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Mark Rogers

Mark Rogers

Mark Rogers is chief executive of Birmingham City Council and chair of SOLACE

Articles by Mark Rogers

There's no place like home

By Mark Rogers | 14 February 2017

Mark Rogers welcomes the housing white paper but hopes it will be bold enough to support the wide...

Reimagining health and social care

By Mark Rogers | 10 January 2017

Prevention, innovation and integration have been touted as the route to relieving social care pre...

The road to recovery

By Mark Rogers | 29 November 2016

The recent Ofsted report into Birmingham City Council’s children’s services may have highlighted ...

Shaping the Autumn Statement wishlist

By Mark Rogers | 26 October 2016

Mark Rogers explains what the chancellor needs to deliver for local government in next month's Au...

Second-hand daylight

By Mark Rogers | 05 October 2016

Mark Rogers reflects on his busy three years as SOLACE president and passes on some crucial lesso...

Curing the health crisis

By Mark Rogers | 21 September 2016

Mark Rogers makes his plea to Government over the future of STPs and the role social care must p...

Stick your input in, your output out

By Mark Rogers | 17 August 2016

Birmingham City Council's chief executive Mark Rogers says local government can learn from Half M...

Tale as old as time

By Mark Rogers | 20 July 2016

The referendum shows we need something new from our leaders and storytelling could be crucial to ...

Up the hill backwards

By Mark Rogers | 21 June 2016

Mark Rogers says local government must now focus on prevention, help and independence for citizen...

A journey of progress

By Mark Rogers | 02 June 2016

Following the announcement that control of Birmingham’s children’s services could be transferred ...