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#localgov
We know you are doing an amazing job in difficult circumstances.
We want to support you - so we are putting The MJ out as an ebook, each week throughout the crisis - access anywhere, completely free, on our website each thursday
Taking the final prize of the night are
@blackburndarwen
- described as an ‘outstanding example of modern local government where the resident is at the heart of sound commercial decision-making’
#mjawards18
.
@AndyBurnhamGM
has warned that
#localgov
is being left hamstrung in its response to the
#coronavirus
crisis by the Government’s refusal to share data regarding local outbreaks -
Until we stop obsessing about the process of place and begin to reconnect meaningfully with people where they live, we won’t change anything, says
@ProfDonnaHall
@NLGNthinktank
.
@NHS_RobW
@WYPartnership
outlines the scale of the health and social care
#levellingup
challenge in West Yorkshire, and why his large integrated care system is the ideal vehicle for tackling it.
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- in front of the £wall
#localgov
While fixing the cladding scandal may be a bitter pill for ministers to swallow, by not addressing it now, in full, we only create a false economy, says
@neill_bob
.
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#localgov
The winner of Delivering Better Outcomes is
@SalfordCouncil
for its ‘excellent, well-coordinated and demonstrably successful initiative to tackle poverty’
#mjawards18
COVID has emphasised the importance of
#publichealth
teams being part of
#localgov
, says
@FPH
president
@MaggieRae20
. But councils need the resources to address the fallout from this pandemic and prepare for the next one, she adds.
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The Government must ‘publish its promised plans for the future of care and support as a matter of urgency’, says the country’s new adult social care chief Stephen Chandler.
#SpringSeminar21
@1adass
A council criticised by
@luhc
for failing to demonstrate Best Value has announced projected savings of more than £750,000 from its four-day week trial
#localgov
.
@HealthFdn
has released a new toolkit to help people explain the wider determinants of health. Senior Fellow
@louisemarsha11
shares 5 top tips for those working and communicating in public health.
- free to read
#localgov
@ADPHUK
New director of adult care services
@hertscc
Chris Badger talks to
@annatthemj
about investing in extra care
#housing
, COVID’s legacy of loneliness, care market sustainability, and developing diverse teams.
@1adass
#localgov
#localgov
executive director
@ballydonna
says that during the pandemic she has had to block aggressive Twitter users – but despite this she argues for the benefits of staying connected.
.
@KarenBradfordSK
's first 100 days as chief exec of
@southkesteven
started just three weeks before lockdown. Here, she looks back at what’s been achieved.
.
@AlfDubs
says the job of welcoming refugees ‘is much greater than just a roof over their heads’ and he reflects on the support given by
@LBHF
to those traumatised by war.
#Refugees
#localgov
.
@ProfDonnaHall
@MutualVentures
says radical place leadership is about much more than a place based pooled budget, and now is the time for a radical rebel alliance.
- free to read
.
@WiganCouncil
generated a small surplus on its
#socialcare
budget while radically remodelling services. Donna Hall shows how to balance budgets while creating happiness
Digital Transformation award winners
@RochdaleCouncil
‘successfully used technology to improve the lives of residents, while also delivering impressive cost savings and increased revenue’
#mjawards18
.
@DorsetCouncilUK
is leading a consortium of local, national and international partners delivering the £7m 5G RuralDorset project.
@mattprosserceo
explains why the new unitary authority is involved, and outlines the potential benefits.
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For just £3m of public investment,
@AngusCouncil
’s regeneration project secured £100m of private funds, winning them the award for Innovation in Property and Asset Management
#mjawards18
.
@Fox_Claire
@instofideas
says vaccine passports for events would ‘cause immense harms, mainly to the fabric of society’ and it’s not clear if they would impact on virus spread.
#localgov
.
@BhamCityCouncil
has been granted permission by
@luhc
to introduce a selective licensing scheme for all private rented properties in 25 wards across the city. Link to full story in comments below
#localgov
Debates on integrated care often default to older people and hospital flow, but
@NHS_RobW
&
@JLingrell
argue that children and young people should be seen as of parallel importance.
- free to read
@WYHpartnership
#localgov
A report from
@districtcouncil
says the NHS could save more than £300m if GPs were to prescribe leisure services to 1m inactive people over the next decade -
#localgov
If the Government is serious about reforming social care, it has got to get serious about funding it, says
@1adass
president Stephen Chandler
@54035com
Rachael Wardell
@ADCStweets
speaks to
@annatthemj
about the social worker capacity issues facing
#localgov
, the need for staff to stay long enough to build long-term relationships in places, the pressures of intervention, and spiralling agency costs.
Elinor Ostrom was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in economics.
@stkaye
@wearenewlocal
argues that her ‘criminally neglected’ work could be a ‘call-to-action for a new type of society that prioritises local democracy and autonomous communities’.
Intervention can be the best thing that happens to a council, says
@jomillernz
.
But if this is to be the case, the cause of the failure must be recognised and the right series of actions taken, she believes.
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#localgov
#Liverpool
@Solace_UK
EXCLUSIVE: Former
#localgov
minister
@neill_bob
says hundreds of thousands of families are still living in ‘dangerous, highly flammable buildings’ three years after
#Grenfell
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Councils’ local knowledge is crucial in order to ‘get the vaccine to people’ in homes and workplaces, rather than expecting the vulnerable to travel for jabs, says
@lpoolcouncil
's public health chief
@DPH_MAshton
#localgov
Those working in
#localgov
will be pushing themselves to breaking point to get through a difficult winter, says
@McDonaldGraeme
@Solace_UK
. 'During this time, we must also look after ourselves and our colleagues', he adds.
We are very pleased to announce
@RochdaleCouncil
is the winner of the 'Care and Health Integration'
#MJAwards
category for its service in transforming health and social care. Congratulations to the team for your amazing work! Sponsored by
@IMPOWERconsult
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'My pandemic isn't over until yours is'
To build back better after COVID-19 we must start to view the health of our population as an asset, says
@AliceWiseman11
@gateshead
– and this means investing in the conditions that create it.
Gone are the days of macho management culture and heroic leadership.
@Cadman1Deborah
and
@martinrreeves
talk to
@HeatheratTheMJ
about the new era, where collaboration culture trumps command and control -
Local government’s image may be pale, male and stale, but we know better. Here, The MJ is highlighting 40 talented people in and around local government who are just some of the rising stars from in around the sector -
#LGAConf18
FREE TO READ: These are the most challenging times most of us have lived through, says
@ProfDonnaHall
@NLGNthinktank
– and ‘we can choose to close down or swim towards the light of a new community power at the precious heart of our public services’.
To say
@TheMJAwards
chief executive of the year
@publicnaylor
has had a busy year is an understatement. He talks to
@HeatheratTheMJ
about what he loves doing – reforming organisations ‘to do some remarkable things’
As the restrictions of the latest lockdown are eased,
@Fox_Claire
@instofideas
asks whether councils are clinging to their new powers to override democracy.
#localgov
.
@sandwellcouncil
is reversing the numbers of drug-related deaths through cost-effective investment, reducing demand on criminal justice systems and the NHS and returning people back into education and employment, says
@Lisa_McNally1
.
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Well done to the 'Community Engagement' category winner
@EastAyrshire
Council for your superb work - congratulations! 🎉 Sponsored by Commercial Services Group
#MJAwards
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Vice president of
@1adass
Stephen Chandler
@OxfordshireCC
says that while collaboration in system working is crucial in
#adultsocialcare
, 'I would suggest the future is about people, homes and communities, not organisations, buildings and institutions'.
.
@Rushcliffe
win Best Commercial Council for their ‘range of enterprising projects added both community and financial value’
@suffolkcc
are highly commended
#MJAwards18
Despite the city’s well-publicised challenges
@BhamCityCouncil
has taken the bold decision this year to invest a further £7.2 million into services as part of its Cleaner Greener Streets campaign. Cllr John O’Shea
@politicalhackuk
explains.
#localgov