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REORGANISATION

The amount of local reform requires clear vision and better alignment

By Susan Parsonage | 16 April 2026

Susan Parsonage says the scale of reforms to councils, Integrated Care Boards and the police calls for a clear vision and stronger alignment across organisational boundaries.

HEALTH

Streeting's health experiment

By Matthew Taylor | 13 April 2026

The health deals recently handed to mayors could resolve flaws that have dogged the NHS since its...

HEALTH

Health devolution: opportunity or distraction?

By Katherine Merrifield | 07 April 2026

It remains to be seen if giving the Mayors of Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire greater over...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Playing the long game

By Ann McGauran | 18 December 2025

Cornwall’s approach to managing the cost of supporting working age adults has already started to ...

HEALTH

Partnering power with love

By Matthew Taylor | 16 December 2025

Matthew Taylor has a book recommendation for those leading NHS reforms.

A shared will to succeed on health and care

By John O’Brien | 04 December 2025

Differences between health providers and councils over finances are not new, says John O’Brien. B...

ICBS

The cracks that threaten integrated care

By Matthew Taylor | 04 December 2025

Groundbreaking investigation by The MJ and its sister title Healthcare Management reveal a stark ...

HEALTH

Breaking the cycle

By Matthew Taylor | 14 October 2025

Can local government protect the vision of the 10-year plan from the pressure of day-to-day NHS d...

HEALTH

Neighbourhood health's real role

By Lisa McNally | 06 October 2025

Local public health teams play a crucial role in neighbourhood health plans. Lisa McNally says t...

REORGANISATION

Reorganisation, Reform and devolution

By Ann McGauran | 02 October 2025

Change is rippling through local government, from structural reform and new combined authorities,...

HEALTH

The neighbourhood challenge

By Matthew Taylor | 17 September 2025

Matthew Taylor looks at the critical factors dictating the success or failure of neighbourhood he...