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Health Survey for England 2012
The Health and Social Care Information Centre published the Health Survey for England 2012 main report this morning. The report and tables are available on the HSCIC website: Main Report ...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  19 Dec 2013
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Child obesity data for 2012-13 available through LG Inform
National Child Measurement Programme - England, 2012-13 school year data is now available. On 11 December 2013 the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) released a report...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  19 Dec 2013
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Healthy life expectancy and disability free life expectancy data now available in LG Inform
Data for healthy life expectancy at birth (2009-2011) and disability free life expectancy at 65 (2007-09) is now available through LG Inform. Healthy life expectancy at birth for males and...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  18 Dec 2013
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We didn't need all those staff after all
  We didn't need all those staff after all   Call it efficiency, call it outsourcing, call it a purge but it turns out you don't need all those managers. If you outsource...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  19 Jan 2014
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Measures from the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework published
The Health and Social Care Information Centre have published measures from the  Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), England 2012-13, Final Release at:...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  17 Dec 2013
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Health Survey for England User Consultation is closing on 30 December
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) is carrying out a public consultation about the future of the Health Survey for England (HSE).  The closing date for this...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  17 Dec 2013
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Improving the public's health: a resource for local authorities published by the King's Fund
This resource, published by the Kings Fund pulls together evidence from successful interventions across key local authority functions about ‘what works’ for improving health and reducing health...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  17 Dec 2013
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ODNR
  As a social work student on placement I was introduced to the tradition of the Friday lunch time drink. We finished early on Fridays and at lunch time we signed out ODNR (On District Not...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  02 Nov 2025
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It's a wonderful life v A Christmas Carol
Why do you want to be a social worker, a teacher, a nurse or a manager the interviewer asks and the answer is always the same- to make a difference. I wonder how many would say they achieved that...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  05 Nov 2025
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LG Inform - Ian Carbutt, looking forward, looking back
  Exciting blog this week from Ian Carbutt, the programme manager for LG Inform, who we have prised away from his desk to explain what has been going on with LG Inform this year and what...
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Alexandra Marshall
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Last updated:  10 Dec 2013
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Mandela Day
    As the world says goodbye to a great campaigner for social justice, it makes us all reflect on the small things we do, and could do, to improve the lives of others in our...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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Last updated:  09 Dec 2013
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The drive for equality and diversity
The snowy white peaks that range across the NHS has been the subject of recent articles in the HSJ. Those urging the NHS to have a more diverse group of leaders do so on the assumption that...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  19 Jan 2014
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A simple test of corporate culture
  Are we as one? Do managers speak as one? Do staff behave as one? Do we all know what we are doing? In other words how strong is the corporate culture? This is a question that gets asked...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  19 Jan 2014
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Labrador or Rottweiler
  Which is the better dog a Labrador or a Rottweiler? Its a ridicules question one makes an excellent guard dog the other is ideally suited to be a guide dog. So it makes no sense to...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  19 Jan 2014
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Man of the people
The mayor of Toronto and leader of the council takes "recreational"drugs, gets drunk, sexually harasses staff, has shouting matches with colleagues and swears at the public. His behaviour is...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  19 Jan 2014
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Just doing enough
The politicians and certain sections of the media would have us believe the world is divided into strivers and the skivers.  In my experience both exist in the world of work but they are the...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  19 Jan 2014
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Tellmescotland Apps Launch
Tellmescotland Apps Launch Tom McHugh, Programme Manager, Improvement Service tellmescotland.gov.uk is Scotland’s portal for Public Information Notices.  It is the first in the UK and...
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Tom McHugh
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Last updated:  12 Nov 2013
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Transferable skills and the shock of the new
It is becoming increasingly obvious that the financial crisis is dramatically changing the way the public sector looks.  Many outside the public sector and some inside consider that...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  11 Nov 2013
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Smackdown
Originally a wrestling expression that has worked its way into American politics and will no doubt end up being adopted by business because in the USA they love their sporting metaphors. ...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  08 Nov 2013
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Did you ask yourself these questions before going live?
Before you start an online group, I would recommend that you ask yourself these 5 questions Do you have a clear purpose and value proposition for all involved? Do you have dedicated and...
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Michael Norton
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Last updated:  07 Nov 2013
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To build you must first demolish
If you cut the budget by 50 percent over five years then you are no longer looking at making savings in services you are talking about re building something smaller, more economical and in the...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  05 Nov 2013
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Do managers lack compassion?
Public sector senior managers have been accused of being obsessed with hitting performance targets and making budget savings indifferent to the impact on people. So do public sector managers lack...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  01 Nov 2013
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Don't just blame the tech, ask yourself did you get the purpose right?
I've seen roll outs of different technology including SharePoint , Microsoft Office , CRM, Clarity Project Management etc, etc.   And you always hear the same comments, I don't like it,...
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Michael Norton
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Last updated:  31 Oct 2013
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Man management is a funny old game
Sir Alex Ferguson confirms in his new book that former prime minister Tony Blair asked him “what you would do if your best player wouldn’t do what you wanted him to”. Ferguson answered “get rid...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  30 Oct 2013
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#OurDay 2013 highlights
Thank you to everyone who made #OurDay 2013 a huge success. It was great to see lots of people and organisations taking part and helping to showcase the broad range of services local...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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Last updated:  29 Oct 2013
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Educating Yorkshire
What's it like to be a teacher in today's state schools? What's it like to be a pupil in 2013? We all went to school and many of us are parents of school children so we all think we know...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  28 Oct 2013
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Department for Transport, English Road Safety Comparison profiles
Interventions to reduce road traffic collisions and casualties should be considered alongside other health improvement activity, such as increasing physical activity, reducing obesity through...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  23 Oct 2013
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'What about YOUth?' survey of 15 year olds reporting at LA geography
Sponsored by the Department of Health, and run by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) the “What about YOUth?” survey will address a range of factors, such as smoking, emotional...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  24 Oct 2013
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Boosting the profile of Scrutiny
Scrutiny is not the most ‘sexy’ subject even in local Government; it comes with all types of stigmas and perceptions.  One of my appraisal targets is to boost the profile of our local...
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Stacy Cosham
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Last updated:  21 Oct 2013
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Our #OurDay favourites!
#OurDay 2013 was a great success with 3,500 contributors, nearly 11,000 tweets and an amazing reach of 3 million. All across the land councils took to Twitter to tell the local government story....
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Knowledge Hub Team
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Last updated:  18 Oct 2013
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Mothers coming to stay
Policy clarification on health secretary’s speech on care of elderly relatives (18/10/2013). James Hunt the health service minister surprised his audience today by appearing to announce a new...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  18 Oct 2013
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#Ourday 2013 Infographic
Look out for more reflection on #ourday very soon To download a larger pdf version please use this link
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Knowledge Hub Team
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Last updated:  18 Oct 2013
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Always look on the bright side
Is there a law that says if you’re a senior manager you must always look on the bright side? You would have thought even the most optimistic of those working in health and social care would have...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  17 Oct 2013
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Exit PAs from LAs
Just when Local Authorities are dispensing with PAs the private sector is reinventing the post. Now that managers have lap tops and tablets typing is no longer women's work (Hold my calls, Mr...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  14 Oct 2013
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Find out why the Knowledge Hub is buzzing
It’s great to see such a lot going on in Knowledge Hub at the moment – it’s a real hive of activity. Here’s what happened in September…   15 new groups created on a whole range of...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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Last updated:  11 Oct 2013
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Birthday lunch with the chief executive
Happy Birthday. It’s not everyone who gets to celebrate their birthday with the chief executive.  Well actually it is if you work in a particular audit section of the civil service....
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  11 Oct 2013
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Don't "unnecessarily" annoy the customer
The man who said customer care didn’t matter has had a change of heart. That is if you count a typically dismissive response to a customer survey and a sop to share holders concerns as a change...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  08 Oct 2013
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Gagging for it
The use of gagging clauses in the public sector goes against everything it stands for  There are a lot of unhappy people in the public sector. A lot of managers are doing things they...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  04 Oct 2013
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A warm welcome in Wiltshire
It’s not often you go to place and feel a sense of wellbeing and community spirit the moment you enter the building, but that is exactly how I felt a couple of weeks ago when I was privileged...
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Liz Copeland
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Last updated:  02 Oct 2013
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Stricly come Whitehall
New report out by Open University on relationship between politicians and senior public sector managers makes comparison with ice dancing duo, a delicate mutually dependant partnership and...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  04 Oct 2013
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