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19/07/2021
Levelling up – 19 July 2021
Last week, as Boris Johnson was speaking about the central role that tackling inequalities will play in his government’s flagship ‘levelling up’ policy, we were announcing Sir Michael Marmot as the recipient of our 2021 Good Governance Award. We will present Sir Michael with his award at the GGI annual lecture, part of the Festival of Governance, on 22 September.
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12/07/2021
Flipping the script – 12 July 2021
Last Tuesday, a day after the NHS celebrated its 73rd birthday, the new health and care bill was introduced to Parliament. The bill will now work its way through the legislative process and although it might be amended, the broad thrust won’t change and it is likely it will be passed into law during the current parliamentary session.
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05/07/2021
Foresight and Oversight – 5 July 2021
The best boards know it’s important to have proper oversight of what is happening in their organisations, and foresight about what lies ahead. Like a ship’s captain, they manage the immediate issues on the deck while also keeping an eye on the horizon to make sure they’re on course to get to where they want to be.
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28/06/2021
A fresh perspective - 28 June 2021
Sajid Javid, the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care – and the first from a non-white background – faces a daunting list of challenges. Uppermost in his mind will be continuing to ease COVID-19 restrictions and returning the country to some sort of normality.
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21/06/2021
Time to step up – 21 June 2021
The integrated care systems design framework, published last week, is the latest formal step along the path towards integrated care. The framework is a detailed document that needs to be fully digested and properly reflected on. But whatever detail it contains, we already know that it won’t contain all the answers.
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14/06/2021
Time to care - 14 June 2021
Last week was Carers Week, an annual campaign to highlight the challenges facing the UK’s 6.5 million unpaid carers and recognise the extraordinary contribution they make. This year’s theme was to make caring visible and valued.
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07/06/2021
Catching up - 7 June 2021
As the grip of lockdown gradually relaxes, one of the great joys we’re all experiencing is catching up with the friends and family members we haven’t been allowed to embrace for months. This simplest of pleasures has been greatly missed and the universal relief at its return is palpable.
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