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Booklet aims to help new Healthwatch bodies and health and wellbeing boards to collaborate on NHS service delivery The Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS) and the Local Government Association (LGA) have published a practical e-guide to help new independent health watchdogs collaborate on reform. Practical measures are set out for how councils' health scrutiny committees can work with new health and wellbeing boards and Local Healthwatch , which will represent the views of the public and people who use services on the new health and wellbeing boards set up by local authorities. Local Healthwatch...

Singing the praises of the NHS overseas can only be positive In showcasing Great Ormond Street hospital during the Olympics opening ceremony, Danny Boyle recognised that we have a National Health Service to be proud of. Great Ormond Street hospital, GOSH to its friends, is a global brand – without doubt one of the most famous children's hospitals in the world, and one with a reputation for quality and innovation, delivering services that are unique in the UK. We have other similar brands - the Royal Marsden, Moorfields and other specialist hospitals – as well as academic health science centres...

What the UK could learn from a specialist centre of clinical excellence offering sight-restoring cataract operations In July, the Institute for Fiscal Studies published public spending projections for 2021-22, which show that the health budget is likely to grow significantly over the next decade. Tiny increases in spending will not keep pace with demand, which means that we need to focus on getting more bang for our buck; or a lot more for a lot less. Disruptive healthcare innovations can turbo-boost the quality, safety and efficiency of care. Many of the most exciting models are coming from emerging...

Something for everyone in new book on the challenges and opportunities of co-production Co-production, where public services professionals work together with citizens and communities to improve outcomes, is already inherent in all public services. But it's often not properly recognised nor properly managed. Now, Governance International and the Local Government Information Unit have produced an overview of public service co-production in health and social care; what it is, why it is necessary and how to do it. The idea arose from an intense conversation with David Taylor-Gooby, whom I first...

The capital's hospitals have been under review since 2007. A decision can't be put off any longer, writes John Appleby London has been a major medical centre for centuries; it is home to one of the oldest hospitals in the world (St Bartholomew's) and the tallest all-hospital tower in the world (Guy's and St Thomas's). But how many hospitals it should have, what they do and where they should be located has proved a thorny issue since Victorian times, when a committee of the House of Lords first concluded that hospital services should be reorganised. In many ways, the distribution...