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Make empathy the priority
Ombudsman Tom Frawley explains how restoring trust in healthcare must involve genuine empathy and respect for patients. Courtesy, respect and…
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Realtime rostering
Skills for Health is helping the UK and Ireland’s health organisations to manage staff more effectively. Skills for Health is…
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Beyond TYC: the case for radical reform
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust Chief Executive Hugh McCaughey supports the principles of Transforming Your Care but has…
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Planning for the future
Clyde Shanks takes stock of the local development market and explains how the new planning system will require a culture…
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Counting down to the handover
DoE Permanent Secretary Leo O’Reilly has outlined the expected benefits of local government reform and how the department is preparing…
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New council powers
The ‘super-councils’ will assume a range of responsibilities, inheriting some from their predecessors and receiving other significant powers from central…
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Brave new world or a lawyer’s paradise?
Carson McDowell Partner Gary McGhee considers how councils’ interests may compete with the regional interest when powers are transferred. Planning…
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Planning in transition
SOLACE’s planning spokesman David McCammick expects significant change but is confident that the reform process will succeed. An entirely new…
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Council mergers create procurement challenges
New Councils need to be wary of avoiding procurement headaches during the merger process. Edward Quigg, Director with Quigg Golden…
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Local government reform: making the transition
eircom Business Solutions NI hosted a round table discussion on the transition to the 11 new local councils and the…
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