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Radical Health

Joe needs his toe nails cut.  Last week his General Practice doctor who I know well, wrote to me, incensed by the impossibility of organising this simple task. The regional assistant head of community commissioning – let’s call them Jamie, so as not to shame them, responded to her...

Hasty Notes

I spent last week working in East Ayrshire.  It was inspiring.  What is happening in East Ayrshire, often against some pretty difficult odds, is something most places in Britain could learn from.  Here I share some rough and ready thoughts from my notebook. All you need is love? A...

A Community Power Act?

This week Adam Lent started an important conversation at the New Local Government Network, about how we enable a system shift away from a highly centralised mode of government to one which is community driven. He writes; ‘Currently it takes a rare combination of courage, persistence and vision on...