We rely on regular blog-style articles on the website but have found that our periodic…
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