

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


Prioritising Children's Health: Shifting the dial depends on effective local partnerships
As part of our 2024 Prioritising Public Services series, MV's discussion paper Shifting the Dial on Children's Health Outcomes looks at...

Mutual Ventures
Mar 1, 20241 min read


Shifting the dial on children's health outcomes depends on effective local partnerships
MV's new report looks at how tackling disparities in children's health outcomes requires collaboration between system and place partners....

Mutual Ventures
Jan 30, 20241 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


Making an impact on children’s health inequalities requires a new form of place leadership
Owen O’Sullivan and Andrew Laird argue that making an impact in children’s health requires a new and radical form of place leadership....

Owen O'Sullivan
Oct 25, 20234 min read


My lived experience of being an NHS statistic
Agata Miśkowiec recounts her recent experience of hospital care, and what it can be like being a patient in an inadequate trust. She...

Agata Miśkowiec
Oct 18, 20234 min read


Catch up on our webinar: Preventing Mental Health Crises Through Better Collaboration
Catch up on our webinar on Preventing Mental Health Crises Through Better Collaboration held on Monday 4th September. Watch here With MPS...

Mutual Ventures
Sep 4, 20231 min read


Creating a shared culture is essential for successful NHS collaboration
Matt Carter discusses a range of approaches to ensure the development of shared culture between healthcare providers wishing to achieve...

Matt Carter
Jul 18, 20234 min read


The future of healthcare services must be shaped by the identity of places
As the NHS shifts towards a great emphasis on place-based collaboration, John Copps argues that NHS providers will miss a huge...

John Copps
Jul 10, 20233 min read


Collaboration is key to tackling the crisis facing children’s mental health services
Laura Power Wharton highlights the mental health crisis experienced by children in the UK and argues that the solution lies in public...

Laura Power-Wharton
Jul 4, 20233 min read


Responding to mental health crises: why police and NHS partners must collaborate on a local level
Former police officer Essack Miah reflects on his experience responding to emergencies involving people having mental health crises and...

Essack Miah
May 16, 20233 min read


A focus on behaviour change underpins the Hewitt Review
Look beyond the Hewitt Review’s governance and policy jargon and you find an appeal to health and social care leaders to build better...

John Copps
Apr 4, 20233 min read


Is devolution the missing link between health improvement and ‘levelling up’?
John Copps argues that new Health Foundation-commissioned research highlighting the relationship between devolution and life expectancy...

John Copps
Mar 28, 20232 min read


The NHS’s vision of integrated care is about catching up with what the public already thinks
Patients think of the NHS as one coherent service. Managers and clinicians making the transition to integrated care can draw strength and...

John Copps
Jan 11, 20232 min read


Looking ahead to 2023: MV’s perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing public services
As yet another year of surprises draws to a close, the Mutual Ventures team look ahead to 2023 and share their insights on the challenges...

Luke Bevir
Dec 14, 20225 min read


How 'Relational Project Management' can help NHS providers to deliver projects collaboratively
John Copps describes how Relational Project Management can help NHS organisations manage complex projects around collaboration. The...

John Copps
Nov 22, 20223 min read


Creating the conditions for successful NHS collaboration
Successful collaboration requires openness and honesty, a recognition of your own strengths and weaknesses, and a commitment to resolving...

John Copps
Oct 12, 20223 min read


Provider Collaboration in the NHS - MV's offer
MV's offer to support NHS organisations form Provider Collaboratives Collaboration is now the mode of operation for health and care,...

John Copps
Jun 10, 20221 min read


Case Study: Commercial strategy for the Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Client: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Date: May 2022 - August 2022 Challenges faced by the client: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust...

Mutual Ventures
May 31, 20222 min read


The ‘people’s choice’ for health and care leadership
Andrew Laird argues that councils should take the lead role set out in the government's intentions for 'place-based' health and social...

Andrew Laird
May 12, 20223 min read