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Is 'Co-Production' the way forward?
The NESTA paper on Co-Production sets out the case for new ways to think about involved decision-making
Monday 15 February 2010 09:00 by Graham English
Co-production as a 'new' way of thinking about public services has the potential to deliver a major shift in the way we provide health, education, policing and other services, in ways that make them much more effective, more efficient, and so more sustainable.
For some its the basis of their desire to work in an involving way.
The paper 'The Challenge of Co-Production' (Click here) from NESTA aims to provide a better understanding of and a stronger evidence base for co-production.
Graham wrote about our views on Co-production in his Blog 'Dont ya just love to be asked to help'. Click here to see the Blog (29th January 2010).
Preventing ill-health - The Young way
Three reports authored by Young Foundation have been published by the DH
Thursday 11 February 2010 15:00 by Graham English
Three reports for the Department of Health have been launched by the Secretary of State Andy Burnham in collaboration with The Young Foundation. The reports focus on health and well-being, specifically on the prevention of ill health.
Influencing public behaviour to improve health and wellbeing - by Geoff Mulgan, the Director of the Young Foundation - considers the lessons we can learn about influencing healthier lifestyle choices from fields such as behavioural economics, psychology and marketing.
Richard Reeves considers what the role of the state should be in relation to people's health and well-being, focussing on the prevention of ill-health in A Liberal Dose? and Dr Paul Cosford, Alwen Williams and Sir Howard Bernstein consider what the Department and the NHS can do to enhance delivery of front-line services to improve people's health and well-being with their report Enabling effective delivery of health and wellbeing.
Their reports can be found at the DH website - Click here and on the Young Foundation site.
For our views on Co-Production (one of the buzz-words in this field) click here (Graham's blog of 29th January - Dont ya just love to be asked to help?).
Confident in the (NTC) Council?
National Tenant Council applicants are confident in its impact according to a recent survey
Tuesday 8 December 2009 10:10 by Graham English
Almost three quarters (73%) of applicants to the National Tenant Council (NTC), which will be an important part of the National Tenant's Voice, believe that the NTC will have a significant impact on social housing over the next few years. The survey, which questioned over 250 applicants, also revealed that the majority of tenants who had applied to sit on the Council had primarily done so in order to drive policy changes nationally (77%). The nationwide campaign to find 26 social housing tenants to sit on the 50-strong NTC attracted over 1200 applicants. The recruitment is being led by Hays Social Housing in association with Communities and Local Government (CLG), and an advisory tenant-majority project group.