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It's Criminal
  I am a big fan of crime fiction and one of my favourite authors is Peter Robinson and his detective DCI Banks. Many of the books have been successfully televised and no doubt his latest...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  22 Sept 2016
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The tail of a lion or the head of a mouse
  Do you want to be the tail of a lion or the head of a mouse? Strange question and the answer is probably neither. This may be an unusual way of phrasing a very real dilemma for staff and...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  21 Sept 2016
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Supporting self-management: A guide to enabling behaviour change for health and wellbeing using person- and community-centred approaches
This guide, published by NESTA, was written by Hannah Burd and Michael Hallsworth of The Behavioural Insights Team as part of the work of the Realising the Value programme. It outlines how the...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  21 Sept 2016
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Community pharmacies and their role in personalised care, support and wellbeing services
Community pharmacy has a central role to play in delivering high quality, sustainable health and care services and improving population health outcomes. Community pharmacies are the nation’s most...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  21 Sept 2016
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New report - Commissioning for social value can address health priorities
Commissioning for social value can help address local health priorities and maximise value, new report says. Social Enterprise UK has published a new report which argues local authority...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  20 Sept 2016
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What's the cost of care in your area?
As we live longer, many of us will need support in our old age. But few of us know how much an hour of homecare costs, or the fees charged in residential and nursing homes, and whether the local...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  19 Sept 2016
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Local authorities invited to apply for share of £25 million housing and technology fund for people with learning disabilities
Housing and technology fund for people with learning disabilities Local authorities, working with their local partners, can apply for funds from a capital fund of up to £25 million for housing and...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  19 Sept 2016
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Are You in the Club? Performance Data Benchmarking for Authorities
LG Inform is the LGA’s benchmarking data service for councils and fire and rescue authorities. As well as displaying national data, it was built, in part, to provide the sector with its own free...
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Juliet Whitworth
Last updated:  15 Sept 2016
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Club Soda - change your drinking
Club Soda aims to use behaviour change theories and techniques to build tools that you can use to change people's relationship with alcohol. They work with experts from University College...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  12 Sept 2016
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Earth Quakes and Hurricanes
  Earth quakes and hurricanes. Well tremors and storms. High winds, lashing rain and rough sea smashing loudly on the rocks all day and all night. Thunder and lightening very very...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  12 Sept 2016
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Health and Wellbeing Policy News 4th-11th September 2016
Here are a few of the more significant health and wellbeing policy news items from the last week.  A fuller list is available here.   05 September 2016 The junior doctors' strike...
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Adrian Barker
Last updated:  11 Sept 2016
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Exciting news for Knowledge Hub
We’re excited to share the news that Knowledge Hub will be getting a whole lot closer to our digital development partner, PFI Knowledge Solutions Limited (PFIKS), after our parent company acquired...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:  08 Sept 2016
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My special powers
  Have you seen that romcom in which the young man inherits his fathers ability to travel back in time, not a long way back only back to a previous incident in their lives. He can go back and...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  06 Sept 2016
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Green prescriptions ‘miracle cure’ for obesity, say councils
Doctors prescribing exercise outdoors would help tackle obesity, council chiefs say. The Local Government Association (LGA) has urged the Government to introduce ‘green prescriptions’ - note from...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  06 Sept 2016
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Public Health England has published the 2016 Health Profiles
The 2016 Health Profiles were published on the 6th September.  The Health Profiles provide a snapshot of health and wellbeing for each local authority in England using a range of charts and...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  06 Sept 2016
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Health and Wellbeing Policy News 28th August - 4th September
Here are a few of the more significant health and wellbeing policy news items from the last week.  A fuller list is available here.   31 August 2016 Junior doctors are to hold 5-day...
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Adrian Barker
Last updated:  04 Sept 2016
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Disrespecting the Professionals
  If the world was to explode the last thing to be heard would be an expert explaining why it wouldn't happen. The type of thing Michael Grove might say although it was in fact said by the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  04 Sept 2016
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Peer learning, Knowledge Hub and a 'wiki-database'
Learning from each other is important – across local government, the rest of the public sector and beyond.  It’s how we improve.  Without it, the relationship between inputs and outputs...
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Adrian Barker
Last updated:  31 Aug 2016
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Dementia Citizens goes live - launched by Nesta
There are 850,000 people with dementia in the UK, and this is expected to increase to over 1 million by 2025*.  Not only is there is no cure, but we know much less than we would like about how...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  31 Aug 2016
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Digital tools creating real networks of care
Carers UK has just launched the Digital Resource for Carers, a solution that combines their own digital products and online resources with links to local information and support, providing a...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  31 Aug 2016
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Making the Internet of Things work for an ageing population
Find out more about the 15 finalists of the Smart Ageing Prize, who are using the Internet of Things to aid independent living, reduce social isolation and manage chronic conditions. The...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  31 Aug 2016
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Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) Champions Roadshow
The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) is an integral part of the Better Care Fund, with £394 million allocated to the Grant; encouraging areas to think strategically about the use of home adaptations...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  31 Aug 2016
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Bridge on the River Kwai
  The role of the senior manager in local government involves leadership in a political environment. You don't decide policy you don't so much shape strategy as influence and advise. You...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  30 Aug 2016
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Health and Wellbeing Policy News 14th-28th August
There's a fuller list of the health and wellbeing policy news items for the current quarter here, but some of the more significant items of the week are: 18 August 2016 The Government's delayed...
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Adrian Barker
Last updated:  28 Aug 2016
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When should a leader go?
  Should I stay or should I go? It's the leadership question of the moment. The leader of the opposition is for staying despite an over whelming vote of no confidence, the Prime Minister was...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  23 Aug 2016
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Atlas of dementia care published
A new dementia atlas, published by the government, shows NHS care for the condition across England. The atlas maps five themes of care - prevention, diagnosis, support, living with dementia and end...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  16 Aug 2016
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People leave managers not companies
If your organisation has a turnover problem look no further than your managers and supervisors.  A report by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman of the Gallup Organisation claims that the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  15 Aug 2016
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Health and Wellbeing Policy News 7th-13th August 2016
There's a fuller list of the health and wellbeing policy news items for the current quarter here, but some of the more significant items of the week are: 08 August 2016 The 'troubled families'...
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Adrian Barker
Last updated:  22 Aug 2016
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A grown up conversation
Have you noticed the frequency with which commentators are urging us to have a " Grown Up " conversation ? We are informed that we need to have a  grown up conversation about immigration,...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  12 Aug 2016
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GoodSAM saves its first life
GoodSAM is a smartphone app that alerts first-aiders to nearby medical emergencies. Last month NESTA had confirmation that, for the first time, GoodSAM has helped to save a life. See more here. ...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  10 Aug 2016
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MAX Toolkit - maximising the value of survey data in adult social care
UPDATE: The MAX project team are hosting a series of information sharing events in London to provide MAX toolkit users with opportunities to learn how to get the most from the toolkit and to hear...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  31 Aug 2016
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Health and Wellbeing Policy News 31st July - 7th August
Here are some of the more significant items of health and wellbeing policy news from the last week.  There is a longer list (in date order) here.   02 August 2016 NHS England can...
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Adrian Barker
Last updated:  07 Aug 2016
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Follow the leader
  A leader is some one who tells you what to do. I had a boss who was fond of saying,  "this is not a democracy" , in other words I am not asking you what you think we should do I'm...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  07 Aug 2016
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Peterculter Design Works Begin
Last week Aberdeen City Council have let the contract to WSP Group to begin the feasibility report for the new flood protection scheme at Peterculter
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will Burnish
Last updated:  05 Aug 2016
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Partner Feature - What's next for NHS tech?
It’s been an interesting few weeks in the world of NHS tech. Following the release of the Caldicott Review, the high profile care.data program was shelved – citing concerns over the safety of...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:  04 Aug 2016
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The sword in hand
  "Ministers should abandon the sword in hand model of performance management.  At a time when resources are so constrained and demand is rising, why does the state rely on crude forms...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  04 Aug 2016
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My ageing parent - a website designed to support those helping and caring for the elderly
myageingparent.com has been set up by Alex Ingram and Deborah Stone. It is designed to help those looking after and supporting elderly relatives or friends to help them. Packed full of information,...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  01 Sept 2016
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Local Area Walking and Cycling
The Department for |Transport have released a report which reveals that there has been a statistically significant increase in the percentage of people walking frequently in England. ...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  04 Aug 2016
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3D printed food - bringing back the pleasure of eating to patients who can no longer chew
Included in a recent episode (3/8/2016) of the Digital Human on BBC Radio 4 I heard this intriguing interview with Dr. Kjeld van Bommel speaking about the PERFORMANCE project,...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  04 Aug 2016
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The lesser hairy white Ape
  During the hot summer months the lesser hairy white ape heads for the coast. Shedding their outer clothes apes can be found in large groups on sandy beaches. In recent years observers have...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  03 Aug 2016
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