Welcome to the first issue of I.V. - our commentary on healthcare issues and opinion from Courtyard Group.  Our company is international and in each issue we will try to inject our local and international experiences in the context of the healthcare system in England.

Each issue will contain a range of articles, accessible from our website, related to a general theme.  This issue is about healthcare in community services.  The articles range from policy to people, process and technology perspectives, but are each examples of transformation challenges in healthcare.

Marcel Proust wrote “The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes”.  Transformation need not be a new journey, just a different perspective on the one you are already on.

I hope you find something here that changes your perspective.

Andrew Hartshorn,
Managing Director, UK
February 2008