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I worked in an open plan office alongside my boss who was a lay preacher and pulled me up for swearing. As a senior manager I was not in the habit of colouring my language with swear words...
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Blair McPherson
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10 Mar 2017
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International Women's Day
The Black Panthers, the Vietnam war, Bob Dylan and the woman's liberation movement, this is the New York scene in the Late 60's early 70's. The story is set in the open plan office of a...
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Blair McPherson
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10 Mar 2017
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Driving engagement in the new Knowledge Hub
We know engagement is what drives people to participate. When you’re trying to draw members into a conversation, help build trust in your group, or help other members discover what you are...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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08 Mar 2017
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Confrontational leadership
A kick up the backside or arm round the shoulder. Delivered at the right time, in the right way both are recognised managerial responses. Some people respond better to one than the other....
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Blair McPherson
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01 Mar 2017
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Interactive adult social care summary report for 2015/16
NHS Digital have published this interactive web-based summary report to give users a high level summary of a selected local authority’s activity in 2015/16 across the range of adult social care...
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Philippa Lynch
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01 Mar 2017
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A picture is worth a thousand words
If you’ve ever searched for people to connect with or groups to join on Knowledge Hub, you’ll have noticed that there are rather a lot of grey profile images for individuals and the same green...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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01 Mar 2017
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Where do they send bed blockers?
Delayed hospital discharges or " bed blocking " is hot news. As hospitals desperately try to unblock their beds where do they send patients and what happens to them? I am an ex social worker and...
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Blair McPherson
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24 Feb 2017
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What to expect when your new KHub goes live
We are pleased to let you know that the new version of Knowledge Hub is due to go live soon. Over the last few months we have been working to build a new look and feel for Knowledge Hub, with...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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22 Feb 2017
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Transforming care and health through information and technology: Local Investment Programme
A local investment programme run by the Care & Health Improvement Programme at the LGA, in partnership with NHS Digital, is inviting councils to bid for one-off funding of up to...
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Philippa Lynch
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22 Feb 2017
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The Italian way
The thing about the Italian way is there is no Italian way. It's an Italian thing to be different to go your own way. This means there is no model or way of doing things that can be copied in the...
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Blair McPherson
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21 Feb 2017
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Why is KHub going dotty?
Your new Knowledge Hub has an exciting new look and feel, along with some improved ways to use the functionality and get involved in your groups. One of the things you told us was that you’d...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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15 Feb 2017
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Gathering local authority feedback quickly and efficiently
We interviewed Alex Marshall, Programme Support at the Local Government Association about how the LG Inform and LG Inform Plus Group is used to support a range of work including gathering local...
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KHUB Focus
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07 Aug 2017
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The chemistry has to be right
Appoint a good manager and the results will improve. Appoint a great manager and success is guaranteed. Well that's the theory in practice past success doesn't guarantee future success. A...
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Blair McPherson
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14 Feb 2017
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Granny dumping
A elderly man found wandering and confused in Hereford bus station has no means of identification on him, his clothes are new bought from a Tesco's he appears to speak English but his...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
08 Feb 2017
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Image upload is as easy as 1, 2, 3!
Uploading images to discussion forums, wiki pages and blogs should be easy, but it’s not always been straight forward on Knowledge Hub. Until now… Your new version of Knowledge Hub will include...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:
08 Feb 2017
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Managing Maverick Managers
Name me one TV cop who isn't a maverick. Wouldn't we all like to stick two fingers up to senior management on occasions, to follow our professional instincts rather than inflexible...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
08 Feb 2017
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Reports available in LG Inform for monthly delayed transfers of care and measures from the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework
A single council view of the latest delayed transfers of care monthly data is available in a local authority (LA) level report in LG Inform. More detailed analysis at both Trust and LA...
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Philippa Lynch
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06 Feb 2017
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Three strikes and you're out
February 6th is national "sickie" day, so called because traditionally absenteeism is at it highest at this time of year. Employers in the public sector have in recent years being...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
06 Feb 2017
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A simple text editor that enables your words to shine
Whenever you write something on Knowledge Hub, be it a blog, a discussion or a comment, it’s important that what you say gets noticed. All the more reason for the mechanics of writing something...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:
01 Feb 2017
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More people with a business background would be good for local government, Not
Donald Trump US president is appointing people with a business background to key posts in his administration because he believes government would be better if it was run like a business and...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
03 Mar 2017
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Streamlining Development Management
The consultation paper on the Scottish Planning Sytem asks us all to consider improvements to further streamline development management procedures. This recent Planning Skills series event...
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Trevor Moffat
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27 Jan 2017
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The winners of the TW3 Awards are…
The winners of the The Cabinet Office’s ‘The Way We Work Awards’ (TW3) were announced yesterday. We were excited as two of our networks had been shortlisted – the Government Project Delivery...
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KHUB Focus
Last updated:
27 Jan 2017
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The new Knowledge Hub in action
We’ve had an exciting couple of days sharing the early version of the new Knowledge Hub with some of you. We got to observe how new members and group facilitators, regular and occasional...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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25 Jan 2017
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Let's do a deal
Donald Trump the new US president with a business background has appointed people to his senior posts on the bases that they are good at "doing deals". Is this a new and worrying...
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Blair McPherson
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24 Jan 2017
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Community facilitators are superheroes, but what do they do?
Today is Community Manager Appreciation Day. A day that recognises and celebrates the efforts of community managers/facilitators. So have you said thank you to them for all the effort they put...
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KHUB Focus
Last updated:
23 Jan 2017
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Congratulations to GovPDC and HealthPDC!
We are really pleased that two of our networks have been shortlisted for The Cabinet Office’s ‘The Way We Work Awards’ (TW3). Both the Government Project Delivery Community (GovPDC) and Health...
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KHUB Focus
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20 Jan 2017
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The KHub blog explained…
Our members tell us that they find the discussion forum and library areas of groups among the most useful. But, what about the blog? Well, the blog is definitely growing in popularity. There was...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:
18 Jan 2017
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Workshop on 23rd February - Developing sustainable social care budgets and services in London
Thursday 23 February 2017 Developing sustainable social care budgets and services in London Layden House, 76-86 Turnmill Street, London EC1M 5LG Free to attend for all councils. £345 for...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:
18 Jan 2017
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Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (England), Annual Report 2015-16 - local authority comparator tool
NHS digital have produced local authority level comparator data for DoLS for the first time The official statistics report published in September 2016 provides the findings from the Mental...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:
17 Jan 2017
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Please circulate this invitation to Digital Maturity Assessment Workshops - Leeds (26 Jan) and London (30 Jan)
Please circulate the message below to colleagues within Local Authorities who are involved in adult social care market management/commissioning (with a request that they forward on to providers),...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:
17 Jan 2017
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The Happy List
The NHS is in crisis, the country is divided as never before, the gap between the super rich and the just getting by is ever widening, climate change seems depressingly inevitable and...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
16 Jan 2017
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Combating loneliness
There is growing recognition that loneliness is a serious problem, with far reaching implications, not just for individuals, but also for wider communities, which merits the attention of local...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:
11 Jan 2017
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Transforming Care - Empowerment films – what empowerment means to me
Transforming Care is all about improving the lives of people with learning disability and/or autism who display behaviours that are described as challenging. We know that when people are empowered...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:
11 Jan 2017
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How to stand out in the crowd - KHub’s new @mentions
Ever spotted an interesting blog on Knowledge Hub and wanted to highlight it to a colleague? Maybe you’ve been asked a question in a discussion forum, but you know someone else will have the...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:
11 Jan 2017
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PHE’s One You campaign is helping middle age people live more healthily by asking ‘How are you?’ and providing free support and tools
Eight out of 10 of the middle aged either weigh too much, drink too much or don’t exercise enough, as new analysis from Public Health England (PHE) published on 28 December 2016 shows modern life...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:
09 Jan 2017
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Make my day punk
If only you were in charge you could sort this mess out. You know what needs doing and you know how to do it. But how long before you turn into Dirty Harry the Clint Eastwood anti hero who...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
06 Jan 2017
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Happy new homepage!
We’d like to wish all our members, partners and clients a very happy New Year! 2017 is set to be an exciting one for Knowledge Hub - not least because soon we’ll be unveiling our new look and...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:
04 Jan 2017
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Bug fixers and performance improvers
The bugs are making people angry and unreasonable. People are disaffected with a deep seated discontent finding expression in misogyny and racism. Like a virus they infect...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
03 Jan 2017
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The top 10 news stories of 2016 on health and wellbeing policy
2016 is widely seen as being a terrible year, but how was it for health and wellbeing policy? I’ve been doing a weekly update of news items since 2012 but this is the first full year that it’s...
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Adrian Barker
Last updated:
31 Dec 2016
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A KHub year in review
2016 has been an exciting year for Knowledge Hub. Here's our year in review. Wishing all our members a very happy new year and very best wishes for 2017.
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:
30 Dec 2016
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you're very experienced with an impressive track record but will we get on?
Traditional recruitment practices, panel interview, presentation and trial by sherry, take a short list of suitably qualified candidates and ask members to chose the one they like...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
27 Dec 2016
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An evaluation of the accuracy of official high-age population estimates, in England and Wales
Increasing numbers of people are living to very old ages (90 and over). This has led to growing interest in obtaining accurate estimates of population numbers and mortality rates by single year of...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:
21 Dec 2016
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Parents do not recognise that their children are overweight, survey finds
Most parents of overweight children in England think their weight is about right, raising fears obesity has been normalised. (Article published 14th December 2016, Guardian online). The vast...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:
21 Dec 2016
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First major survey of Britain’s attitudes on obesity published
Public Health England commissioned NatCen Social Research to include a set of questions in its British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey to understand the public’s view of obesity and related issues....
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:
21 Dec 2016
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A New Year gift from us to you… KHub gets mobile
Did you know that you can collaborate using Knowledge Hub whenever you want, wherever you are? Whether you’re at your office, travelling, or working from another location; the conversation...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:
21 Dec 2016
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No lying necessary
When I first became a specialist social worker for people with dementia I took a very purest view to lying to clients. All to often staff who cared for some one with dementia would...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
13 Mar 2017
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Halford's an example of poor customer care and probably sexism
Halford's at Crystal Peaks Sheffield told my wife it would take an hour and a half and involve removing the bumper to replace a break light bulb. Mets of Dinnington did it there and then, took 2...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
19 Dec 2016
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Funsultant
Has your LA engaged the services of a " funsultant" to advise on how to make the workforce more positive? Have you come across a job advert for the post of " happiness officer". If LA stood for Los...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
15 Dec 2016
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It’s all about you - just click & complete to connect
Yes, in the new look Knowledge Hub, coming soon in 2017, it really will be that simple! Just click your name, complete your profile - right there in-line - and you’re ready to connect with...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:
14 Dec 2016
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Mansplaining
Mansplaining comes from combining the words “man” and “explaining”, and refers to situations where a person (typically a man) explains something to someone else (typically a woman), often in a...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
09 Dec 2016
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