by Jon Ainger | Jul 29, 2021 | Adult social care, Local government transformation, Place
The implications of the ‘energy crisis’ will start to become more apparent as the year unfolds We recently co-produced a report with the County Councils Network – ‘Riding the waves – strengthening council resilience’ – which highlighted that organisational resilience...
by Ralph Cook | May 7, 2021 | Adult social care, Health, Local government transformation
Are you a pioneering local system, ready to seize the opportunity around Intermediate Care? Are you a pioneering local system, ready to seize the opportunity around Intermediate Care? Has our new report (‘The Age of Intermediate Care’) given you the confidence to move...
by Sophie Ellis | Apr 15, 2021 | Adult social care, Health, Local government transformation, Place
Like in Apollo 13, we invented a way to fit a square peg into a round hole… rapidly By Sophie Ellis, Director of Customer Delivery, Resources Department, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council It’s just over a year since we set up our Covid Hub contact and...
by Leonie Knight | Apr 9, 2021 | Adult social care, Being IMPOWER, Local government transformation
My reflections on the virtual Solace Leadership Forum 2021 In March I attended Solace’s Leadership Forum, which was focused on resilience, recovery and hope. It was an inspiring session and I wanted to share three C’s that resonated with me most. Collaboration: It was...
by Ralph Cook | Mar 31, 2021 | Adult social care, Health
Directors of Adult Social Care must seize the opportunity to get ahead of the demand curve You can always rely on Freddie Mercury to inject some energy into proceedings, so we are shamelessly using his 1979 hit ‘Don’t stop me now’ as a call to arms today. If Freddie...
by Michael Kitts | Mar 9, 2021 | Adult social care, Health
At IMPOWER we are always thinking with our clients about how to act innovatively to improve outcomes. The pandemic has forced everyone in public services to innovate at pace – to take positive risks with new solutions in order to secure the outcomes that matter....
