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Tomorrow's world
  I have seen the future. It is Florida. It is not Miami or Orlando. It's palm trees, white sandy beaches and the crazy golf of the costal communities.The future is full of old people....
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  25 Mar 2014
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Leaving a lasting legacy
We all want to leave something behind us, something to be remembered by. Managers in different sectors have different ways of managing their legacy.   The voluntary sector, for instance,...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  20 Mar 2014
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Child Health Profiles 2014 now available
The Child Health Profiles 2014, were published on 19 March 2014 by Public Health England (PHE). The profiles present a picture of child health and wellbeing for each local authority in...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  20 Mar 2014
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Cancer Research UK Local Cancer Statistics
  Local Cancer Statistics Use Local Cancer Statistics to find and compare statistical information and intelligence about cancer in areas across the UK. This tool includes data on cancer...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  20 Mar 2014
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Older people lack digital skills to access new health services
Older people lack digital skills to access new health services (Article taken from Digital by Default News, 18 March 2014) Older people are the biggest users of health and care services, with...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  20 Mar 2014
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Weekend food parcels for school children
  Another school fund raising event nothing particularly unusual in that we have all got use to the idea that parents are expected to do their bit to help hard up schools. Except these...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  18 Mar 2014
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Carers' Week-Caring for carers
  It was a conference for our staff who were also carers. The idea was to identify those members of staff who cared for a family member or relative and enlist their support in coming up with...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  10 Jun 2015
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Love over fear in absence management
    Happy staff have less time off sick so why when staff surveys report rock bottom morale are absenteeism levels falling? Fewer staff are throwing a sickie because management has...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  08 Mar 2014
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Local Government Challenge 2014
I am one of the ten contestants in this year’s Local Government Challenge.  Watch the first challenge, held in January 2014, online:
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Si Chun Lam
Last updated:  07 Mar 2014
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Deadly Hospitals? File on Four, 25th February 2014
Deadly Hospitals?  Broadcast on Tuesday 25 Feb 14 Duration: 38 mins File on Four podcast What do death rates really tell us about the quality of care in your hospital? Gerry...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  06 Mar 2014
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NHS England Local Authority information packs updated
The Local Authority packs present high-level comparative information on the NHS, the Adult Social Care and the Public Health frameworks. NHS England have revised and updated the packs...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  25 Mar 2014
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Sacked and the last to know
"This is not a crisis it's a period of transition". The dream job is turning into a nightmare. You knew this was a high profile job in a high profile organisation. You knew the previous chief...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  22 Apr 2014
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You may never know the name of your assassin
  In board room battles a full frontal assault is rare as it is in your average team meeting. It’s not the person having a stand up row with you that you need to worry about. The plotters...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  13 Feb 2014
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About the Health Survey for England 2014
The Health Survey for England is being carried out by NatCen Social Research and University College London (UCL) on behalf of the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). NatCen are...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  11 Feb 2014
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Jobs for Mates
Margaret Thatcher used to ask “are they one of us." Tony Blair was accused of surrounding himself with cronies and now Michael Grove is said to be firing people who don't agree with him. But it...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  10 Feb 2014
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Abuse of Vulnerable Adults in England 2012-13 - data available from HSCIC
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has today published the Abuse of Vulnerable Adults in England 2012-13 - Final Report . The related data and standard reports are now publicly...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  06 Feb 2014
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Does your organisation pass the Blue Badge test
  You may have thought it was the year on year budget cuts, you might imagine it was the rock bottom morale of a workforce that feels undervalued and much maligned, the over ambitious...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  07 Feb 2014
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New data available on the Local Tobacco Control Profiles for England
New data has been added to the Local Tobacco Profiles for England. An update for February 2014 includes the latest data for the two smoking prevalence indicators (2012) and smoking status at the...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  05 Feb 2014
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Public Health England release adult obesity data at local authority level
On 4th February 2014, Public Health England (PHE) released new local authority level data on excess weight in adults aged 16 and over. The measure reports the percentage of adults...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  05 Feb 2014
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Why are you asking
  It’s a dangerous question. It is a provocative question. It’s a question politicians like to ask. It’s a question newly appointed chief executives ask to unsettle their new management...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  05 Feb 2014
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Psychometric tests and top jobs
  The treasury select committee was told this week that the disgraced former chairman of the Co Op Bank was appointed to the post because he did better than rival candidates in the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  07 Feb 2014
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Accident and Emergency Attendances in England - 2012-13 released today
On January 28, 2014 the Health and Social Care Information Centre released the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Attendance data for 2012-13, taken from Hospital Episode Statistics. This is the...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  29 Jan 2014
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My turn to say thank you.
Monday the 27th Jan is a normal day for most people unless you work in the community management environment. This year the 27th was a Monday and this meant it was Community Manager Appreciation...
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Michael Norton
Last updated:  28 Jan 2014
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Developing a Mental Health and Wellbeing Intelligence Network (PHE)
The new, yet to be launched, Mental Health and Wellbeing Intelligence Network led by Public Health England is starting to shape some work around information and resources for health and...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  28 Jan 2014
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Longer Lives website – looking for your vote and your feedback
Public Health England’s Longer Lives website makes England’s mortality data accessible to everyone.  Launched in 2013 it provides clear visualisation of data on premature deaths across local...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  24 Jan 2014
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Positive policing not Positive Discrimination
  You can’t police effectively without the cooperation of the community. It’s a lesson learnt from policing in Northern Ireland where an overwhelmingly Protestant force did not have the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  03 Feb 2014
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Making awesome presentations and infographics
A number of examples include: an animated infographic using Prezi for the Budget Consultation 2014/15 (produced with the help of our colleagues in Communications); plus ...
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Si Chun Lam
Last updated:  25 Nov 2014
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Mind the Gap: greater collaboration, better open policy making
It is eighteen months now since central government announced reforms to policy making with an action to make ‘open’ policy making the default.  Despite its important role in the process as...
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Sarah Jennings
Last updated:  17 Jan 2014
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Feeling under valued looking for a new job?
  According to recruiters this is the time of year when people are most likely to consider applying for a new job.  Could be you don't feel valued by your boss, could be the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  19 Jan 2014
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Show your ap-pre-ci-a-tion
It’s that time again.  For that one Monday in January we all say thank you to the facilitators of our communities during Community Manager Appreciation Day Please take a moment to say...
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Michael Norton
Last updated:  16 Jan 2014
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Scrutiny Meeting Format proposals
Over the past year Broadland has experienced some subtle changes in our Councillor’s responsibilities.  We are used to having “double hatters” whereby a Councillor holds a district and a...
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Stacy Cosham
Last updated:  13 Jan 2014
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LG Inform - Jonathan Evans and data
  Thank you, Jonathan for finding the time for this short interview. It will be good to hear about the behind the scenes work that goes on to get all the data into LG Inform. Q. Over the...
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Alexandra Marshall
Last updated:  13 Jan 2014
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5 New Year Resolutions That Will Make You Less Annoying
Having trouble deciding what your New Year resolution should be? Looking for something challenging, or maybe even life changing? Here’s a few behaviour changes to ponder, any one of which would...
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Stephen Dale
Last updated:  12 Jan 2014
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Never complain never explain
  Kate Moss is 40. She has been at the top of her profession for 25 years. She has survived scandals, being dropped by her labels and some unwise decisions in her personal life. She says...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  19 Jan 2014
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LG Inform - John Gittoes and metrics
  Thank you for your time today John to discuss your role with LG Inform and metrics   Q What is your role within the LG Inform team? I work on the metrics library which is the...
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Alexandra Marshall
Last updated:  09 Jan 2014
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Why Sherlock could never be a local government manager
  The smartest people don't get the top jobs. It is possible to be too smart, to be admired but disliked isn't that Sherlock Holmes problem?   Getting a top job isn't about what...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  19 Jan 2014
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Joining up services has never been more important.
Our wonderful Khub administrator Melissa is always looking for new ways to make this online community tool more interesting.  She approached me a couple of weeks ago to suggest that I write...
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Steven Brandwood
Last updated:  07 Jan 2014
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Managing Chaos
  If you work in the public sector you work in a chaotic, turbulent and rapidly changing world. If you are a manager in the public sector then the one skill you need above all others is...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  19 Jan 2014
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New year, fresh start
We’d like to start 2014 by wishing all our Knowledge Hub members a very happy new year. We hope you’ve had a great festive season and come back to work feeling refreshed. We’re at the start of...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:  31 Dec 2013
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The 12 days of Knowledge Hub Christmas
What a year it has been. We thought we’d remind you of some of the Knowledge Hub’s highlights over the last 12 months. And what better way to do it than in the words of a well known song…? ...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:  23 Dec 2013
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