by Oliver Barnes | Jul 30, 2024 | Health
5 July 1948 was the ‘appointed day’ on which a Labour government brought into the world the National Health Service. Exactly 76 years later, a Labour government declared that ‘the NHS is broken’. Since this declaration the government has commissioned Professor Lord...
by Oliver Barnes | Jun 12, 2024 | Health
We recently sponsored a roundtable with the Association of Medical Royal Colleges on ‘Shifting the future of care and taking the public with us’. The event was attended by presidents of medical royal colleges, thought leaders including the Chief Executives of the...
by Oliver Barnes | Apr 8, 2024 | Adult social care, Health
The NHS England planning guidance was published at the end of March, and the key word in the document is ‘consolidation’. The foreword by Amanda Pritchard states the view that the NHS Is making ‘significant progress’ in delivering on its priorities for patients, so...
by Oliver Barnes | Apr 20, 2022 | Adult social care
Helping adult social care teams implement the changes they know will make a difference. In recent IMPOWER blogs we have outlined the raft of legislative, financial, and regulatory reforms which are coming to adult social care. We know there are people awaiting support...
by Oliver Barnes | Nov 19, 2020 | Adult social care, Health
ICS leads must ensure a public health approach to wellbeing is central to their plan Spring 2021 is shaping up to be a critical moment for health and social care. As well as managing the ongoing impact of Covid, the sector will need to respond to the needs of people...
