The next twelve months will be critical for public services and determine the scale of the reform that will be delivered in the next three years. John Copps picks out some of the areas to watch out for. 2025 felt like stuttering progress for a government that has styled itself as a champion of public services. It was always going to be a tough job, but the rollercoaster of the previous ten years has not been replaced by something that feels like stability. There’s been lots o

Learn more about our conference on health coaching and employment support held on Wednesday 12th November 2025. Mutual Ventures and Peak Health Coaching co-hosted a half-day online conference Exploring How Health Coaching Can Support Healthy Working Lives for practitioners providing employment support to people experiencing ill-health. The conference looked at the role of 'health coaching' and person-centred support in building capability, confidence and motivation among peop

When systems are designed around trust and relationships, they create change. Sophie Coles argues that great public services are about...

When it comes to public service reform, large swathes of public services have been experiencing “delivery paralysis”. In this article, Prof Donna Hall and Andrew Laird explore why this is and what can be done about it. This article kicks off an Autumn of content from the Mutual Ventures team focused on supporting a stronger delivery focus in public services. #GettingStuffDone #DoingTheRightStuff!! Where we’ve been – and where we are… Reading the conference programmes for this