Radical Reformers ep.73: Fighting Health Neglect with Dr. Linda Harris
This episode is with Dr Linda Harris, the Chief Executive and Chief Medical Officer of Spectrum Community Health a Wakefield based social...
Andrew Laird
May 8, 20241 min read
Liberating Local Government
After more than a decade of austerity and rising demand for services, Ross Murray argues that there is a need for change in the way local...
Ross Murray
Apr 29, 20243 min read
Prioritising care closer to home through local partnerships
To shift care closer to people’s homes, primary care and community services need to be firmer allies and work closely with local...
John Copps
Apr 22, 20244 min read
Could a return of 2009’s Total Place policy be part of the solution to public services’ challenges in 2024?
With murmurs of a post-election return of the previous Labour government’s Total Place policy, John Copps looks at why it is still...
John Copps
Apr 16, 20243 min read
Radical Reformers ep.71: Stronger Economies And Stronger Communities With Rob Walsh
This episode is with Rob Walsh, the long standing Chief Executive of Northeast Lincolnshire Council. Rob has been Chief Exec of Northeast...
Andrew Laird
Apr 10, 20241 min read
Mapping regional collaboration in children's services
Regional collaboration in children's services is now firmly part of the way services are organised. Mutual Ventures has produced a series...
Mutual Ventures
Apr 10, 20242 min read
Revisiting Total Place: an approach to collaboration in local public services
Launched in 2009, the UK Government's Total Place policy is a valuable model of local multi-agency collaboration in an attempt to provide...
Elizabeth Roe
Apr 9, 20247 min read
Catch up on our webinar: Cultivating a Workplace Culture around Your Regional Fostering Hub
Catch up on our webinar - Cultivating a Workplace Culture around Your Fostering Recruitment Support Hub. This webinar was held on...
Mutual Ventures
Mar 20, 20241 min read
Catch up on our webinar: Shifting the Dial on Children's Health Outcomes
Catch up on our webinar - Shifting the Dial on Children's Health Outcomes. This webinar was held on Tuesday 12th March 2024. Watch here...
Mutual Ventures
Mar 12, 20241 min read
Tackling serious violence requires a focus on its root causes
Drawing on his first-hand experience of violence prevention initiatives, Yannick Mitchell argues that tackling serious violence requires...
Yannick Mitchell
Mar 12, 20243 min read
Radical Reformers ep.69: Place Leadership with Sam Plum
This episode is with Sam Plum, the inaugural Chief Executive of the new Westmorland and Furness Council. This council was created when...
Andrew Laird
Feb 28, 20241 min read
Investing in prevention: the most difficult issue in public services today?
John Copps asks what we can do to rebalance government investment towards preventing problems rather than crisis management and is...
John Copps
Feb 20, 20245 min read
Catch up on our webinar: Powers and Priorities: Enabling Great System and Place Leadership
Catch up on our webinar on the Powers and Priorities: Enabling Great System and Place Leadership. This webinar was held on Tuesday 13th...
Mutual Ventures
Feb 14, 20241 min read
Catch up on our webinar: AI in Public Services – The Art Of The Possible
Catch up on our webinar - AI in Public Services - The Art Of The Possible - held on Wednesday 7th February 2024. Watch here Artificial...
Mutual Ventures
Feb 9, 20241 min read
Radical Place Leadership - how we can change public services for the better
MV Non-Executive Director Director Donna Hall argues that, even with more powers devolved to local areas, we will be overwhelmed with...
Prof Donna Hall
Feb 6, 20245 min read
Public service reform must be underpinned by a focus on relationships
John Copps says that successful design and delivery of public service reform depends on a understanding of relationships between users,...
John Copps
Feb 1, 20242 min read
Prioritising Public Services - MV's 2024 campaign
Hear about Mutual Ventures' campaign to stand up for public services in 2024. At Mutual Ventures we have a clear and proud mission: to...
Mutual Ventures
Feb 1, 20242 min read
2024 in public services: What can we expect?
John Copps looks at some of the trends that might shape public services over the next 12 months. Douglas Adams said that predicting the...
John Copps
Jan 2, 20245 min read
Be both bold and careful when adopting AI in public services
Artificial Intelligence is developing at breakneck speed with the standard Silicon Valley attitude of “go fast and break things”. This...
Andrew Laird
Dec 12, 20234 min read
Catch-up on our webinar: Creating the conditions for long term investment in places
Catch up on our webinar - Creating the conditions for long term investment in places - held on Monday 11th December 2023. Watch here A...
Mutual Ventures
Dec 11, 20231 min read