Moving care out of hospital – how far have we come?
To achieve the NHS’s ambition to move care closer to the home, focus needs to shift from commissioning reform to supporting providers to...
John Copps
Oct 6, 20173 min read
The fix? Improving public services through design thinking
Sneh Jani argues that public service providers need to embrace ‘design thinking’ to improve experiences, outcomes and make services more...
Mutual Ventures
Sep 26, 20173 min read
Combining the best of the public and private sectors: the case for Public Service Mutuals
Writing for the LSE politics and policy blog, MV’s Andrew Laird explores the case for public service mutuals in the current...
Andrew Laird
Aug 3, 20174 min read
We need devolution deals – and we need them now
Writing for HuffPost, MV’s Andrew Laird makes the case for more devolution against the backdrop of central government uncertainty…...
Andrew Laird
Jul 12, 20173 min read
The future success of NHS Vanguards depends on choosing the right organisational form to deliver
New organisational forms, planned and developed locally, will help to make integrated care the norm argues John Copps. A version of this...
John Copps
May 23, 20173 min read
Wearside leads the way with a new generation of children’s service
Sunderland City Council has developed an innovative new model for children’s services, supported by Mutual Ventures, writes John Copps....
John Copps
May 22, 20175 min read
Now the poetry is over: how metro mayors can govern in prose and deliver for citizens
MV’s Emmet Regan looks at how a close focus on delivery can help the new metro mayors meet their pledges to citizens. New ‘metro-mayors’...
Emmet Regan
May 12, 20173 min read
Public service reform and the impact on councillors
Writing for the MJ, with services increasingly being transferred to new delivery models, MV’s Ben Cahill discusses the changing role of...
Mutual Ventures
May 8, 20173 min read
New delivery models take centre stage
Writing for Public Sector Focus, MV Director Andrew Laird explores some of the early successes and lessons learned from new delivery...
Andrew Laird
May 2, 20174 min read
New government-funded support for library service mutuals
“The best part of setting up a library service mutual is being able to design the service you’ve always wanted, rather than managing...
Mutual Ventures
Apr 3, 20172 min read
West-Midlands devolution and the potential for public services
Writing for Huffpost, MV’s Andrew Laird reflects on the West-midlands devolution event held at the Beacon Centre for the Blind in...
Andrew Laird
Feb 14, 20173 min read
2017: New Year, New Challenges
As we all adjust to the changes brought about over the last year, what does this mean for public services in 2017? John Copps looks...
John Copps
Dec 14, 20164 min read
What’s stopping genuine health and social care integration in England?
Writing for HuffPost, MV’s Andrew Laird discusses the barriers preventing NHS services and council run adult social care becoming a...
Andrew Laird
Dec 12, 20163 min read
A different school of thought – what next for the government’s academies policy?
Compulsory conversion of community schools to academies has been dropped – but challenges remain for local authorities and small schools,...
Mutual Ventures
Dec 11, 20163 min read
MV sign up to Time to Change
“One in four of us will experience a mental health problem every year – that means that, right now, one of your friends, colleagues or...
Mutual Ventures
Dec 8, 20161 min read
Mutual Ventures delighted to sponsor SEUK award
Mutual Ventures were delighted to sponsor the Health and Social Care award at the annual SEUK awards bash. Huge congratulations to...
Mutual Ventures
Dec 1, 20162 min read
“We won’t get a better opportunity to redesign services – we must seize it” Report on the Deliveri
To download the presentations from the event, scroll to the bottom of this page. Organisations delivering health and social care in the...
Andrew Laird
Oct 18, 20163 min read
For integration to work, local authorities and the NHS must be equal partners
Integrating health and social care means creating a coherent system out of the existing muddle of local government and NHS structures,...
John Copps
Sep 27, 20163 min read
Are Elected Mayors An Opportunity Or Threat For Social Enterprise?
Writing for HuffPost, MV’s Andrew Laird looks into the potential unintended consequences of devolution and elected mayors… Over the last...
Andrew Laird
Sep 23, 20164 min read
Building from rejection: Learning from your bidding mistakes
2016 and 2017 sees many public service spin-outs face the prospect of re-tendering for their core contracts. To mark this milestone, we...
John Copps
Sep 22, 20162 min read