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Welcome to the Electoral Reform Services blog and our first post!
Blogging, as well as a social media presence in general, has been an issue we have given a lot of consideration to here at The Election Centre. One of the main concerns is how appropriate it is for ERS...
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A NEW ERA FOR THE NHS: Making sense of the landscape
On April 1st 2013 the newly re-structured NHS went online. What does this new landscape for healthcare look like at a local level and where does democracy fit in? A good resource is the Department of...
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A NEW ERA FOR THE NHS: Clinical Commissioning Groups
The new Health and Social Care Act went live on April 1st 2013. In this post we will be looking at how democracy plays a part in healthcare budgets under the new system, specifically for Clinical...
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A NEW ERA FOR THE NHS: Healthwatch
This week’s blog continues to look at the NHS landscape now that the new Health and Social Care Act has gone live. In this article we examine the provision for the general public and patients to get...
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A NEW ERA FOR THE NHS: Health and Wellbeing Boards
Another set of new bodies created as a result of the Health and Social Care Act are the Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), not to be confused with Heathwatch. There are 152 HWBs across the country...
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A NEW ERA FOR THE NHS: Foundation Trust Hospitals
To conclude our posts on the changing NHS landscape, today we are looking at Foundation Trust (FT) Hospitals. At Electoral Reform Services we take a holistic view of delivering democracy, and we have a...
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS
With County Council elections and a smaller number of Mayoral elections taking place across the country this month, it seems opportune to discuss how the ERS group fits in with local government...
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Individual Elector Registration
Election management is our core business at ERS. This is a service we provide for a diverse range of clients and we independently administer over 2000 projects a year! The Election Acts of 2001 and...
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Paperless Governance
Historically, paper has been a huge part of our business at Electoral Reform Services – indeed it still is! However with all the technology available in 2013, a significant and growing part of our work...
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT: General elections 2015
As the UK’s leading independent ballot supervisor and expert, Electoral Reform Services fulfils a major role in UK governmental elections and this will also be true of the forthcoming general election...
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MEMBERSHIP ORGANISATIONS: Digital governance and communication
How do you get your news in the morning? Do you listen to the radio, pick up a newspaper or rely on friends to keep you informed? For a growing number of people, the most convenient way to access news...
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MEMBERSHIP ORGANISATIONS: Appeal Management
Electoral Reform Services works with many membership organisations, including charities, professional bodies and associations, trade unions and political parties to manage their appeals and donations...
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MEMBERSHIP ORGANISATIONS: Membership profiling
Taking a holistic view of democracy is important to us at Electoral Reform Services and we have close working relationships with a variety of regulatory bodies across different sectors. We also work...
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COMMUNITY REFERENDUMS
As well as Government elections there are times when a single issue will require the public’s opinion in the form of a ballot or referendum. The Government’s Localism Act 2011 sought to give more...
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DATA SECURITY: The move to open data
Data security and open data are topics which have recently received a lot of media attention. Working with personal data is something we do every day at Electoral Reform Services and data security is...
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EMPLOYEE INTERVIEW: Ian Robinson on mail and sailing
This week we are introducing the first in a series of interviews with key employees which aim to give insight into some of the expertise and experience we have here at Electoral Reform Services. By...
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ELECTION TURNOUT: Younger voters
This week, we are taking a closer look at a subject we touched on in our recent article about UK General Elections; younger voters. Increasing political engagement is an important part of our work to...
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EMPLOYEE INTERVIEW: Jenny Bradley on growing the ERS group and going to the...
Can you tell us a bit about your background and what ERS was like when you joined in 1994? Before ERS I trained as a chartered accountant with Coopers & Lybrand, I spent a year working for them in...
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TRADE UNIONS: A long history
With the Trades Union Congress Conference approaching, this article looks at the long history shared by Electoral Reform Services (ERS) and trade unions. Beginnings of Electoral Reform Services...
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