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Delivering big conversations
The recent launch of change.nhs.uk promises to be ‘the biggest ever conversation about the future of the NHS’. But don't be fooled - big conversations are not entirely new, in-fact "thebigconversation.org" conducted an 18-month consultation for the NHS back in 2001...
Getting noticed in a noisy world
Visibility is so important in a noisy world. And there is nothing worse than people coming forward at the end of a consultation claiming they knew nothing about it. Worse still, few public bodies who consult on a regular basis have any cash resources for boosting...
Growing community voices
Tenant voice has been in the spotlight recently with the new report from the public enquiry being published. Whilst the bar has been raised on standards since then, top-down consultation is still lacking when it comes to pooling tacit knowledge and conversing with...
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