LGA– Digital Care Technology Support

The LGA commissioned Rethink Partners to develop and deliver a Care Technology Support Programme for councils from January to March 2021. The aim is to deliver a series of connected interventions that together will create momentum and shift participating people and organisations into a new way of thinking about care technology, and with the tools, capability and mindset to deliver an ambitious agenda. We have produced a suite of tools and resources as part of the programme – to open up, share learning, and myth bust.

Getting out the good biscuits: building trust and engagement to implement culture change
Whether it’s your users, partners or team you want to help bond, there are a few tricks – and some massive rewards – to bringing

Goodbye HAL, hello Ellen Ripley
Hollywood has fed our anxieties around AI for years, but as social care steps into sci-fi territory it’s time to share some new stories, says

When two tribes go to work
LGA & Rethink Partners Digital Care Technology Resource Centre When two tribes go to war work Covid has lowered barriers to tech adoption, but the

“Everyone has the fear they ought to know more”
LGA & Rethink Partners Digital Care Technology Resource Centre Want to implement real culture change in your organisation’s approach to digital? It’s time for an

“We built our own care journalling app”
LGA & Rethink Partners Digital Care Technology Resource Centre When digital strategist Claire Shuter spotted care potential in an education tool she moved fast to

Starting A Movement: A Whole System Approach to Care Technology Culture Change
LGA & Rethink Partners Digital Care Technology Resource Centre Culture Change is something that takes a lot of work to implement in an organisation, but

Collaborating on Care Technology: A guide to partnership working
LGA & Rethink Partners Digital Care Technology Resource Centre This may seem obvious, but developing successful partnerships takes time and effort so being clear why

Be more Monet: lessons in creativity for care commissioners
LGA & Rethink Partners Digital Care Technology Resource Centre Innovations that put users at their core should be our norm, but achieving this isn’t easy.

Nesta Prototyping Framework
LGA & Rethink Partners Digital Care Technology Resource Centre The prototyping process outlined in this document was developed through the Prototype Barnet project which used

Introducing New Operating Models for Local Government
LGA & Rethink Partners Digital Care Technology Resource Centre ‘Introducing New Operating Models for Local Government’ is the first part of the New Operating Models