Andy Begley
Andy Begley is Shropshire Council's director of adult services and chair of the West Midlands Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
The art of the possible in Shropshire
As we move to post-pandemic recovery, Andy Begley reflects on how COVID has impacted on a host of Shropshire Council’s relationships, beyond the obvious ones with people and organisations
The risk paradox
The conflict between ‘traditional’ public sector risk management and the pace required to deliver innovative and sustainable services poses a problem for councils, says Andy Begley.
A billion ways to help
Shropshire Council is leading the way in the West Midlands in helping solve the health and social care crisis with technology. Andy Begley looks at how ‘the Broseley project’ has helped older residents in particular to improve their lives.
Assistance you can count on
Shropshire has been taking advantage of assisted technology to help deliver services across the county. Andy Begley looks at the benefits of tapping into the digital era.
Evolution vs revolution
There is a data revolution coming, and Shropshire Council has embraced this to help improve local knowledge and services. Andy Begley looks at the progress made.
Big data for health and social care planning?
In this, the first article in a series for The MJ, Andy Begley looks at how data might be used in future to better serve the health and care needs of communities.
If only adult social care was as easy as plug and play
Andy Begley asks why can’t there be a common way to connect systems to enable health and adult social care systems to work together in an integrated manner?