March 1st, 2006 by Rowan Purdy
As the largest employer in Europe spending £65 billion a year, the NHS is a powerful economic presence. This model is designed to help NHS organisations to look at how they procure and manage services to contribute to healthy outcomes for people who use those services.
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Tags: citizenship, Department of Health
Categories: collaboration, information management
February 9th, 2006 by Rowan Purdy
More than any other previous government policy this latest white paper has been developed through consultation, listening and providing people with opportunities to say what they wanted. Here I outline why factors such as these and most importantly collaboration and trust will be key to the successful translation of the policy into practice.
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Tags: our health our care our say, participation, trust
Categories: collaboration, government, networking
February 8th, 2006 by Rowan Purdy
Some excellent thoughts from Headshift on the new white paper ‘Our Health, Our Care, Our Say: A New Direction for Community Services’ by Stuart Hall and Lee Bryant.
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Tags: consultation, Headshift, our health our care our say, participation
Categories: collaboration
December 5th, 2005 by Rowan Purdy
This article offers thoughts from Rowan Purdy (Website author) and Gareth Johnson (Warwick University) on whether social software can enhance collaborative working.
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Tags: participation
Categories: collaboration, social software, web 2.0