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Health and social care are constantly evolving, and no single organisation has all the answers.
By working alongside our clients on some of the toughest challenges, we’ve gained unique insights into what really drives meaningful change.
This space brings together our latest thinking: practical ideas, real examples, and proven approaches that are already delivering impact across the sectors.
Here you’ll find articles written by our consultants and partners, sharing perspectives that might help as you navigate similar challenges.
If you’d like to explore any of these ideas further, we’d love to talk.
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Enterprise Architecture. The most useful, most valuable, tool in a leader’s belt.
In this article, we look at how that EA decision-making superpower is achieved through practical application of knowledge management and why EA becomes so important, especially at the top table.
From Local Government to consultancy: my journey in adult social care
Natasha Pow recently joined Channel 3 after an illustrious career in local government. Here she tells us her journey and what inspired her to make the move.
Why, and how, personalised care should be at the heart of the NHS 10-year plan
The Government is developing a new 10-year plan for the NHS in England to ‘build a health service fit for the future’.
in 19 ideas, Joe Fraser and Josh Hutchison set out the steps needed to put personalised care at the heart of those changes.
Personalised care: beyond rhetoric
For too long, personalised care has been seen as just a linguistic flourish in policy. But embracing it offers a way to reduce waiting lists, improve hospital discharge and curb avoidable admissions, says Joe Fraser and Josh Hutchison
Personalising care offers hope for the whole system
By industrialising our healthcare system to manage soaring demand we’re losing sight of its primary purpose – to care for people as individuals. Personalised care provides a powerful mechanism to get it back on track, say Joe Fraser and Josh Hutchison
Short term support: embracing digital to empower independence
In this piece, we focus on short term support — how digital solutions can improve the quality and effectiveness of short-term support, driving better outcomes for people receiving it.
Unpaid carers: unlocking better outcomes with better tools
In this piece, we focus on unpaid carers – exploring how digital tools can be used to help our valuable unpaid carers live a good life, despite the everyday difficulties they face.
Rethinking the front door to adult social care
In this piece, we focus on the front door to adult social care – exploring how digital tools are enabling people, families, carers, and professionals to access the right information and support when they need it – at their first point of contact with social services.
Operations: unlocking better outcomes with better tools
In this article, we explore how systems can drive the shift from a reactive to a strategic commissioning model powered by key digital interventions - enabling more proactive, outcomes-driven approaches to meeting people's needs.
Commissioning: unlocking a data-led, digitally enabled future in adult social care
This article is part of our Digital Blueprint for Adult Social Care, a series exploring how technology and cultural change can come together transform services. In this article, we explore how systems can drive the shift from a reactive to a strategic commissioning model powered by key digital interventions - enabling more proactive, outcomes-driven approaches to meeting people's needs.
The Channel³ Consulting Digital Health Glossary
The world of health and care is full of abbreviations and acronyms, we’re here to help. We have put together an A to Z of terms to demystify the TLAs (three-letter acronyms).
Turning a health and social care digital blueprint into reality
How do we truly utilise the power of digital technology to transform health and social care? Channel 3’s Ralph Cook brought together adult social care and health leaders at the ADASS Spring Seminar to discuss the way ahead.
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