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What should be in a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) to improve diabetes outcomes
Diabetes UK has produced four briefings for health and wellbeing board members, setting out what health and wellbeing boards can do to prevent diabetes and improve the lives of people living...
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Philippa Lynch
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04 Nov 2014
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New MyNHS transparency site now live
MyNHS aims to bring together data from across the health and care system to improve transparency. The website is a joint project between the Department of Health, NHS England, Public...
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Philippa Lynch
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03 Nov 2014
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How to upskill using Knowledge Hub
The work involved delivering public services and helping communities needs doing now and the fast paced working environments are stretching our responsibilities and availability. In order to stay...
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KHUB Focus
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31 Oct 2014
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What a Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy should include
[A more detailed version of this blog appears here.] How can Health and Wellbeing Boards make the most difference? I think it’s through Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies...
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Adrian Barker
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30 Oct 2014
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Senior managers may wish to Do No Harm ( see previous blog) but in this austere financial climate many simply have to pursue the least worst option. In project management there are three...
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Blair McPherson
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28 Oct 2014
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What does Knowledge Hub mean to you?
We’ve been having some fantastic conversations with some of you who have been kind enough to spare us a few minutes of your time to tell us what Knowledge Hub means to you (thank you for your...
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KHUB Focus
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24 Oct 2014
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More Adders than Ladders
Restructuring, redeployment, redundancy have become all too familiar to those in the public sector. Employment has become a game of snakes and ladders. Restructuring may mean applying for your...
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Blair McPherson
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14 Oct 2014
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Local Democracy Week
Local Democracy Week is an annual event celebrated in Local Government. Events are organised by local authorities to foster the knowledge of local democracy and promote the idea of democratic...
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Stacy Cosham
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10 Oct 2014
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Is this the real problem with QR Codes?
I’m not sure how many of you have had a chance to watch Dave Gorman’s Modern life is goodish. If you have and you have seen the episode you know what I’m going to say. But if not, please...
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Michael Norton
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10 Oct 2014
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Lost in translation
I suppose it’s not surprising because of my job that a lot of people ask me, “So, this Knowledge Hub, what’s it all about?” And my answer…? Well, it doesn’t vary much; it usually goes something...
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Liz Copeland
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02 Oct 2014
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leave early, take the rest of the day off, have as many holidays as you like
Richard Pay no attention, the media like nothing better than poking fun at rich and successful entrepreneurs. Today’s eccentricities will be tomorrow’s management wisdom. "Take as much...
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Blair McPherson
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30 Sep 2014
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Whistleblowers
Most whistleblowers on bad practise and abuse are not board members or senior managers they are front line staff reporting concerns about colleagues having failed to get their line manager to...
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Blair McPherson
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26 Sep 2014
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Sentiment analysis and chipping dogs a combination you would not expect to work.
Last week I just happened to listen into a webinar that was part of AMEC Measurement Week hosted by Elayne Phillips of DEFRA. To be honest the title of the webinar Cutting Edge...
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Michael Norton
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26 Sep 2014
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Highways can deal with incidents
My route to work enjoys the use of some of the busiest roads in the Country and small problems can soon add to congestion. On Wednesday there was an unusually long queue within a roundabout and...
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Chris Faires
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26 Sep 2014
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Memebership of the 700 club
It’s an exclusive club you don’t want to be a member of. The average tenure of an NHS chief executive is 700 days but the issue of the high turnover of senior managers is a concern across the...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Dec 2014
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Challenge yourself!
The Local Government Association is looking for ambitious local government officers to apply for the 2015 Local Government Challenge. I was one of the four finalists last year and I most highly...
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Si Chun Lam
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25 Sep 2014
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Closes today, 23rd September (5pm) - HSCIC Customer survey - requirements for secure access to data
The Health and Social Care Information Centre is consulting to gather the high level requirements of stakeholders and users of data from the HSCIC. This is to help shape the...
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Philippa Lynch
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23 Sep 2014
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Are you a team player?
You read it in the job adverts. It appears it the qualities necessary for the post and it's often an interview question. Are you a team player? The honest answer would be no but you say yes....
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Blair McPherson
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22 Sep 2014
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Accessing data for public health teams
The Data Services for Commissioners (DSfC) at the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) team has been working closely with local authority public health teams to help support their...
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Philippa Lynch
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18 Sep 2014
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LGA report, 'Our ambition for children and young people'
The LGA report, 'Our ambition for children and young people' aims to support a radical rewiring of local public services. It sets out four high level ambitions and groups 'core measures'...
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Philippa Lynch
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18 Sep 2014
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New public health infographics from The King's Fund and the LGA
Making the case for public health interventions from The King's Fund The King's Fund in partnership with the Local Government Association has published a set of infographics that...
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Philippa Lynch
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24 Nov 2014
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Provisional 2013/14 Personal Social Services: Expenditure and unit Costs, England (PSS-EX1)
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has published a report based on provisional 2013-14 PSS-EX1 data. This release includes Excel and csv data files for provisional 2013/14...
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Philippa Lynch
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18 Sep 2014
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The tail should not wag the dog
I had been in post about a year when there was a management restructuring and the chief executive offered me the post of assistant director operations. A couple of weeks later the director of HR...
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Blair McPherson
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18 Sep 2014
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Deputies are Rubbish
One of the few good outcomes of budget cuts and subsequent management restructuring has been getting rid of all those unnecessary management posts, the ones that had deputy or assistant in their...
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Blair McPherson
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17 Sep 2014
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What makes for good public health research?
Some reflections on my role on a NIHR board making recommendations on grants for public health research* We are constantly being bombarded with public health advice – don’t smoke, lose weight,...
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Adrian Barker
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16 Sep 2014
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A Framework for Identifying Aspects for Improvement
I was reflecting on experiences of various meetings last week, and it struck me that they quite neatly fall into categories I’ve used in the past to assess why organisations don’t follow good...
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Adrian Barker
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11 Sep 2014
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Have you picked the right tools for your group?
Has your group been struggling to take off and activity within the group is occasional or non-existent? Did you pick the tools first before finding out what you group was trying to achieve...
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Michael Norton
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10 Sep 2014
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Successful People
All successful people do two things well. They manage themselves and they manage their boss. Some people think success is about luck being in the right place at the right time, others think that...
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Blair McPherson
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09 Sep 2014
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Why the LGA is wrong to encourage RAC Apps
This week saw the re-launch for an App that is intended to make it easier for motorists to report potholes and other 'nuisance' issues. The RAC App is make by Streetrepairs, a website to...
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Chris Faires
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12 Sep 2014
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Event - Putting sustainability into practice - actions for sustainable health and social care systems
1st October 2014, 10:00 to 16:00, Putting sustainability into practice - actions for sustainable health and social care systems. Free event at Reading town hall, Reading, RG1 1QH (Registration...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:
08 Sep 2014
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