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Adrian Barker
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30 Sep 2016 - 18:56

null Putting the work into workshops – a matter of life and death

Making meetings effective could be a life and death issue. Partnership working often requires joint delivery of something – whether a strategy, programme of action, event or whatever.  But producing something jointly is a challenge.  That’s one of the reasons why in organisations tasks are typically delegated – strip everything down to its component parts then use a hierarchical... See more
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Adrian Barker
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16 Sep 2014 - 09:19

null 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, only eat saturated fats if they’ve got the right number of carbon atoms.  But there remain huge gaps in our knowledge.  Fortunately, grants are available for high quality research, but what... See more
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Adrian Barker
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12 Jul 2014 - 15:28

null Involving people to get their input to groups and partnerships

  A familiar, difficult and critical issue came up at our Healthwatch development group recently. Basically: 'it's great having all you people round the table – we've accepted any offers of interest – but at some point we'll need a much smaller group that can move quickly and take decisions.'   There was no hidden agenda here, but it immediately set alarm bells ringing. At the... See more
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