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I believe we have a ‚’once in a lifetime‚’ opportunity to reset the health and wellbeing agenda by switching the focus to wellness ‚’ staying well, maintaining optimum health ‚’ and this being the prime responsibility of the individual, though with encouragement and indeed incentivisation from the state. For many years now, we‚’ve not hadContinue reading “An opportunity to create a paradigm shift towards individual responsibility for health/wellness”

One of the economic consequences of the pandemic has been an increase in homelessness and rough sleeping (Streetlink reports a 76% increase in rough sleeping in London).Homelessness results in degradation,despair and dramatically reduced life expectancy.The average age of death for a rough sleeper is 47 compared to 77 for the population as a whole. AccordingContinue reading “Increased rough sleeping and increased litter as a result of the pandemic”

In July 2020, the Foreign Secretary and the National Cyber Security Centre publicly condemned the Russian Intelligence Services for attempting to steal COVID-19 vaccine research and development from organisations in the UK and elsewhere. This announcement highlighted two intertwined challenges: firstly, the continued threat of espionage through the modern domain of cyber. Secondly is theContinue reading “Malicious cyber activity directed against the UK during COVID-19 and an opportunity to strengthen defences.”

One of the perennial challenges of government is coordination across services. In areas such as child welfare you may have central government, local government, health, education, police, fire brigade and social services all involved across the policy and delivery space. Not to mention the involvement of the charity, private and voluntary sectors. There have beenContinue reading “How do we capture and build on the opportunities for breaking out of organisational silos?”

A little like the rocks being exposed at low tide, if there is one issue that COVID-19 has revealed and highlighted, it is the extent to which isolation has spread into many elements of our society and the damage it is doing to the nation‚’ s health, particularly its mental health. The challenge is toContinue reading “The Development of Bespoke Flexible Housing Aimed Specifically at Reducing Social Isolation.”

The UK policy response to covid19 – and that of many other countries too – has been characterized by a siloing of epidemiological and economic advice; and also with the economic component kept private and away from scrutiny. SAGE forecasts and deliberations excluded economics [eg tendency of people to respond to risk] and economists. HMT/OBR/BoEContinue reading “To join up epidemiological and economic public policy analysis and advice”

The Challenge 1. It is extremely likely that COVID-19 has dramatically altered the way business workforces provide office support to their firms. Many ‚’commuters‚’ have experienced remote working from home. The attraction of reducing ‚’travel costs‚’ and increasingly effective technology is going to affect the Rail Commuting sector. Rail travel will continue to be aContinue reading “A Proposal for the Reorganisation and Restructuring of the Rail Industry”

Some people who have short inpatient admissions for surgery or for assessment and treatment for non-Covid issues (eg strokes, heart attacks, cancer, non-Covid infections, fractures etc.) have to stay in hospital longer than is medically necessary because they have no-one to look after them at home during their convalescence. They may not need more thanContinue reading “After-care for hospital patients recovering from surgery”

People with disabilities have been disproportionately affected by COVID. ONS data reveal that the disabled are reporting more adverse impacts on their medical care and greater struggles to access relevant support services, along with higher levels of anxiety, loneliness and pessimism than their non-disabled counterparts. In terms of employment, research by the Leonard Cheshire FoundationContinue reading “Addressing the disability employment gap and retail sector challenges”

Education in an pandemic Children have missed a great deal of education this year but as the Pandemic has continued both schools and many others have found innovative ways to make education more flexible and supplement formal education. At any time there are children who miss school due to illness, a disability or for otherContinue reading “Flexible education for all”