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Blog Post
A look in the mirror? Can the “System Behaviours” be a useful mechanism to reflect on the health of a system?
Read moreWhat does a place look like when the different people and organisations in it work together effectively for people who experience severe and multiple disadvantage? How do people in that place behave to make a system that works? For over...
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Blog Post
A look back at the Lankelly Chase Power Inquiry
Read moreOver the past 18 months or so, Lankelly Chase has been trying to take a closer look at power. Trying and succeeding at points and failing at others - if there is one thing we’ve learned about power it’s that it’s slippery and elusive as a...
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Publication
Synergi, national priority setting paper
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Although there has been much discussion of how to address ethnic inequalities in the risk of severe mental illness and in pathways through care, this has rarely emphasised the views and experiences of ethnic minority people with lived...
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Blog Post
New Hard Edges report is shining a light on SMD
Read moreIn 2019, people in Scotland are seeking, and in some cases being advised, to commit crimes in order to get the support they need. Let that sink in for a minute. Of all the findings of Hard Edges Scotland, most of which do not make easy...
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News Story
Hard Edges Scotland
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Today, we are launching Hard Edges Scotland, a piece of research commissioned by ourselves and The Robertson Trust and authored by Heriot-Watt University. The research highlights the complexity of the lives of people facing multiple disadvantage...
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Publication
Hard Edges Scotland Summary Report
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This is the summary report for Hard Edges Scotland which has been commissioned by Lankelly Chase and The Robertson Trust and authored by Heriot-Watt University. The research highlights the complexity of the lives of people facing multiple...
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Publication
Hard Edges Scotland full report
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Hard Edges Scotland which has been commissioned by Lankelly Chase and The Robertson Trust and authored by Heriot-Watt University. The research highlights the complexity of the lives of people facing multiple disadvantage north of the border....
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Suzanne Fitzpatrick
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News Story
Using the law to address unfair systems
Read moreThe Public Law Project’s (PLP) collaborative approach to public law has featured in a case study of the landmark legal challenge to the personal independence payments scheme, a case that changed the assessment criteria for thousands of people...
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Publication
Using the law to address unfair systems: A case study of the Personal Independence Payments legal challenge
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The report seeks to address the following research questions: - Who was involved in the legal challenge and why? - What characterises their collaboration? - What systemic change can be described as arising from the case? In this case study data...