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HICM: Case studies

These case studies show how local systems are putting the High Impact Change Model into practice to improve intermediate care, strengthen partnership working and support people to recover, regain independence and return home safely.

Transformation capabilities: Data intelligence

Data needs to be used effectively to inform and prioritise transformation activity, to track progress and to provide service, customer and organisational insights that drive and enable evidence-based change.

Top tips for chief executives

The role of the chief executive in ensuring good governance and assurance practice is paramount. These top tips are designed to support chief executives to keep at ‘front of mind’ the key elements of good governance and assurance.

Challenge 1: Newcastle City Council

It’s January 2024, and the return of the LGA’s officer leadership development programme and annual competition, the Local Government Challenge. For challenge one, our cohort of 10 officers, participating from councils all over the country, headed to Newcastle City Council in the North East.

Discharge to recover and then assess

John Bolton is a former director of social services and a former strategic finance director at the Department of Health. For the past decade, John has worked as an independent consultant with health and care systems across the United Kingdom on effective and efficient use of resources, including the most cost-effective way of managing the discharge of older people from hospital. He has been working with the Better Care Fund Support Programme to deliver improvement support to systems.