public services

Redefining Public Service Delivery – the Scope for AI to Transform Outcomes in NI

Soapbox on October 30, 2025, 8:00 am

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Jodie Carson is a Professor of Strategic Policy in Practice at Ulster University After a brief reprieve resulting from stabilisation funding, internal NICS efficiency drives and a fairly generous recent UK Budget allocation, Northern Ireland’s public finances are once again on an unsustainable footing with some £800m in-year spending over-commitment. This is largely attributable to overcommitments within the Departments for Health and Education, but has wide-reaching implications for the Executive as a whole. It is highly unlikely that monitoring rounds …

Northern Ireland must rethink how public services are delivered to overcome the challenges ahead

David McCann on October 17, 2018, 11:45 am

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The annual State of the State report has been released by Deloitte with some fascinating observations about the challenges facing a potential future Executive in Northern Ireland. On the lack of an Executive; The lack of an Assembly and Executive means that decisions have not been made on reform and transformation of public services, on economic and social policies or on major planning decisions since early 2017. In that time, ambitious health reforms have slowed, the economic gap between Northern …