Democracy matters, but how?
The launch of the Democracy Matters report on Citizens’ Assemblies in Sheffield and Southampton gives us an opportunity to tease out the different understandings of why ‘participation’ matters.
Deliberation
Designing the NHS Citizens Assembly
This post is a response to Sonia Bussu’s recent blog outlining two potential models for the NHS Citizens’ Assembly; the first a deliberative polling approach to informing the overall strategic direction of the NHS; the second, a collaborative problem-solving approach between the Board and citizens.
Reflections on the NHS Citizen Process
These are some of my reflections on trying to create a participatory process to involve people in the NHS England’s policy formation called “NHS Citizen”. The thoughts are based on observing an open design meeting held in Bristol on 22-23 October 2013.