I put a post onto LinkedIn recently about re-engaging with social prescribing (SP) and got the biggest reaction I’ve had to any posting, which caused me to think that actually the SP programme is really getting some traction. Could this also be because of COVID and the health and care system recovery with people looking […]
On the 23rd of March, going into lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic many of us lost the ability to plug into the understanding of our businesses that we generate from our daily interactions with colleagues, customers, and suppliers. I’m sure like me you’ve heard lots of stories about businesses adapting to their new […]
I’ve just given a really bad/rose tinted explanation of the Iowa caucus process to a colleague, (there’s a better one here). My colleague was however, very keen to point out its pitfalls: its exclusive by design or by accident, it has a poor track record (its a bit unfair to base this view on the […]
A friend has just got a really swanky health economics job and we’ve just had a fun chat about doughnuts and donuts. In the end we both agreed donuts are great (in moderation though………. we believe in public health) but Kate Raworth’s book: Doughnut Economics- seven ways to think like a 21st century economist, is […]
We’ve recently completed a commission in the North of England, which in common with the way in which strategy development can take place, where we started out wasn’t where we ended up. Initially focussed on ‘preventing mental ill-health’ we ended up proposing some far reaching wellbeing measures within strategic planning for housing, jobs, green spaces […]