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Weight management economic assessment tool
Public Health England, working with a panel of experts, have developed a Weight Management Economic Assessment tool. This is designed to help public health professionals make an...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  06 Nov 2014
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Quiz: how well do you know the UK?
A new report shows that most people are very wrong on some of the key facts about their home nation. Most people around the world are pretty bad when it comes to knowing the numbers behind the...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  05 Nov 2014
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How healthy are we? Infographics from the King's Fund
This guide from The King's Fund sets out some basic facts on the health of England's population, including the main drivers of health, how it varies and is expressed in inequalities, and relevant...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  05 Nov 2014
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Public Health England - Healthier Lives tool
Healthier Lives is a new tool which shows mapped variation for LAs, CCGs and GP surgeries for diabetes, hypertension and NHS Health Check. Healthier Lives: Diabetes, Hypertension and NHS Health...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  05 Nov 2014
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Leadership as a contact sport
One public sector chief executive described leadership as a contact sport. This is a slap in the face to those of us whose management style is more about cooperation rather than confrontation....
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  05 Nov 2014
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What is life like for an older person in the UK today?
To celebrate the UN International Day of the Older Person this infographic looks at a range of ONS statistics on people aged 65+. You can add this infographic to your site by embedding the...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  04 Nov 2014
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New video animation showing how the number of young people in England who smoke and drink
SDD 2013 Survey report findings presented using animation A new video animation showing how the number of young people in England who smoke and drink has fallen dramatically in recent years was...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  04 Nov 2014
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Alcohol, drugs and tobacco joint strategic needs assessment support pack
Public Health England have developed a support pack that aims to help local areas develop joint strategic needs assessments and local joint health and wellbeing strategies that effectively...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  04 Nov 2014
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ONS User Insight Team recruiting participants for user research
In support of their website development, the ONS User Insight team within Digital Publishing Division is recruiting participants for user research. Individuals can be involved by completing...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  04 Nov 2014
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Local area walking and cycling statistics
In August 2012, the Department for Transport published a new official statistics release, ‘Local area walking and cycling: England', presenting results relating to walking and cycling...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  04 Nov 2014
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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs): annual data tables now available
Public Health England has published the latest annual information on STI diagnoses and sexual health services provided in England by demographic characteristics and geographical region. The...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  04 Nov 2014
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Council liver disease statistics reveal wide variations
Public Health England has launched the Liver Disease Profiles, revealing significant variation in mortality across the country. Liver disease is the only major cause of mortality and...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  04 Nov 2014
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NICE guidance on improving the oral health of local communities
Dental problems are largely preventable through effective oral hygiene habits and healthy diets. In England, standards of oral health vary widely, particularly among younger children. This was...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  04 Nov 2014
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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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Last updated:  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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Last updated:  03 Nov 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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Last updated:  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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Last updated:  28 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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Last updated:  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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Last updated:  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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Last updated:  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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Last updated:  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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Last updated:  30 Sept 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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Last updated:  26 Sept 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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Last updated:  26 Sept 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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Last updated:  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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Last updated:  25 Sept 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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Last updated:  23 Sept 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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Last updated:  22 Sept 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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Last updated:  18 Sept 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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Last updated:  18 Sept 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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Last updated:  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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Last updated:  18 Sept 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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Last updated:  18 Sept 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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Last updated:  17 Sept 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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Last updated:  16 Sept 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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Last updated:  11 Sept 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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Last updated:  10 Sept 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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Last updated:  09 Sept 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
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Last updated:  08 Sept 2014
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How to better engage employees with social intranets
In many organisations, social media is still the preserve of the communications team and, where it's embraced, tends to be used for external engagement only. The social networking tool Yammer...
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Sarah Jennings
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Last updated:  04 Sept 2014
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