

Primary Care Networks pose new questions for General Practice, but the GP partnership model faces bi
John Copps looks at the impact of the re-organisation of primary care on GP partnerships and how they will have to change. This article...

John Copps
Dec 6, 20194 min read


Integrated care needs incentives that matter to clinicians as well as accountants
John Copps argues that successful integrated care requires us to understand the personal motivations of NHS staff, as well as getting the...

John Copps
Dec 3, 20192 min read


Using data to improve your adult social care services
We can support you to design and implement improvements to your processes of collecting, managing and using information, helping to make...

Mutual Ventures
Dec 2, 20191 min read


Managing your adult social care provider market
Managing the market for providers of adult social care is a critical part of ensuring services users receive the support they need and...

Mutual Ventures
Dec 2, 20191 min read


We are launching the MV Balance Diagnostic Tool!
Over the past eight years, we have worked with public sector leaders who are trying to balance competing priorities and challenges in an...

Mutual Ventures
Oct 16, 20191 min read


Integration, Culture and Mental Health – reflections on the NHS Providers conference
The MV team were in Manchester this week for the annual NHS Providers Conference. We spoke to a lot of people and heard a lot which will...

Andrew Laird
Oct 9, 20193 min read


Becoming a public service mutual
This toolkit is designed to support services considering becoming a public service mutual and is applicable to all service areas. It...

Mutual Ventures
Aug 18, 20191 min read


Only devolution can protect public services from years of Brexit disruption
The new Prime Minister made his first policy speech in Manchester on the 27th July and the major theme was supporting the further...

Andrew Laird
Jul 28, 20193 min read


Achieving balance across the Adult Social Care system
In his article titled ‘Striking the right balance’, MV’s Emmet Regan emphasises the need for local authorities to reframe complex...

Mark Bandalli
Jul 17, 20193 min read


Striking the right balance
Emmet Regan explores how leaders must take a balanced approach to solve complex public service problems and improve outcomes. A version...

Emmet Regan
Jun 3, 20193 min read


Three questions about integrated care that should be asked in every NHS boardroom
John Copps outlines the key questions that providers should ask themselves in response to the Long Term Plan’s vision for integrated...

John Copps
May 21, 20194 min read


Why NHS digitisation will fail without clinician ownership
As the profile of the NHS digitisation agenda continues to rise, we must learn lessons from past failures and place clinicians at the...

Matt Carter
May 20, 20192 min read


Are we looking at 10 years of disruption for local services?
MV’s Andrew Laird argues that central government needs to prioritise restarting the drive for devolution to protect local services from...

Andrew Laird
May 14, 20193 min read


Central Government funding to help Councils and the NHS explore new delivery models
There is an upcoming opportunity for public service leaders to apply for central government funding to pay for professional support to...

Mutual Ventures
May 3, 20192 min read


In the NHS – culture trumps everything
I realise that “culture trumps everything” is a provocative title in a world where the NHS is chronically underfunded. The national...

Andrew Laird
Mar 26, 20192 min read


NHS new models workshop – it’s free!
Everyone likes a free workshop! Or maybe that’s just wishful thinking on our part. Mutual Ventures and Bevan Brittan are offering a free...

Mutual Ventures
Mar 26, 20191 min read


Back to the future? The challenge of modern contracting and commissioning.
Emmet Regan argues that the rise of complexity in our lives and in our public services has made traditional approaches to outsourcing...

Emmet Regan
Feb 20, 20193 min read


Watch our new video on the benefits of alternative delivery models in the NHS
How could alternative delivery models could help you improve your services, make them more sustainable, and meet your obligations under...

Mutual Ventures
Feb 7, 20191 min read


Unlocking the benefits of digital technology for population health management
Digital technology has the potential to transform healthcare, improving access to care, helping patients to take more responsibility for...

Mutual Ventures
Feb 7, 20192 min read


A bow to the inevitable, a dose of common sense & a streak of the radical – the NHS Long Term Plan
NHS ten year plan. Originally due in the autumn, it picks up the torch from the 2014 Five Year Forward View and explains how the NHS will...

John Copps
Jan 11, 20194 min read

