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  • To fix social care the PM needs a vision rooted in real lives Boris Johnson’s long-awaited plan on social care may finally emerge this week. But as Julian McCrae explains, so far a solution has eluded the British political system. For the Prime Minister to succeed where others have failed he needs three things: answers

  • About Us 24.06.2021

    We’re a fully independent charity that gives people a say on what matters most to them. We can make our country stronger if we take on its problems together. How? By finding answers grounded in people’s real lives. We bring people together across the country with all their different views, knowledge and experience. To debate

  • What is the People’s Panel? Miriam Levin, Health and Care Programme Director, explains how the country’s online Community Conversations became the springboard for practical health and care changes. To deliver this phase we were delighted to be working in partnership with Involve and Democratic Society. This was an exciting moment. A wealth of personal experiences

  • Why is social care reform so difficult? Francis Elliott reviews previous attempts and asks – what if the starting point was asking how people experience social care in their day to day lives? Boris Johnson is expected to include measures to reform the social care system in England and Wales in the Queen’s Speech early

  • Fractious and fearful: Most Britons see other Brits who disagree on Covid as threat to country’s future Community spirit dwindles as nation battles through final stretch of full lockdown – Covid disagreements lead to suspicion of neighbours and fallouts over vaccine views Rifts over rules fuel mental health problems in majority of Brits, from anxiety

  • After nearly a year of living through a pandemic, how are people feeling? Covid disagreements over following the rules are making many across Britain fractious and fearful, according to our recent national survey At this moment in time, March 2020 feels a bit like looking back on one’s childhood. How innocent we were. How little

  • Want to share your thoughts on health and care in this country? Simply record yourself on your phone, fill in a few details below and upload your clip. Note: The upload file size limit is 128MB. Depending on the quality of your video recording, that’s approx. 2 minutes of filming time. Here are a few

  • Get involved 09.02.2021

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  • Want to share your experiences of health and care in this country? Fill in our short survey below. It should only take a few minutes. Your experiences, views and ideas will feed into practical and achievable plans for change, providing each of us with the health and care we need. So share your thoughts in

  • Are the US culture wars a glimpse into Britain’s future? Or can we find a way out? The images that came out of the US in early January rocked the western world. Only a few years ago it would have been impossible to think of this beacon of democracy teetering on the edge of collapse.   But it’s not only in

  • How we’ll get there Our five-step approach to improve health and care across the country Here’s a whistle-stop tour of how we’re bringing people together to improve health and care. Our approach has five steps: We’re here so you are heard Health and care is a national challenge that’s been gridlocked for decades. But with

  • Become a Community Conversation host What’s been your experience of health and care support? Become a Community Conversation host and help make things better. We’re looking for people across England, Scotland and Wales to host Community Conversations about health and care between January and May 2021. We’ve partnered with Just Ideas and WSA Community Consultants