by John-Paul Crofton | Apr 9, 2025 | NHS, Change Management, Community, Community & Social Challenges, Health and Wellbeing, Public Services Innovation, Social Innovation, Uncategorized
As the NHS undergoes its latest round of reform, what shape will the new NHS look like? Piecing together the evidence the new design of the NHS seems to be coming into view. I’ve call it the Layered Tree Model. What is it? How might it work? What might its...
by John-Paul Crofton | Mar 30, 2025 | Community & Social Challenges, Community, Health and Wellbeing, NHS, Public Services Innovation, Social Change, Social Impact, Social Innovation
The Neighbourhood Health Service represents a vital shift toward local, integrated, and preventative healthcare. With the goal to deliver care directly within communities, it promises a future where health services are not only more accessible, but more personalised...
by John-Paul Crofton | Mar 24, 2025 | Budgeting, Change Management, Community & Social Challenges, Cost of living, Health and Wellbeing, Leadership & Decision Making, Measurement, NHS, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Public Services Innovation, Social Change, Social Impact, Social Innovation
As we try and create a positive social impact through people and communities, why are we continuously fighting and undermined by the decisions by our governments and organisations that don’t value people? Modern Accounting Standards Values People as...
by John-Paul Crofton | Mar 21, 2025 | Budgeting, Community & Social Challenges, Cost of living, Health and Wellbeing, NHS, Public Services Innovation, Social Change, Social Impact, Social Innovation
The UK is facing a welfare crisis as ever more people claim benefits as they are unemployed and too sick to work. The NHS has a central role to play in creating social impact and unleashing their potential and building a new future for our society. Millions Are Too...
by John-Paul Crofton | Mar 8, 2025 | Measurement, Community & Social Challenges, Engagement, Health and Wellbeing, Leadership & Decision Making, Learning, Motivation, NHS, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Public Services Innovation, Purpose & Wellbeing, Social Impact, Social Innovation
Healthcare is driven by measurement; tracking performance, improving efficiency, and meeting targets. But in our obsession with data, are we losing sight of what really matters? When clinicians spend more time filling out forms than listening to patients, we risk...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jan 21, 2025 | Leadership & Decision Making, Change Management, Community & Social Challenges, Fundamentals, Health and Wellbeing, NHS, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Public Services Innovation, Purpose & Wellbeing, Social Change, Social Impact, Social Innovation
Defining the problem is usually the very first step in most public sector projects and initiatives. However, starting by creating a fixed definition of the problem often leads the work to failure. Why? Because this approach limits decision making thinking agency and...
