This week Breaking Barriers Innovations hosted the “Pathways, Place and Priorities” Roundtable, discussing the potential impact of digital technology upon the health and social care workforce. We spoke to DragonGate & BBI Programme Manager Rahim Daya, to get his insights into how this fits into the vision for the NHS Long Term Plan
In light of DragonGate’s recent “Connecting the Regions Through Clean Growth” Roundtable, DragonGate Programme Manager George Evans-Jones answers our questions regarding the Clean Growth Grand Challenge
Tim Philpott reflects on how local authority property transformation spending may be missing out on the bigger picture
Simon Lydiard asks how could it all go so wrong for the Department for Transport’s “no deal” ferries contract
DragonGate Associate Steve Atkinson remarks on the “Unravelling Government Estates Strategy” – Local Government Roundtable hosted by Kinnarps 1st February
Simon Lydiard reflects on the outcry over the contract for new, post-Brexit passports being awarded to a company based in the EU
The demand and financial pressures on the public sector are not going away; but policy activity from central government could nevertheless be the basis for far-reaching local transformation – well beyond the aims of the individual strategies – for the benefit of those who really matter: local citizens. That was one of the conclusions of a recent DGMI round table, hosted and facilitated by Kinnarps.
In his interesting piece in The Times on the 20th January, Matthew Parris uses the recently published ONS figures that highlight the severe health inequality across the nation. The figures present a jarring picture of imbalance between the London population and the rest of the country…
The collapse of Carillion was an accident waiting to happen. To understand why, just reflect on Theresa May’s claim at PMQs that the Government were customers of Carillion, not its manager…
Ongoing DragonGate research has established that 2018-19 will be a high watermark for Local Government property transformation, with approximately 70 projects due to be completed over the next 24 months. However, with adjacent sectors such as the NHS, Higher Education and Central Government implementing similar programmes for property transformation there is little evidence that opportunities for place-based collaboration are truly being embraced.