Tag Archives: Social Productivity

Why society is good for your health

2020PSH’s Ben Lucas argues for a greater role for communities and the third sector in Scotland’s public service reform agenda.

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Roundtable – Business, Society and Public Services: a Social Productivity Framework, with Rt Hon Francis Maude. 10 May 2012

Business, Society and Public Services: a Social Productivity Framework Thursday 10th May 2012, 12.15 (for a 12.30 start) – 2.00pm The RSA, 8 John Adam Street, WC2N 6EZ This expert roundtable will mark the launch of the new 2020 Public …

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Summary – Individuals, society and services: a collaborative future for social care?

On the 19th of April, the 2020 Public Services Hub at the RSA organised an expert roundtable to launch new papers on social care authored by Alex Fox and Dr Craig Berry. The roundtable brought together a range of stakeholders and …

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Long term care for older people, social productivity and the ‘big society’: The case of dementia

Europe is getting older. Getting our heads around the unprecedented financial, social and demographic implications is a major challenge. The question of how we fund long-term social care has been partly opened up by the Dilnot Commission. Yet the questions …

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Personalisation: lessons from social care

The twin challenges of quality and funding loom large over the adult social care sector. Age UK has argued that the future sustainability of long term care will require a rise in public spending from 0.5% to 0.9% of GDP: …

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Video – Terry A’hearn and Mathis Wackernagel discuss ecological-economic issues following 2020PSH roundtable

Terry A’hearn (Global Director at WSP) and Mathis Wackernagel (CEO of Global Footprint Network and inventor of the Ecological Footprint tool) discuss environmental economics and regulation following an expert roundtable hosted by 2020PSH. Terry and Mathis argue that we shouldn’t only focus …

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Roundtable – How can we put sustainability at the centre of debates around debt and recovery?, 23rd March 2012, 1.30pm

Invitation only event. Recent months have seen growing tensions between arguments for economic growth on the one hand, and sustainability – including energy, carbon and water reduction – on the other. 2020PSH at the RSA is delighted to invite you …

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Widening the Lens: What can the UK learn from public service reform in the developing world?

In this report, produced in partnership with the Public Services Academy (PSA), University of Sheffield and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), we look at the imperative of public service innovation by widening our analytical lens beyond the borders of the ‘developed’ world and learning …

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Sunderland’s Community Leadership Programme: A social productivity analysis

In this report we evaluate Sunderland City Council’s Community Leadership Programme, which is a key strand of the city’s ‘Sunderland Way of Working’. 2020 Public Services Hub at the RSA has long argued for a new social settlement based on …

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Roundtable – Government’s plan for open data, digital infrastructure and the knowledge economy, 15 Dec 2011, 10.30am

Speakers: Rt Hon Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office; Professor Nigel Shadbolt, Southampton University (co-director of the new Open Data Institute) and Tim Kelsey, Senior Adviser, Transparency and Open Data, Cabinet Office. Invitation only, high level roundtable discussion with  …

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