Mark Conrad
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Comparative Outcomes of TCAR Versus TFCAS and CEA After the CMS NCD 20.7 Redetermination
Since its approval for high-surgical-risk (HSR) patients in 2004, transfemoral carotid artery stenting (TFCAS) utilization has slowly increased.1 However, conflicting trial data and retrospective analyses suggested that TFCAS was associated with a prolonged learning curve and relatively high stroke risk.2-6 It was surpassed by transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) in centers participating in the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Quality Initiative Transcarotid Surveillance...
Morgan Lewis Advises Pantheon on $3.2 Billion Co-Investment Fund
LONDON, August 12, 2026: Morgan Lewis advised Pantheon, a private markets investor, on the successful final closing of Pantheon Global Co-Investment Opportunities Fund VI (PGCO VI) and related vehicles, at $3.2 billion. This fund represents Pantheon’s largest co-investment program to date. PGCO VI will invest across the non-bank financials, industrials and business services, and technology sectors.
David Hencke: The Journalist Who Made Us All Better
If you bumped into David Hencke in Westminster, there was a fair chance you’d end up disappearing into a nearby café or pub for an hour. Officially, we’d be discussing the latest political developments after some worthy – but sometimes dull – parliamentary committee. In reality, we’d be talking about journalism. Stories, Westminster gossip worth pursuing, and how to use the worthy material to get closer to the truth.
Bypass Versus Endovascular Therapy In Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia With Tissue Loss Requiring Infra-popliteal Interventions
Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia (CLTI) involving the crural arteries is clinically and anatomically challenging. The BASIL-2 trial and a subgroup analysis of the BEST-CLI trial examined the efficacy of endovascular therapy (EVT) versus surgical bypass among this cohort, but arrived at opposing conclusions. This study aimed to compare EVT and surgical bypass among patients with CLTI and tissue loss requiring infra-popliteal interventions.
The Impact of Follow-Up on Mortality in Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia
Keywords chronic limb-threatening ischemia bypass endovascular therapy follow-up surveillance Get full text access Log in, subscribe or purchase for full access. 6. REFERENCES 1. Fowkes, F.G.R. ∙ Rudan, D. ∙ Rudan, I. ... Comparison of global estimates of prevalence and risk factors for peripheral artery disease in 2000 and 2010: a systematic review and analysis Lancet. 2013; 382:1329-1340 2. Allison, M.A. ∙ Armstrong, D.G. ∙ Goodney, P.P. ...
Pancreaticoduodenal Artery Aneurysm in a Patient with Celiac Artery Atresia
Keywords aneurysm visceral artery aneurysm gastroduodenal artery pancreaticoduodenal arcade Get full text access Log in, subscribe or purchase for full access. 5. REFERENCES 1. Barrionuevo, P. ∙ Malas, M.B. ∙ Nejim, B. ... A systematic review and meta-analysis of the management of visceral artery aneurysms J Vasc Surg. 2020; 72:40S-45S 2. Saltzberg, S.S. ∙ Maldonado, T.S. ∙ Lamparello, P.J. ... Is endovascular therapy the preferred treatment for all visceral artery aneurysms? Ann Vasc Surg.
Hackney clashes with regulator over cyber attack
DIGITAL Hackney clashes with regulator over cyber attack Hackney LBC has dismissed a finding that it breached data protection law before records were lost in a cyber attack. By Ellie Ames | 18 July 2024 SHARE © Thitichaya Yajampa/www.shutterstock.com Hackney LBC has dismissed a finding that it breached data protection law before records were lost in a cyber attack.
Waiting lists, prevention and mental health top health agenda
Reducing waiting times, prevention and improving mental health provision topped Labour's agenda in today's King's Speech but there were no social care reforms. Legislation included increasing the age for which people can buy cigarettes and limiting the sale of vapes as well as restrictions on junk food advertising to children and the sale of high caffeine energy drinks. The Government promised to ‘reduce the waiting times, focus on prevention and improve mental health provision for young people'.
Local leaders can take control of bus services
TRANSPORT King's Speech: Local leaders can take control of bus services The King has confirmed the new Government will bring forward legislation to bring bus services more closely under public control. By Chris Ames | 17 July 2024 SHARE Bus in Darlington (c) Hazel Plater-Shutterstock.com The King has confirmed the new Government will bring forward legislation to bring bus services more closely under public control.
Highway leaders warn of 'roadwork gridlock'
HIGHWAYS Highway leaders warn of 'roadwork gridlock' Nearly two out of three local highway authority (LHA) leaders believe we are headed for a road and street work crisis by 2030, research has revealed. By William Eichler | 15 July 2024 SHARE Roadworks in the Yorkshire Dales (c) Andy Pritchard/Shutterstock Nearly two out of three local highway authority (LHA) leaders believe we are headed for a road and street work crisis by 2030, research has revealed.
Council housing landlords warn of £2.2bn 'black hole'
Twenty of England’s largest local authority landlords have warned that the council housing financial model is ‘unsustainable’ with councils’ housing budgets facing a £2.2bn ‘black hole’. © Clare Louise Jackson / Shutterstock.com Twenty of England's largest local authority landlords have warned that the council housing financial model is ‘unsustainable' with councils' housing budgets facing a £2.2bn ‘black hole'.
West Yorkshire mayor unveils plans to deliver 38,000 homes
HOUSING West Yorkshire mayor unveils plans to deliver 38,000 homes West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin has unveiled plans to deliver more than 38,000 homes across the region over the next 15 years. By William Eichler | 11 July 2024 SHARE © Janis Abolins / Shutterstock.com West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin has unveiled plans to deliver more than 38,000 homes across the region over the next 15 years.
Solace presses for multi-year settlements
FINANCE Solace presses for multi-year settlements Multi-year finance settlements are ‘far and away the biggest thing’ the new government could do to stabilise councils and boost communities, senior managers have reported. By Mark Conrad | 11 July 2024 SHARE Multi-year finance settlements are ‘far and away the biggest thing' the new government could do to stabilise councils and boost communities, senior managers have reported.
Mayors call for a 'decade of devolution'
England's metro mayors this week demanded a ‘decade of devolution' – including roll-out of multi-year single funding pots – if the Labour government is to deliver its key missions. The MJ has seen briefing notes prepared by the twelve regional mayors ahead of their meeting with new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his deputy, Angela Rayner, on 9 July.
Tewkesbury consultation extended
Tewkesbury BC has extended a consultation on its planned name change to North Gloucestershire BC, giving residents until the end of July to respond. Due to restrictions placed on the council before the general election, officials were prevented from actively consulting. As a result, the consultation will now run until Wednesday 31 July. Visit The MJ (£) to read more.
Tewkesbury consultation extended
COMMUNICATIONS Tewkesbury consultation extended Tewkesbury BC has extended a consultation on its planned name change to North Gloucestershire BC, giving residents until the end of July to respond. By Mark Conrad | 09 July 2024 SHARE Tewkesbury BC has extended a consultation on its planned name change to North Gloucestershire BC, giving residents until the end of July to respond.
Bev Craig to lead LGA Labour group
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION Bev Craig to lead LGA Labour group Manchester City Council leader, Cllr Bev Craig, has been confirmed as the new leader of the Labour group at the Local Government Association (LGA). By Mark Conrad | 08 July 2024 SHARE Manchester City Council leader, Cllr Bev Craig, has been confirmed as the new leader of the Labour group at the Local Government Association (LGA). The LGA's Labour team made the expected announcement on 8 July.
Department ditches 'levelling up' moniker
Prime minister Keir Starmer has ditched Whitehall's 'levelling up' department and re-named it with immediate effect – signalling an end to the controversial brand. The MJ understands that, from today (8 July), the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has been re-named as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). Visit The MJ (£) to read more.
High Court judge in trees ruling | LocalGov
Councils and developers relying on planning permission exemptions to preservation orders cannot automatically cut down protected trees, the High Court has ruled. Deputy High Court judge Dan Kolinsky ruled this week following a hotly-contested case between protesters and North Northamptonshire Council, sparked by a contractor chopping down 16 lime trees protected by a preservation order. Visit The MJ (£) to read more.
Council staff 'live in fear of abuse, assault or worse' - APSE study Original
By Mark Conrad | 03 June 2024 Council staff and members often live ‘in fear of abuse, assault or worse,’ experts have warned. A study by the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) - a network of more than 250 councils across the UK - published today revealed that more than four out of five councillors had experienced intimidation and harassment towards members, officers or other staff from the public.
Ministers urged to reform Gift Aid
A study by New Philanthropy Capital (NPC), published today, urged ministers to reform Gift Aid and other charity-related financial systems. Receive The MJ magazine each week and gain access to all the content on this website with a subscription. Full website content includes additional, exclusive commentary and analysis on the issues affecting local government. Already a subscriber? Login
High Court judge in trees ruling
By Mark Conrad | 31 May 2024 Councils and developers relying on planning permission exemptions to preservation orders cannot automatically cut down protected trees, the High Court has ruled. Deputy High Court judge Dan Kolinsky ruled this week following a hotly-contested case between protesters and North Northamptonshire Council, sparked by a contractor chopping down 16 lime trees protected by a preservation order.
Government digs in over asylum housing target
The Home Office has doubled down on council concerns over asylum targets and insisted its Full Dispersal policy can ‘strike a balance between equity and housing availability’. Last week The MJ revealed councils had been asked to identify a further 100,000 bed spaces for potential asylum seekers this year – part of the Full Dispersal plan to ensure all UK regions take their fair share of claimants. Visit The MJ (£) to read more.
Government digs in over asylum housing target
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EXCLUSIVE: Tower Hamlets Best Value Inspection extended
The Best Value Inspection (BVI) team at Tower Hamlets LBC has extended its work to include the council’s oversight of the General Election. With the election set for 4 July, The MJ understands that the Government-commissioned BVI at the east London borough has been expanded to ensure additional scrutiny of how the national-level vote will be managed locally. Visit The MJ (£) to read more.
Council reaches agreement over controversial asylum site
The Lincolnshire-based district today (28 May) reached an ‘agreement in principle’ with the Home Office over RAF Scampton, under which both parties will share the site. Receive The MJ magazine each week and gain access to all the content on this website with a subscription. Full website content includes additional, exclusive commentary and analysis on the issues affecting local government. Already a subscriber? Login
EXCLUSIVE: Tower Hamlets Best Value Inspection extended
With the election set for 4 July, The MJ understands that the Government-commissioned BVI at the east London borough has been expanded to ensure additional scrutiny of how the national-level vote will be managed locally. Receive The MJ magazine each week and gain access to all the content on this website with a subscription. Full website content includes additional, exclusive commentary and analysis on the issues affecting local government. Already a subscriber? Login
General Election: Pay transparency legislation falls
By Mark Conrad and Martin Ford | 28 May 2024 Key council-related legislation – including fresh transparency over senior pay – failed to make it through Parliament’s wash-up before the General Election and has been abandoned.
Gove and Clark to stand down
Gove revealed his plan late on 24 May and said it was time for a ‘new generation’ to lead the Conservative Party. Receive The MJ magazine each week and gain access to all the content on this website with a subscription. Full website content includes additional, exclusive commentary and analysis on the issues affecting local government. Already a subscriber? Login
MacAlister: Not enough has changed on children's social care
The author of the Government’s independent review of children’s care has warned ‘not enough has changed’ since he proposed reforms two years ago. Former executive chair of children’s services specialist Foundations, Josh MacAlister, who led a Government-commissioned review in 2021 and published his final report the following year, had urged a ‘radical reset’ of children’s care away from costly and often poor crisis intervention. Visit The MJ (£) to read more.
High Court dismisses Bibby Stockholm legal challenge
The High Court has dismissed a legal case challenging the Government’s controversial use of the Bibby Stockholm barge to house asylum seekers off the coast. A judicial review claim had been lodged by Portland Town Council mayor Carralyn Parkes against her county council, Dorset CC. Visit The MJ (£) to read more. #Planning #Legal #Councillors #Whitehall Catriona Moore, policy manager at SEND legal advice charity IPSEA, looks at the impact of safety valve agreements on local SEND provision.
EXCLUSIVE: Councils given 100,000 asylum housing target
Councils have been told to identify an extra 100,000 bedspaces for asylum seekers this year amid Home Office expectations of a further surge in arrivals, The MJ can reveal. Senior council sources have questioned whether they can meet the Government’s 2024 targets – sent to the UK’s 11 regional strategic migration partnerships – without hampering their ability to meet other housing needs. Visit The MJ (£) to read more.
EXCLUSIVE: Councils given 100,000 asylum housing target
Senior council sources have questioned whether they can meet the Government’s 2024 targets – sent to the UK’s 11 regional strategic migration partnerships – without hampering their ability to meet other housing needs. Receive The MJ magazine each week and gain access to all the content on this website with a subscription. Full website content includes additional, exclusive commentary and analysis on the issues affecting local government. Already a subscriber? Login
MacAlister: Not enough has changed on children's social care
By Mark Conrad | 23 May 2024 The author of the Government’s independent review of children’s care has warned ‘not enough has changed’ since he proposed reforms two years ago. Executive chair of children’s services specialist Foundations, Josh MacAlister, who led a Government-commissioned review in 2021 and published his final report the following year, had urged a ‘radical reset’ of children’s care away from costly and often poor crisis intervention.
MacAlister: Not enough has changed on children's social care
By Mark Conrad | 23 May 2024 The author of the Government’s independent review of children’s care has warned ‘not enough has changed’ since he proposed reforms two years ago. Former executive chair of children’s services specialist Foundations, Josh MacAlister, who led a Government-commissioned review in 2021 and published his final report the following year, had urged a ‘radical reset’ of children’s care away from costly and often poor crisis intervention.
High Court dismisses Bibby Stockholm legal challenge
A judicial review claim had been lodged by Portland Town Council mayor Carralyn Parkes against her county council, Dorset CC. Receive The MJ magazine each week and gain access to all the content on this website with a subscription. Full website content includes additional, exclusive commentary and analysis on the issues affecting local government. Already a subscriber? Login
Flood councils in urgent £11m cash call
Councils managing flood risks have urgently called for £11m cash to plug a ‘widening gap’ in Internal Drainage Board (IDB) funding. The special interest group for IDBs is lobbying the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) for extra cash so affected councils are not forced to divert tax increases to cover national IDB costs that have soared from £39m last year to £50m. Visit The MJ (£) to read more. Check out: Councils must adapt to extreme weather threat.
BT: Too many councils failing to engage
‘Too many’ councils are failing to engage with telecoms giant BT as it works to switch customers to digital phone lines, the firm has said. BT urged councils to ensure they share data to protect vulnerable telecare users as it delayed its switchover timetable to February 2027. Visit The MJ (£) to read more. Check out: Digital switch – are you ready?
Lib Dems hit back at ex-minister Redwood
Sir John, who was local government minister under John Major in the early 1990s, claimed Wokingham had hiked-up council tax and pleaded poverty – all while blaming the Government for ‘any and all their problems’. Receive The MJ magazine each week and gain access to all the content on this website with a subscription. Full website content includes additional, exclusive commentary and analysis on the issues affecting local government. Already a subscriber? Login
BT: Too many councils failing to engage
BT urged councils to ensure they share data to protect vulnerable telecare users as it delayed its switchover timetable to February 2027. Receive The MJ magazine each week and gain access to all the content on this website with a subscription. Full website content includes additional, exclusive commentary and analysis on the issues affecting local government. Already a subscriber? Login
Flood councils in urgent £11m cash call
The special interest group for IDBs is lobbying the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) for extra cash so affected councils are not forced to divert tax increases to cover national IDB costs that have soared from £39m last year to £50m. Receive The MJ magazine each week and gain access to all the content on this website with a subscription. Full website content includes additional, exclusive commentary and analysis on the issues affecting local government.
Pension funds told to report annually on pooling progress
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds should report annually on progress against pooling and private equity investments, fresh guidance has said. The LGPS advisory board guidance on the content of funds’ annual reports, which will apply to the 2023-24 reports due by December, said funds ‘must’ provide annual commentary and data on how they implemented their pooling – including an explanation for un-pooled assets. Visit The MJ (£) to read more. Check out: Getting the most out of LGPS funds.
Auditors add to council biometric warnings Original
By Mark Conrad | 20 May 2024 A spending watchdog has echoed councils’ concerns that biometric entry requirements at UK ports could lead to freight delays and gridlock on major roads. A report into the UK’s post-Brexit trade borders, published by the National Audit Office (NAO) today, warned the incoming EU Entry Exit System (EES) ‘could increase the risk of queues on the approach to the short straits [of Dover] after it is introduced by the EU in October 2024’.
West Berkshire urged to make permanent appointments
A Local Government Association corporate peer challenge published yesterday read: ‘The council must now turn its attention to the next layers of management below CLT to make permanent appointments and bring further stability to the organisation, and to capitalise on the skills and enthusiasm of this cadre of officers.’ Receive The MJ magazine each week and gain access to all the content on this website with a subscription.
Pension funds told to report annually on pooling progress
By Mark Conrad | 17 May 2024 Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds should report annually on progress against pooling and private equity investments, fresh guidance has said. The LGPS advisory board guidance on the content of funds’ annual reports, which will apply to the 2023-24 reports due by December, said funds ‘must’ provide annual commentary and data on how they implemented their pooling – including an explanation for un-pooled assets.
'Real action' call amid £585m budget shortfall
The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) said ‘real action’ was needed to ‘protect the essential frontline services of our communities’. Receive The MJ magazine each week and gain access to all the content on this website with a subscription. Full website content includes additional, exclusive commentary and analysis on the issues affecting local government. Already a subscriber? Login
Mandatory reporting exemptions a 'fudge'
Ministers’ decision to exempt instances of child abuse from a new reporting law means they have dodged the mandatory duty demanded by a national inquiry, victims and campaigners have warned. Home secretary James Cleverly last week published an amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill introducing a legal duty for staff in specific jobs or roles - including teachers and care home personnel - to report child sexual abuse (CSA). Visit The MJ (£) to read more.
Council and Premier League club in stadium row
Nottingham City Council has warned ‘no local authority can subsidise a Premier League football club’ amid an escalating row over Nottingham Forest FC’s iconic stadium. The council, which declared itself effectively bankrupt in November, today urged Nottingham Forest FC to re-engage in talks over extending the lease for the club’s City Ground. Visit The MJ (£) to read more.
Mandatory reporting exemptions a 'fudge'
Home secretary James Cleverly last week published an amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill introducing a legal duty for staff in specific jobs or roles - including teachers and care home personnel - to report child sexual abuse (CSA). Receive The MJ magazine each week and gain access to all the content on this website with a subscription. Full website content includes additional, exclusive commentary and analysis on the issues affecting local government. Already a subscriber? Login
UASC Kent arrivals up 59% last year
By Mark Conrad | 13 May 2024 The number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) arriving in Kent continues to soar while the county council awaits court guidance on improving the national transfer scheme. Figures compiled by Kent CC showed the number of UASC arriving in Kent increased by 59% last year – from 1,405 in 2022 to 2,228 in 2023. Receive The MJ magazine each week and gain access to all the content on this website with a subscription.
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