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21/06/2021
Time to step up – 21 June 2021
The integrated care systems design framework, published last week, is the latest formal step along the path towards integrated care. The framework is a detailed document that needs to be fully digested and properly reflected on. But whatever detail it contains, we already know that it won’t contain all the answers.
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14/06/2021
Time to care - 14 June 2021
Last week was Carers Week, an annual campaign to highlight the challenges facing the UK’s 6.5 million unpaid carers and recognise the extraordinary contribution they make. This year’s theme was to make caring visible and valued.
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07/06/2021
Catching up - 7 June 2021
As the grip of lockdown gradually relaxes, one of the great joys we’re all experiencing is catching up with the friends and family members we haven’t been allowed to embrace for months. This simplest of pleasures has been greatly missed and the universal relief at its return is palpable.
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24/05/2021
The tools of governance - 24 May 2021
Good governance isn’t necessarily more governance. This month we’ve gone back to first principles to focus on the basics and in this week’s illuminations we look at some of the building blocks of good governance.
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10/05/2021
Going local, globally – 10 May 2021
As citizens across the UK visited the polling booths to vote in local elections last week, we shared the findings of an international research project from GGI. Carried out in partnership with universities in Leuven and St Louis, the study explored the local impact of the pandemic on health and social care integration across three regions of the UK, Belgium and the US.
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12/06/2020
GGI Newsletter - 12 June 2020
Welcome to GGI’s latest weekly summary of briefings, knowledge-sharing and commentary. This week is National Carers Week, which aims to highlight the challenges that paid and unpaid carers face while also recognising their vital contribution to society. In our daily bulletins we marked the occasion by asking what NHS boards can do to support the care sector.
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22/05/2020
GGI Newsletter - 22 May 2020
Welcome to GGI’s latest weekly summary of briefings, knowledge-sharing and commentary. This is Mental Health Awareness Week. In our daily bulletins, we marked the occasion by exploring the concept of kindness. With estimates suggesting that up to 500,000 more people will experience mental health issues due to COVID-19, on Thursday we looked at the current state of severe mental illness in the UK and asked how it would be affected by the pandemic.
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