Tag: Health care

In the UK, access to healthcare may be egalitarian in principle, but outcomes are becoming less and less equal. Spurred on by the experience of Covid, a growing movement is building solutions - not within hospitals or GP surgeries,...

8th July, 2021

Community Power • Health and social care • Health care • Inequality and fairness • Long read • NHS

Rising demand, poor outcomes, public expectations and the need to bring humanity to healthcare are why giving more power to communities is the change the NHS needs argues Luca Tiratelli.

1st July, 2021

Community Power • Health • Health and social care • Health care

New Local board member Raj Jain on moving beyond an "ill-health service".

8th June, 2021

Community Power • Health and social care • Health care • Public Health • Strategy and leadership

New Local is exploring how community power can protect the future of the NHS - and we're seeking your views.

13th May, 2021

Community Power • Health and social care • Health care • Public Health • Public Services

Why do we keep sending people back to the conditions that have made them ill in the first place? This question is at the core of GP Dr Mark Spencer’s radical new approach to health care in Fleetwood, Lancashire,...

13th May, 2021

Case study • Community Power • Community Voices • Health • Health and social care • Health care • Podcast • Public Health

The Covid-19 pandemic has shone a light on how the UK functions: how decisions are made and by whom; the interlocking - or isolated - roles of health care, local government and the private sector - and the 'heroic'...

1st February, 2021

Central government • Covid-19 • Governance • Health care • Long read • NHS • Strategy and leadership

Health care is so much more about what happens in hospitals, writes the former Chief Executive of the English NHS. Instead, it can thrive with the help of 'health creators' - ordinary people creating healthier communities. And it's time...

13th November, 2020

Community Power • Guest Blog • Health and social care • Health care • Public Health

NLGN is proud to welcome Sir Chris Ham to our Board.

7th July, 2020

Chris Ham • Community Power • Health care • Interview • New Local Board • NHS

Financial constraints combined with escalating demand for services continues to be one of the biggest challenges that public bodies face. In order for the public sector to face the challenges of the future head on, efficient collaboration – and...

17th January, 2019

Health • Health and social care • Health care • Public Services

Government must acknowledge health as an economic asset that boosts workforce productivity Over 85% of senior public health officers surveyed1 found that economic development departments are not as engaged as they could be £65m should be invested in Health...

28th November, 2017

Health • Health and social care • Health care • Policy • Public Health • Research Reports • Wellbeing

Kindly Supported by: Health and social care integration is something of a hot-button issue recently, as the development of Sustainability and Transformation Plans has reflected the lack of progress in some areas. Reflecting its increasing prominence, NLGN convened two...

31st May, 2017

Health • Health care • Roundtable • Social Care

NLGN hosted two roundtable discussions in December 2014 and January 2015 centred on the Conservative and Labour parties’ approaches to health and social care in the run-up to the General Election in May 2015. This paper details the outcomes...

6th April, 2015

Event Write-up • Health care • Politics • Social Care

In November 2014, NLGN hosted a roundtable discussion in partnership with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) and MindEd to consider how local government can prioritise early intervention in child and adolescent mental health. This involved...

22nd January, 2015

Children • Childrens' Services • Health care • Mental health