NHS Innovation Event, with Professor Tony Young: National Clinical Director of Innovation and NHS England

With the recent release of the NHS long term plan, this was a timely talk on the essential role that technology plays in ensuring that the NHS can sustain a world leading service that is patient centred. Professor Young made it clear that the NHS does not just seek to benefit from new technology that …

Talk: NHS – Past, Present & Future

For our March event, we were joined by Dr. Michael Gregory, Regional Clinical Director for Specialised Commissioning at NHS England. Dr. Gregory took us through the history if the NHS (providing us with lots of previously unknown facts), spoke about how clinical commissioning decisions are made, and also about the new long-term plan for the …

Talk: Emergency Planning & Disaster Recovery in the Public Sector

Tuesday, 23rd January saw our first speaker event of 2019! The Public Bubble was lucky enough to host Dr. Lucy Easthope, a Senior Fellow at the Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College and the Chair of the UK Emergency Planning Society’s Education Committee. Dr. Easthope spoke about her experiences in the sector, including her work with …

Talk: Social Progress Index – moving beyond GDP

The Public Bubble recently hosted a talk by Michael Green at Westminster City Council (Monday, 26th November 2018). The topic of the talk was 'Social Progress Index: moving beyond GDP'. Michael discussed the history of how we measure the success of society and the importance of GDP for this. The Social Progress Index, created in …

Policy Café: Austerity

The Public Bubble recently hosted a Policy Café on the impact of austerity on the Public Sector, at Whitehall’s ‘Silver Cross’ (Thursday, 26th April 2018). There was a great turnout at the event, with attendees coming from a variety of backgrounds, including the Civil Service and Fast Stream, the NGDP, a number of Local Authorities …

The Public Sector in the Digital Age

We hear a lot about how data and technology are revolutionising the way we deliver public services. What is less clear is what this means in practice, how it impacts our day-to-day work, and how policy-makers at the start of their careers should be incorporating this potential into their approach. Our speakers included: ● Rakesh …

Back by popular demand, The Public Bubble Pub Quiz; this time with a twist!

“This year will see the release of Justice League, starring Ben Affleck as Batman. Name the preceding 6 actors who have portrayed Batman on the big screen? Bonus point if you can name them in order”. When this question rang around the hallowed Silver Cross pub, there was an acknowledgement that the questions might be …

Diversity in the Public Sector

As public servants serving and representing people at all levels, improving diversity needs to be at the top of our agenda. Diverse organisations perform more effectively, having better approaches to decision making and reducing the likelihood of groupthink. How can we increase representation within all areas of the public sector, creating accepting cultures that enable …

Policy in the pub

Just what exactly does the election result mean for you? This was the key question that graduates and young professionals from the NHS, Civil Service and Local Government (among others) tried to figure out last Tuesday in our Policy Café event at the Silver Cross Pub. With a minority government in power, trying to work …

All Quizzed Up!

As the days get longer and the weather gets warmer there’s no better way to escape rush hour on the Tube than a Public Bubble Pub Quiz! Last week our new committee hosted their first event welcoming public sector graduates for a night of picture rounds, dingbats, nostalgia for 2016 and some food and drinks. …