5 common sense doable shifts, we can all contribute to making these happen, right? Thanks @profdonnahall.bsky.social @mutualventures.bsky.social

Existing data on community-focused approaches show that improvement "isn't achieved through a single policy solution, but instead through the aggregation of many simultaneous changes to the way in which care is organised and delivered". theweek.com/health/washw...

Brilliant. Made me think! a missing voice tho(or perhaps just too quiet)... Whilst the NHS has a role in social justice, the responsibility is ours as a society and other partners (communities, councils & more) are ready to partner with NHS & maybe even to lead... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

“The edges of the system are..in direct contact with the new environmental conditions, so they feel more keenly the inadequacy of the prevailing methods.“ Esp ❤️6b & James' description of progressive I've felt this keenly this week Tx @beccadove2.bsky.social fire sharing medium.com/@jamestplunk...

'Budd wonders if the nastiness that defines some well-heeled rightwing politicians is often projected on to places where it runs a lot less deep, meaning that “the prejudices of the suburban golf club are imputed to the council-estate boxing club… a kind of ventriloquised xenophobia.'

Starlings fall to record low in UK’s 2025 Big Garden Birdwatch

'For the sake of power, they are destroying an enterprise that added more than 30 years to US life expectancy and made America the world leader in medical technology and innovation. We need you in Congress to stop this process.'

Declaring emergencies to circumvent legal protections, in this case to justify logging national forests. "The memo has the effect of declaring nearly 60% of all national forestlands to be in a state of emergency, thereby lifting the usual requirements for public comment and environmental review..."

♥️ this👇🏼"Our focus is on how you create an enabling environment so that the type of properly integrated neighbourhood level working becomes the local system, rather than having to fight against it" @ojgarling.bsky.social @theqcommunity.bsky.social @matthewmezey.bsky.social

This 👇🏼

This petition calling on the Government NOT to make cruel cuts to benefits that will force more people into poverty now has almost 65,000 signatures. Let’s make it 100,000 this weekend. It only takes a moment to sign🙏 act.38degrees.org.uk/act/no-cruel...

open.spotify.com/episode/6yNX... Convening Leadership Be optimistic. We are not here to preside over managed decline Tell a positive story. It helps shape optimism Whitehall & town hall Get into the messy reality What is the north star for the place .. HT @katejosephs.bsky.social

Woo-hoo! Welcome @profdonnahall.bsky.social, brilliant to have you sparkling in Bluesky 🙌🏼

12/ Instead of blaming individuals, how about we focus on: ✅ The real reasons people are struggling—poverty, insecurity, overstretched services. ✅ Why people have to jump through endless hoops just to access basic mental health support. ✅ Is this a truly evidenced based policy making?

7/ The UK spends 20.6% of GDP on social provisions less than the top 5 OECD countries, who spend 29.1%. - The UK's incapacity benefits spending (inc mental health) is ⬇️ OECD average - The UK is 1 of only 4 countries to have seen a significant decline in welfare generosity over the past 40 years.

I've written a new blog! Thinking about how we listen and learn and get stuff done together... neighbourhoodcares.wordpress.com/2025/02/14/l... @tobylowe.bsky.social @carolineslocock.bsky.social @gh72.bsky.social @ojgarling.bsky.social

Today, the #DHSC announced Public Health Grant allocations for 2025/26.The grant is the 'bread and butter' for local authorities implementing services to improve people’s health says @davidjbuck.bsky.social, Senior Fellow. Read our response in full 👇 https://buff.ly/42Ml6cf

PAC report lays bare the short-termism and failure of govt to join up policies when it comes to homelessness, causing unnecessary costs and human suffering. Hopefully, the new govt will work with homeless charities to develop a preventative strategy, soon. committees.parliament.uk/committee/12...

In 2023, Hilary Cottam joined our podcast to talk about the importance of building new systems that are equipped to deal with the health challenges of today, & the need to foster ‘horizontal’ bonds between communities & public services. Listen to episode in full. www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Children facing a ‘happiness recession’ says laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce

A good read www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Re-reading this book on Elinor Ostrom and this is such a nice paragraph (NB: lightly edited): "From the beginning of her career, Ostrom emphasized that political change and improvements in policy outcomes are driven by public entrepreneurs (public officials, community leaders, citizens). 1/n

"Contributions from a wide range of public entrepreneurs are also critical to the long-term sustainability of the civic foundations of liberal democracy." (I like it partly because it brings hope and shows we have agency. Change comes from an array of people across the system, not from the top.)