Solving the NHS Care and Cash Crisis: ‘Solving the NHS Care and Cash crisis: Routes to health and care renewal', is co-authored by Lord Norman Warner, Health Minister for NHS reform in the Blair Government, and Jack O’Sullivan. Published in April 2014 by Reform, the independent think-tank, the 128-page…
NHS should use modelling approach to resolve A & E Crisis: ‘Emergency Simulation’ is a new study, developed by the consultancy for The Cumberland Initiative, a unique partnership of academics, industry and clinicians for test-driving change in the NHS. Computer modelling and simulation of solutions to the NHS winter A…
We have been working with two key organisations instrumental in developing Muslim identity in Britain and the contribution of Islam to civic society. The Radical Middle Way, led by Fuad Nahdi, has built an important dialogue with Muslim youth all over the world by bringing international Islamic scholars to major…
The bridge to 21st century infrastructure for healthcare We’re helping with strategic and communications support to build the new Healthcare Infrastructure Forum (HIF). HIF is unique – the only international centre dedicated to improving healthcare delivery that is focussed on infrastructure. HIF will be vital to the NHS as it…
Evidence for Developing Social Care Policy and Practice We are supporting more than 50 projects, particularly around communications, in the NIHR School of Social Care Research at the LSE. The school is at the cutting edge of research, developing particularly economic evidence for interventions that help people with disabilities, elderly…
As public health policy returns to a more Victorian agenda based in the environment, we’re supporting communications around new research at the NIHR School for Public Health Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. We’re helping researchers to bring their work and thinking to wider…
Jack O’Sullivan launch-edited the first edition of Editorial Intelligence, the house magazine for Julia Hobsbawm’s EI consultancy on the comment media. We have a particular expertise in working with the Comment media because Jack was Comment Editor at The Independent newspaper and wrote regular columns on social policy…
We’ve been at the forefront of new thinking about how to encourage maximum involvement of fathers for the benefit of their children’s development. Jack O’Sullivan launch-edited the first men’s consumer magazine for fathers, entitled ‘Dad’. The design was novel, the first such magazine that took its…
Tackling healthcare inequalities related to race We developed the first web-site for the NHS focussing specifically race and health www.raceforhealth.org Inequalities in health outcomes are most pronounced around race and ethnicity, having a huge impact on conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, certain cancers and mental health. Race…
New blogs translating vital academic research into public discussion We’re developing new ways for policy makers and opinion formers to access the latest thinking on child and family welfare. In Summer 2014, we will be supporting launch of the new, web-based Child and Family Blog, an initiative developed by…
Understanding why gender is important in improving health Jack O’Sullivan put together ‘Improving the Health of Women and Men’, a guide to the evidence and policy options for focussing on gender in improving health care. It has been very important to look at the very many different ways that…
Getting the right infrastructure in the right place at the right price We have supported communications at Community Health Partnerships, which has coordinated the Government’s programme to develop improved primary healthcare facilities over the last 15 years. We worked on a number of aspects of communications, in particular putting…
Looking at how evidence and policy interact and the relationship can be improved. How can links be improved between evidence and policy? We’ve been helping two Department of Health Policy Research Units, in particular the Policy Innovation Research Unit, developing its website and blogs. It’s focussed on issues…