Really enjoyed catching up with Andrew Laird of Mutual Ventures for his RadRefPod - we talked about the role of social investment in public services: risk appetite, innovation, local govt partnerships & more Episode here: radical-reformers.com/episodes/nick-… #socinv #socent #localgov #impinv

1/2 Which public sector body has most impact on the wider determinants of population health and should lead health and care "places"? It’s not the hospital. It's the council. I wrote an article for The MJ themj.co.uk/The-peoples-ch… Chris Naylor @jesstud.bsky.social @Ian_C_Thomas

2/2 The primary outcome sought by any place should be to keep people away from the NHS in the first place. Councils are much better placed to lead on shared outcomes for a place. Joanne Roney CBE Dominic Campbell Simon Kaye Charlotte Pickles ✨ Donna Hall ✨

Our podcast host Andrew Laird has been asked By Baroness Philippa Stroud to be a Commissioner on the newly launched #PovertyStrategyCommission - see more below.