by Darren | Nov 4, 2016 | Opinion, Risk Maps |
Why do you collect data from the people you work with? Is it just so you have a record of the people that have used your services? Do you do it because it’s one of the things you must do as part of the contract? It’s a question we ask all the organisations we work...
by Darren | Aug 24, 2016 | Opinion, Risk Tracker |
The release of secret documents highlighting risks with the Seven Day NHS programme have done quite a lot to demonstrate the lack of understanding about how and why risk is measured. Equally the call for for an inquiry based on the existence of identified risks seems...
by Darren | Jul 26, 2016 | Opinion |
A truism of Local Government is that its enthusiasm for devolving national budgets locally is exactly matched by its reluctance to pool budgets regionally. I worry that frequently the search for increased budget allocation at any cost might overlook that all devolved...
by Darren | Jul 6, 2016 | Opinion |
Many thousands of words have been written about how the UK leaving the European Union will impact on the provision of Health and Social Care services. I don’t want to go over the implications for funding services or work force planning as I think that, as things...
by Darren | May 27, 2016 | Opinion |
Everyone loves an innovative solution. They are exciting and they are different. They can allow people to see processes, they are utterly familiar with, in a new light. They can revitalise a flagging work force. If they work. One of the key platforms in will...
by Darren | May 18, 2016 | Opinion, Risk Tracker |
When you are commissioning new services for a community how often do you use live data to design services? Do you know current level of different needs in the areas you commission for? Do you know how that need has changed in the last months or year? If the answer to...
