PDF Article Archive
September 2006 - Just for starters
Small grants and bags of energy - those are the secrets of success in the west country. Read this account of how the Sparkplug Programme is helping get to grips with crime and disorder problems.
New Start magazine, September 22nd 2006
December 2005 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship: an unholy alliance?
Self-confidence, creativity and a sense of urgency are not characteristics normally associated with public sector workers. But these are the entrepreneurial traits that must be encouraged if public services are to undergo dramatic demanded improvements. Read
December 2005 - to be published January 2006
Written by Peter Mason
To be published in Public Sector Leadership Journal
November 2005 - Condition of prisoner care in question
Being locked up in prison is bad for mental health and likely to exacerbate pre-exisitng conditions, according to Peter Mason, of the Centre for Public Innovation... Read
November 2005
Public Agenda
Published in the Times
November 2005 - Inside Job
With 80 per cent pf prisoners suffering mental health problems, PCTs are facing an enormous task when they take on prison health services in April next year. Emma Forrest looks at how specialist teams are preparing for the task ahead, with an interview of Peter Mason. Read
November 2005
Written by Emma Forrest
Published by Health Service Journal
March 2004 - What's New Stateside
A specially-selected group of professionals with a keen interest in developing new and better practices in UK prison health regimes spent a week in January visiting a variety of facilities in and around New York State. Read
Spring 2004
Written by study tour group
Published by the Centre for Public Innovation
September/October 2003 - Building for the Future
Concerns about capacity building within drug services mirror those across the whol NHS. But, argues Peter Mason, the realsity of recruitment difficultied opens the way for more creative thinking. Read
Autumn 2003
Written by Peter Mason
Published by Druglink Magazine, volume 18, issue 5
October 2003 - Innovation Leads the Way in the South East
CPI has been working closely with the South East Prison Health Development Team over the last two years to develop the links between Prison Healthcare Centres and their local Primary Care Trusts. CPI's innovation methodology has brought about lasting effects and great results. Read
Autumn 2003
Written by Peter Mason, David Sheehan and Laura Hollis-Ryan
Published in the Prison Health Newsletter, issue 13
