How to drive civic leadership and impact in the current climate? Good to discuss how sectors such as the NHS can help support the wider civic university movement at the National Civic Impact Accelerator Advisory Board meeting at Queen Mary University of London today.

'program is based on the idea that quality housing is critical to maintaining good health & that hospitals are important anchor institutions uniquely positioned to advance housing in conjunction with health care' Magali Thomson Michael Wood Michael Chang housingfinance.com/developments/h…

From inner city canals to country estates and an actual RAF base, the Birmingham to Shrewsbury train line has it all. Lovely looking pub at Codsall station too.

Good Midlands Engine Health, Care and Life Sciences Board meeting in Birmingham today, talking productivity, finance, wellbeing, digital. England’s second city looking great in the ☀️ and plenty of 🏗️ happening.

Today we published our 100% opportunity report, which emphasises that FE and skills must be reformed to meet the economic and social needs of the nation. We set out what a system that serves everyone would look like with six recommendations. Read them below:

Two more *big* London NHS Trusts accredited with Living Wage Foundation in the last fortnight. One in the East and one in the West. ££ in the pockets of some of our lowest paid direct and indirectly employed staff. 👏 #NHSAnchor

📢 Job opportunity - Senior Analyst West Midlands Combined Authority to support the new Population Health Improvement UK Network. Have you the data analysis expertise to help reduce health inequalities and improve health? Closing 23 April Ref:WMCA/TP/156/218 Details: careers.wmca.org.uk/jobs/job/Senio…

Absolutely agree with this!

I am skeptical of the idea that existing inter-departmental working can drive a cross-govt. approach to health, but outsourcing most policy and strategy to a non-departmental public body makes it even harder...

Looks like one to read when back from rainy Cornwall…

New explainer on local govt. Excellent stuff from Sophie Stowers UK in a Changing Europe as always.

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Lots of good maps and tables in this explainer. I particularly like this one showing the responsibilities of different layers of government.

Lots of new detail on the Labour approach to Devo, local growth, industrial strategy, high streets, skills and employment etc in this labour.org.uk/wp-content/upl… Well worth a read!

#NHSAnchor Lizzie Smith

Really important report from Centre for Mental Health quantifying the costs of mental ill health in England and was a pleasure to peer review the work. *Huge* numbers but that shouldn't be a surprise - now needs political and operational focus.

How can we transform public service design and delivery by focusing on the power of human relationships?

We talked to nick kimber and Osian Jones Camden Council to explore how they are changing public services for the better. ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/new…

Big thanks Michael Wood for the anchor work shop at Kings college hospital today - the examples of ways to offer young people work opportunities and experience were v useful

And here is Roger Davidson testing out the brand new King's College NHS electric ambulance chargers 🔌 Only two weeks old!

Wonderful afternoon at King's College NHS hearing about their anchor work. I now know all about the energy efficiency, social value and volunteering & apprenticeships programmes. Shows the breadth of #NHSAnchors work - key role for strategy to bring it all together DrDominiqueAllwood

Hearing about the King's College NHS #NHSanchor approach from Bernadette Thompson OBE - important to start with the mission and objectives. Great to see the progress being made NHS London UCLPartners DrDominiqueAllwood