Leading Edge
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Jon Restell’s Leading Edge | Giving managers legitimacy is the key to making reform work
The false trade off between the frontline and everybody else has become a deep-seated belief in…
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Jon Restell’s Leading Edge | Would the NHS be a workers paradise with the right managers?
Are managers always to blame for the poor working culture in the NHS, or is that…
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Jon Restell’s Leading Edge | Labour needs managers to deliver NHS promises
With ambitious plans but little money to spend, a Labour government will need the skills, nerve…
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Jon Restell’s Leading Edge | Regulation is no silver bullet
The Lucy Letby case demands a comprehensive and thoughtful response. Statutory regulation of managers may be…
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Jon Restell’s Leading Edge | A pension scheme with a health service attached
While the NHS pension scheme is eye-wateringly huge, it is eminently affordable, taking in billions more…
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Jon Restell’s Leading Edge | Empathy for the Devil
We need to challenge the widely-held belief that all-powerful managers are blocking change in the NHS.…
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Jon Restell’s Leading Edge | Organograms, holograms and a bonfire
I’m no Nostradamus, but I do have some predictive ability. Here are my highlights for the…
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Leading Edge: Strikes are a last resort but we have to make the government listen
The government’s response to the multiple crises facing the NHS has been negligent. But ministers will…
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Leading Edge: MiP members are positive people – we can make this work!
Times are tough, but MiP’s National Committee has set a challenging but optimistic agenda for the…
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Leading Edge: Covid money is drying up – leaders have choices to make
Balancing finances, operations, workforce and quality is difficult work. It needs to be honestly acknowledged, not…
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Leading Edge: Leadership on and off the ball
England’s uplifting performance at Euro 2020 shows how a culture of openness, honesty and shared purpose…
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Leading Edge: A pay rise is an investment for the future
Our members survey sent a clear message that the emergency effort can’t be sustained forever. We…
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Leading Edge: The genie is out of the bottle
This pandemic has seen unprecedented investment in the health and wellbeing of NHS staff. MiP wants…
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Leading Edge: A robust but constructive approach to the new government
Whoever forms the next government, MiP will be unafraid to speak up for the core principles…
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Leading Edge: NHS managers must not only be fit and proper, but also well supported
Too often, debates on NHS management focus on picking out the ‘bad apples’. Instead, we should…
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Leading Edge: Our response to the Long Term Plan
The good intentions in the Long Term Plan will come to nothing if the government doesn’t…
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Leading Edge: Time to get our hands dirty
Our job is about more than ensuring fair play once decisions have been taken, we need…
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Leading Edge: Do we really value leadership in the NHS?
Outsiders would expect leadership to be one of the highest national priorities in health and care.…
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Leading Edge: Standout moments in a month of inspiration
The last month has shown me once again that managers are impressive, stand-out people, writes Jon…
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Leading Edge: When the books don’t balance
Managers face an unenviable task in balancing financial targets against their duty of care to patients.…
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Leading Edge: New government needs to face facts on funding and pay
With the economy growing more slowly than healthcare demand, the government will have to find more…
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Leading Edge: Introducing the new-look MiP Members’ Summit
We’re refreshing our annual gathering – to give members a bigger say in setting MiP’s priorities…