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Six steps to managing demand in Adult Social Care - a performance management approach
A new report from the Institute of Public Care (IPC) at Oxford Brookes University highlights how taking a performance management approach can help councils deliver outcomes and better manage demand...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  26 Apr 2017
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To wiki or not to wiki? (and 10 ways to get the best out of them)
We’ve all heard of Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia, written collaboratively by the people who use it. They create, update and moderate content that is accessible to everyone. Wikis can also be...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:  26 Apr 2017
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Speaking the truth to power
It's an often claimed truism that it is a matter of indifference to the public who empties their bins,  as long as the service is good. Members may be ideologically enthusiastic about...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  25 Apr 2017
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Housing and wellbeing: what works?
We can all agree that where you live, how you live and the community you live in are linked to your wellbeing. Yet we have little evidence of the ways it can impact different aspects...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  21 Apr 2017
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Where We Live Now - a series of activities centred on the theme of place and place-based policymaking
Where We Live Now is a series of activities centred on the theme of place and place-based policymaking conducted by the British Academy. It incorporates analysis, events, a microsite, policy...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  21 Apr 2017
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The Language of Mental Health
It was just a short " chatty" piece in the Guardian. A conversation in the play ground. It was not the mundaneness of  the topic that jarred it was the language. The word "depressed" was used...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  21 Apr 2017
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How Knowledge Hub can help build your professional network
Building your professional network is becoming more and more important. So how can you make the most of your Knowledge Hub membership to do this? Connecting with members on Knowledge Hub is...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:  19 Apr 2017
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Customercentricity
  No it's not a proper word it's one of those words that management gurus come up with and chief executives latch on to . It's a way of making the same old things sound new or different....
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  18 Apr 2017
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trying to find the whistleblower
  The board /cabinet members each receive a copy of an anonymous letter alleging that the senior manager leading the negotiations to outsource services to a large private company has a...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  17 Apr 2017
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Collective impact and engagement with local communities
I've been asked to chair a session at a forthcoming day workshop on encouraging greater involvement of community-led heritage initiatives in the work of the professional heritage sector. I'm...
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Edmund Lee
Last updated:  19 Jun 2018
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Survey seeking councillor views on their engagement with local STPs - deadline extended to 11 May
Survey seeking councillor views on their engagement in the development of local Sustainability and Transformation Plans UPDATE: Thank you to all councillors who have already submitted their...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  21 Apr 2017
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Share your views on future health challenges to inform NIHR research
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is taking a long term view on the shape of the health challenges that will most likely be seen in 20-30 years' time. The results will be used to...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  06 Apr 2017
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Head, Chair, Actor
  Hull university has apparently issued guidance to students on the use of gender neutral language informing them that they they risk their work being down graded if they fail to adopt this...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  05 Apr 2017
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Rounding up
      There are two types of people those who instinctively round up numbers and those who find the practice irritating and unnecessary. When you fill your car up with petrol and...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  28 Mar 2017
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Local Authority awkward squad
  Health and social care is high on the government's agenda but is the resent advice note  from the DoH another example of trying to narrow the remit of local authorities and their...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  26 Mar 2017
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A place in the sun
  How are you rewarded for failure at work? A trip to the big apple, soaking up the sun in Dubai or a golfing trip to Portugal? It's called team building its very popular with managers whose...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  19 Mar 2017
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Update on your new Knowledge Hub
After months of developing and testing, we are pleased to tell you that your new Knowledge Hub is almost here! It's taking a little longer than we expected, but we want to ensure that we deliver a...
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:  17 Mar 2017
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The difference between management and leadership
Management, as managers are fond of saying, isn't about being liked but I say leadership is. Human nature is such that if staff don't like you they won't like what you say. If staff don 't like...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  22 Mar 2017
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Wider determinants of health data comparison tool from Public Health England
This Wider Determinants of Health tool from Public Health England brings together local indicators and resources about the wider determinants of health. It is designed to draw attention to the...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  15 Mar 2017
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Surrey CC played poker and won
  So the government claims no deal was done with Surrey County Council it just happens that they benefit from the formula for allocating the additional funds more than any other...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  14 Mar 2017
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