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Donna Hall

Donna Hall

Donna Hall CBE is chair of the New Local Government Network and Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Articles by Donna Hall

How to balance budgets while creating happiness

By Donna Hall | 28 November 2018

Most councils are struggling to balance their social care budgets, but Wigan MBC generated a smal...

Balancing demand is both a science and an art

By Donna Hall | 04 September 2018

Management of demand rejects the idea of cuts to achieve short-term aims, says Donna Hall.

Pushing for equality

By Donna Hall | 04 April 2018

Wigan MBC’s chief executive, Donna Hall, discusses her council’s positive gender pay gap.

Donna Hall: Let's bring back the Audit Commission

By Donna Hall | 28 March 2018

Donna Hall believes Northamptonshire CC’s situation and the changing nature of chief executives’ ...

The Deal makers

By Donna Hall | 14 June 2017

Donna Hall explains how a new strategy for Wigan MBC is laying the foundations to better manage d...

A ray of sunshine for Wigan

By Donna Hall | 14 May 2014

Actively engaging with the community has allowed Wigan MBC to economically solve many service pro...

Wigan and the art of building better self-reliance

By Donna Hall | 08 January 2014

Wigan Council has committed £2m of investment to deliver the authority’s non-statutory obligation...

Winning Wigan makes wonderful things happen

By Donna Hall | 29 May 2013

Donna Hall explains how a tide of goodwill and global recognition has come to the town of Wigan.

Leading by example

By Donna Hall | 27 March 2013

Donna Hall reflects on her first year as chief executive of Wigan MBC.

Building on academic success

By Donna Hall | 09 January 2013

Wigan MBC has developed a collaborative model for school improvement – and reaping its rewards, s...