More Government funding available to support new delivery models
Tracey Crouch – Minister for Sport and Civil Society has announced a further £1 million in funding for the Mutuals Support Programme...
Mutual Ventures
Jun 10, 20181 min read
Perfecting Accountable Care Organisations must not delay progress on integration
NHS England has announced plans for a 12-week consultation on the contracting arrangements for Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs)....
Jamie McMahon
Feb 19, 20182 min read
NHS Estates and Facilities: setting up a subsidary company to maximise value
The NHS estate is a precious asset. Effective management of land and buildings is critical for delivering high quality patient care, and...
Mutual Ventures
Feb 15, 20182 min read
Who is best placed to lead the integration of public services?
As public services seek to become more joined up, who is best-placed to take the ‘integration leadership’ role? In an article published...
John Copps
Feb 14, 20183 min read
What will 2018 have in store for public services?
If turmoil is the new mode of twenty-first century politics, then 2017 didn’t disappoint. It was tumultuous to say the least and there...
John Copps
Dec 14, 20173 min read
The battle for public service markets
Writing for HuffPost, Mutual Ventures Director Andrew Laird describes the public service market “battle ground” and makes the case for...
Andrew Laird
Nov 8, 20174 min read
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 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
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
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
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
A new model for smaller providers to deliver at scale
Writing for Public Sector Executive, ahead of the Health + Care conference, MV’s Andrew Laird explains an exciting new model for health...
Andrew Laird
Jul 4, 20163 min read
Integrated care requires CCGs to focus on ‘market building’
Writing for the HSJ, MV’s John Copps argues that CCGs need to play a much more active market making role if they are to get the best out...
John Copps
Apr 25, 20164 min read
Public service staff need space to learn from mistakes
Writing for HuffPost, MV’s Andrew Laird says public service staff need to be given safe space to learn from mistakes… I recently read...
Andrew Laird
Apr 19, 20163 min read
2016: What’s in store for public services?
2015 was always going to be a roller-coaster year for public services, especially with a General Election and subsequent spending review....
Mutual Ventures
Dec 10, 20154 min read
What Can We Learn From the Failure at Addenbrooke’s Hospital?
Writing for the Huffington Post, MV’s Andrew Laird discusses the disconnect between managers and staff that caused the failure at...
Andrew Laird
Sep 25, 20153 min read
Giving local leaders the ‘trust to try things out’ – why the government is right to back
The General Election already feels like a distant memory. In the end the debate around the economy dominated the campaign but, whatever...
Andrew Laird
Sep 10, 20152 min read
Five steps to unleashing the public sector’s greatest asset
Make sure your staff are engaged and the whole machine will work better. Writing in Pioneer’s Post, MV’s Emmet Regan sets out five key...
Emmet Regan
Aug 22, 20153 min read
Staff engagement is the NHS’s greatest asset but it’s yet to reach full potential
Writing for HSJ, MV’s John Copps argues that staff engagement is no longer just a ‘nice to have’ but a pre-condition for a high...
John Copps
Jun 25, 20154 min read
Employee empowerment: the right sort of change in the NHS
Following more news reports that the NHS is in “crisis” and unable to deal with “renewed pressure” on its Accident and Emergency...
Andrew Laird
Jan 12, 20153 min read