Sophie Coles
Dec 11, 20244 min read
Let's talk place: a collaborative solution to delayed discharges
An NHS fit for the future has been unveiled as one of the government's six national missions. In this article, Sophie Coles considers a...
Emmet Regan
Nov 19, 20243 min read
Public services must welcome partnership and prevention
Social care is pointing the way towards the use of working in partnership to deliver public services that prevent crisis by focusing on...
John Copps
Jul 23, 20243 min read
A prescription for prevention: what has the new government promised?
The incoming Labour government has called for a 'revolution in prevention'. John Copps looks at what this means for healthcare services...
John Copps
Jun 12, 20244 min read
Adult social care services should be built around the bond between people and places
John Copps says that cooperative principles should provide the foundation for adult social care reform – rebuilding and maintaining the...
Andrew Laird
May 7, 20243 min read
AI in public services – where do you start?
Andrew Laird looks at the potential of AI in public services and the lessons learnt from the recent exploratory work completed by a group...
John Copps
Oct 4, 20234 min read
Adult social care must be built around the bond between people and places
John Copps says that cooperative principles should provide the foundation for adult social care reform – rebuilding and maintaining the...
Hannah Szczepanski
May 18, 20232 min read
Mutual Ventures visit to PossAbilities CIC
The Mutual Ventures team had an inspiring visit to social enterprise PossAbilities CIC to learn how they support vulnerable adults to...
John Copps
Nov 22, 20223 min read
How 'Relational Project Management' can help local government deliver projects effectively
John Copps outlines how Relational Project Management can help local government officers manage complex projects around relationships and...
John Copps
Feb 3, 20222 min read
Integrated care is set to become law, but you can’t legislate for successful partnership
John Copps argues that it will be NHS and local government leaders that make integrated care work, not Westminster law-makers. One of the...
Andrew Laird
Dec 2, 20213 min read
The social care White Paper - new vision and opportunity for innovation, but funding dilemmas remain
Andrew Laird welcomes the publication of the social care white paper, and looks at what's new and what issues still remain. After a long...
John Copps
Sep 8, 20213 min read
Fixing the adult social care crisis is about more than money
Adult social care has hit the headlines – not before time – with the Government’s plan to ‘fix the crisis for a generation’ by putting...
John Copps
Jun 29, 20204 min read
A national adult care model must be about the mutual bond between local people and places
John Copps argues that adult social care must be about the bond between local people and places. This article was originally published on...
admin
Mar 2, 20202 min read
Case study: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham All Age Disability Service
Client: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Date: August 2019 – February 2020 Challenges faced by the client: The London Borough of...
admin
Dec 2, 20191 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...
admin
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...
admin
Jul 31, 20192 min read
Case study: North East Lincolnshire Council - Adult Social Services
Client: North East Lincolnshire Council Date: April 2019 – July 2019 Challenges faced by the client: North East Lincolnshire Council’s...
Mark Bandalli
Jul 17, 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...
admin
Sep 30, 20182 min read
Case study: Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council Adult Social Care Service
Client: Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council – Adult Social Care Service Date: February 2018 – September 2018 Challenges faced by the...
Andrew Laird
May 2, 20174 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
Dec 12, 20163 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...