The Health and Social Care Bill was published yesterday. Clearly there is a lot of controversy over what some might see as “another top down reorganisation” as well as specific…
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David Cameron spoke today about the pace of public service modernisation. Whatever one’s view on that pace of change, his coalition government has a majority and a commitment to a…
A new Government paper on Behavioural insight was published just at the tail end of last year. It may well have been missed by many working in this field because…
Three years ago I wrote the blog here about the way we as a society make January and February so miserable after the mid-winter celebrations of Christmas and the New…
No, the title of this posting is not one about Council’s ordering less grit than last year for the current snowfall, or even that unpredictable small earthquake in Cumbria on…
The consultation on the Public Health Outcomes Framework was published on Monday and closes on 31 March 2010. A smaller set of indicators, than in the recent past, are proposed…
The Decentralisation and Localism Bill will be published this afternoon. It is likely to contain the following proposals: Directly elected Mayors for 12 cities subject to successful referendums. The Police…
Whatever the merits or demerits of the issues at stake in the debate on tuition fees, one of the things that can be said is how rapidly online social media…
The Public Health White Paper is a significant document. It shows the wide level of political consensus for tackling health inequalities. The days of 260 copies of the Black Report…
The heavy snowfall does tend to bring out the best in people as they work together to overcome challenges. Whether one calls this the Big Society or more generally Civil…