Essack Miah
May 16, 20233 min read
Responding to mental health crises: why police and NHS partners must collaborate on a local level
Former police officer Essack Miah reflects on his experience responding to emergencies involving people having mental health crises and...
John Copps
Apr 4, 20233 min read
A focus on behaviour change underpins the Hewitt Review
Look beyond the Hewitt Review’s governance and policy jargon and you find an appeal to health and social care leaders to build better...
John Copps
Mar 28, 20232 min read
Is devolution the missing link between health improvement and ‘levelling up’?
John Copps argues that new Health Foundation-commissioned research highlighting the relationship between devolution and life expectancy...
John Copps
Jan 11, 20232 min read
The NHS’s vision of integrated care is about catching up with what the public already thinks
Patients think of the NHS as one coherent service. Managers and clinicians making the transition to integrated care can draw strength and...
Luke Bevir
Dec 14, 20225 min read
Looking ahead to 2023: MV’s perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing public services
As yet another year of surprises draws to a close, the Mutual Ventures team look ahead to 2023 and share their insights on the challenges...
John Copps
Nov 22, 20223 min read
How 'Relational Project Management' can help NHS providers to deliver projects collaboratively
John Copps describes how Relational Project Management can help NHS organisations manage complex projects around collaboration. The...
John Copps
Oct 12, 20223 min read
Creating the conditions for successful NHS collaboration
Successful collaboration requires openness and honesty, a recognition of your own strengths and weaknesses, and a commitment to resolving...
Matt Carter
Aug 9, 20223 min read
Strong models of collaboration will ensure the NHS retains a diverse set of healthcare providers
Matt Carter argues that emerging forms of provider collaborative, led by a range of different health sector providers, can improve care...
John Copps
Jun 10, 20221 min read
Provider Collaboration in the NHS - MV's offer
MV's offer to support NHS organisations form Provider Collaboratives Collaboration is now the mode of operation for health and care,...
Mutual Ventures
May 30, 20222 min read
Case Study: Commercial strategy for the Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Client: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Date: May 2022 - August 2022 Challenges faced by the client: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust...
Andrew Laird
May 12, 20223 min read
The ‘people’s choice’ for health and care leadership
Andrew Laird argues that councils should take the lead role set out in the government's intentions for 'place-based' health and social...
Mutual Ventures
May 5, 20222 min read
Case Study: Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust & Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation
Date: October 2021 – April 2022 Challenges faced by the client: Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust and Kingston...
Mutual Ventures
May 5, 20222 min read
Case Study: NHS provider collaboration for primary care and community services in Barnsley
Client: Barnsley Healthcare Federation & South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Date: August 2021 - Current Challenges...
Mutual Ventures
May 4, 20221 min read
Catch up on our webinar: Effective provider collaboratives in a reformed NHS
Catch up on our webinar - in partnership with Bevan Brittan LLP - on 'How to form effective provider collaboratives in a reformed NHS'...
John Copps
Apr 21, 20223 min read
Will provider collaboratives be the new centre of power in the NHS?
John Copps argues that provider collaboratives will reshape the NHS landscape for years to come, which means the stakes are high for...
Mutual Ventures
Apr 1, 20222 min read
Case study: Supporting the development of Primary Care Networks in Camden
Client: Camden Health Partners (CHP), a federation of Primary Care Networks (PCNs) representing and supporting seven of the eight PCNs in...
John Copps
Feb 3, 20222 min read
Integrated care is set to become law, but you can’t legislate for successful partnership
John Copps argues that it will be NHS and local government leaders that make integrated care work, not Westminster law-makers. One of the...
Andrew Laird
Dec 2, 20213 min read
The social care White Paper - new vision and opportunity for innovation, but funding dilemmas remain
Andrew Laird welcomes the publication of the social care white paper, and looks at what's new and what issues still remain. After a long...
John Copps
Dec 1, 20212 min read
Integrated care leaders must keep up the momentum
Despite news that the deadline for integrated care systems may slip, and the spectre of another Covid winter, health and social care...
Andrew Laird
Oct 19, 20214 min read
How can the NHS work with councils on ‘levelling up’?
Andrew Laird says the levelling up jigsaw is missing one major piece – the NHS – and points to an ethical barrier to it playing a full...