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Leader’s guide: Leading good governance and assurance

This short guide aims to help new leaders and elected mayors to consider where to focus and what questions to ask as leaders of good governance and assurance. We hope that it may also be a useful reminder for more established leaders.

National Care Leaver Asks

National Care Leavers week provides a vital opportunity to acknowledge the success and achievements of care leavers, whilst also raising awareness of the ongoing challenges our young people face as they transition from care.

Integrated Community Teams: a data-driven approach to moving the dial

In March 2024, Caroline Williams, Director of Adult Social Services (DASS), and Alex Robertson, Managing Partner, Consortium24 LLP, working with system partners, presented their data-driven approach to coordinated proactive and preventative care, to the International Technology Enabled Care Conference in Birmingham. This approach is currently being implemented in Warrington.