The recent Budget has provided the financial road map for public services over the coming Parliament. We know there is an inherent tension between the fiscal envelope and the dire state of public services. We also know that funding alone, albeit much needed, will not improve outcomes. Thought must now turn to how public services can be improved and how outcomes can be transformed after a decade of challenges, be that rising demand or increased complexity. What can be an approach for the current challenges we face?

We now have the opportunity to leave the mantra of choice and competition behind and to embrace both partnership and prevention as the roadmap of public service reform