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Social Policy Research for Cornwall

Casting an enquiring eye on local, regional and national issues of health and social care

2. Where does a planning process begin?

Social Policy Research for Cornwall

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Welcome to spr4cornwall.net
REINVENTING THE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Closing a community hospital: how consultation went wrong
HOW TO LOOK AFTER YOURSELF IN HOSPITAL (second edition)
A systems view of health and social care: structures, processes and teams
DELAYED TRANSFERS OF CARE: problems of definition, measurement and governance
How a lack of teamwork at the Royal Cornwall Hospital contributed to the death of a child with autism
Notes on planning in the National Health Service

POSTS

Closing Edward Hain Hospital: What we have learned 17 October 2020
Backroom visionaries or frontline practitioners: who should shape Cornwall’s integrated health and care system? 20 July 2020
A new health and care system – but where are the voices of care homes and patients? 2 July 2020
Has the Embrace Care project been made use of for political purposes? Cornwall’s frail older folk deserve better. 19 June 2020
Does Cornwall really need two NHS hospital trusts? 15 March 2020
How to get better value for money from Cornwall’s NHS hospitals 9 February 2020
An appeal to Simon Stevens: Please intervene in Cornwall’s inadequate planning for integrated health and social care services 22 July 2019
Inpatient beds that Edward Hain hospital provided are still needed 8 July 2019
Implementing the NHS Long Term Plan at local level: a new approach in Cornwall 19 June 2019
Don’t close community hospitals: use them as re-ablement centres 24 January 2019
We don’t want a prima donna to head the hospitals trust 6 January 2019
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is headhunting. Applicants should ask questions about its culture. 1 January 2019
‘How patients’ stories improve health services’ 19 December 2018
“Coco’s death also about the professionals’ lack of respect” 8 November 2018
Health and Social Care: Cornwall doesn’t need an ‘Integrated Care Provider’ 4 October 2018
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust update: With a new (interim) Chief Executive, could a change in culture be on the way? 11 August 2018
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust: Is one person able to do the Chief Executive’s job? 31 July 2018
Learning from patient feedback: a case-study in NHS culture and practice 20 May 2018
‘Hierarchical trust can’t claim credit’ (letter published in The Cornishman, 19 April 2018) 20 April 2018
Credit where credit is due! So well done to everyone who helped turn round the situation in A&E at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske (Truro). Now the right lessons must be learned. 15 April 2018
Six bungles and no funeral: The short life, unmourned death and high cost of Cornwall’s Sustainability and Transformation Plan for the NHS (SHORT REPORT) 10 April 2018
Six bungles and no funeral: The short life, unmourned death and high cost of Cornwall’s Sustainability and Transformation Plan for the NHS (FULL REPORT) 10 April 2018
Cornwall is to have Urgent Treatment Centres – so will Minor Injury Units disappear? 1 March 2018
An Accountable Care System for Cornwall: Is ‘Shaping our Future’ now an exercise in empire-building? 22 January 2018
Minor Injury Units: “Absolutely no decisions have been made …” Which means what, exactly? 15 January 2018
NHS in Cornwall poised to close Minor Injury Units 3 January 2018
Five kinds of nonsense are keeping a community hospital closed 4 October 2017
Cornwall’s STP: Why we need to see what’s going on 12 September 2017
Community hospitals under threat: Are decisions being taken on scrappy information and limited understanding? 7 August 2017
Communications and engagement in health and social care: A cautionary tale from Cornwall 12 July 2017
The STP engagement survey: What have we learned? 13 April 2017
Cornwall councillors’ verdict on STP engagement process: ‘ill-conceived’ and ‘unprofessional’ 5 April 2017
The STP survey: Why am I finding it so difficult to have my say? 17 January 2017
NHS Kernow’s NHS 111 and out-of-hours questionnaire: not fit for purpose 17 January 2017
An assessment of the STP: Health and Social Care at risk in Cornwall 10 January 2017
How not to run a Health and Social Care Survey, as demonstrated by Cornwall Council and NHS Kernow 2 May 2016
Involving the Public in NHS Commissioning: A Culture Clash in Cornwall 1 May 2016

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