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The Covid-19 pandemic has created an opportunity to re-imagine the role of redeployment within the public sector and beyond, including the role of local communities in becoming ‚’custodians‚’ of their localities. In local authorities, health authorities and other local services, the pandemic has necessitated the need for a rapid reallocation of resources, both within andContinue reading “Permanent state of redeployment in public service”

Our political system is based on 4-year cycles and adversarial rather than cooperative decision-making by Parliament. Select Committees in the Commons and their equivalent in the Lords do good work but they are too narrowly focused and have no power to implement change. Deeply-embedded problems and unexpected challenges at national and global levels need continuityContinue reading “Securing long term planning and action to face the Big Challenges”

Three-quarters of a million people volunteered to help the NHS but many of them were never called up. Who were they? Who they were- their age/ qualifications and suitability could be or have been (?) logged by local communities or hospitals for any future need for help. Councils could use this database for all sortsContinue reading “Database of volunteers to be contacted again for other moments of pressure on the community.”

COVID-19, the resulting lockdowns and business closures that have affected businesses for the last year have fundamentally reshaped the UK business environment. Stock markets and job loss figures show us the winners and losers, with digital companies shares soaring, whilst hundreds of thousands of retail jobs have been lost, whilst many well-known high-street businesses fellContinue reading “The closure of physical retail for extended periods whilst online retail remains unaffected”

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted one of the key challenges that we, as a society face; an issue that we have continually failed to address and one that we should all be ashamed of. It is a damning indictment on our society that, night after night after night, there are around 5,000 people sleeping roughContinue reading “The elimination of rough sleeping”

In my little town of 15,000, we had 300+ volunteers who supported over 1500 people. Many of the volunteers expressed a sense of fulfilment and belonging and wanted to take that feeling forward. As we eventually get beyond the pandemic, towns will face many challenges in the future that are best met by local knowledge.Continue reading “Capitalising on the increase in community spirit and volunteering”

Relying on standard employment income has been proven challeging in this climate. Not enough is in place to help people into the business world. There are many talented potential entrepreneurs who don’t go to University or are simply not academically inclined either. Introduce a policy that would provide simple training and incentives for people toContinue reading “Helping citizens into setting up their own businesses”

Employees in defined categories should have a legal right to work from home for a minimum of sixty per cent of their normal hours. Benefits have been amply demonstrated in pandemic and should be made permanent wherever possible by way of a legal presumption in favor of such a practice rather than solely at theContinue reading “Making offer of working from home a legal obligation on a defined range of employers”

The COVID-19 pandemic has left billions of children out of school globally. It has impacted quality and access to education and educators are still adjusting themselves to adapt to the new normal. The pandemic therefore provides an opportunity for politicians and educators to reimagine delivery of education in such uncertain time. The challenge of accessContinue reading “COVID-19 induced Education Inequity”

Patients who have been assessed and deemed ambulance service appropriate, are not receiving a timely response from that service. Hospital A&E departments are using ambulance vehicles as an inappropriate ward (patients being kept on the back of ambulances), delaying patient handovers, and delaying the timely response to the next patient waiting in the community. TheContinue reading “A&E‚’s and ambulance handover delays.”