Features
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Feature: Are the fit and proper person regs fit for purpose?
The Fit and Proper Person Test causes confusion and sometimes trepidation among many NHS managers. We…
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Feature: Turning the rising tide of violence against NHS
Healthcare Manager probes the rising levels of assaults and abuse against NHS staff – and asks…
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The Sharp End: Social care must evolve to collaborate
Integration could transform our health and care services, argues one social care manager, but time is…
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Feature: Breaking the silence – time to talk about mental health
We explore the deep culture changes needed to improve staff mental health and make sure all…
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Casework: Don’t miss out on redundancy pay – it’s your right
One senior NHS manager talks about how expert support from MiP finally secured the redundancy settlement…
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The Sharp End: Time to rethink how we do outsourcing
The Carillion collapse shows the perils of driving suppliers to the brink…
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Feature: How the menopause can ruin women’s careers
We talk to one manager whose career was wrecked by menopausal symptoms – and discover how…
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Managing Better Care: Turning around Imperial’s struggling hand clinic
We look at how a team of managers, clinicians and QI specialists tackled the frustrating delays…
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MiP at Work: Two cheers for NHS pay deal
The NHS pay deal brought an end to seven years of pay misery – but came…
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Feature: Managers need hope and purpose
Following the union’s successful Summit, MiP wants to challenge the denigration of NHS management and create…
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Casework: Victimisation – how MiP helps managers fight back
MiP always supports managers who are victimised by their employers. One senior manager talks about how…
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Feature: Escaping the blame culture in the NHS
Research shows the blame culture in the NHS is costly to both patients and staff. At…
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MiP at Work: Breakthrough partnership agreement in Birmingham
A new partnership agreement gives MiP full negotiating rights for members in one of England’s biggest…
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The Sharp End: Whistleblowing
In today’s NHS, we know it’s crucial to protect people who raise the alarm about poor…
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MiP at Work: Unions send pay claim straight to Treasury
For the first time, MiP and other healthcare unions have sent a formal pay claim for…
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Managing Better Care: Talking treatment
Everyone wants to involve more clinicians in managing the NHS, but junior doctors are a notoriously…
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The Sharp End: Government must commit to its own agenda
A lack of drive and serious commitment to engaging the public is threatening to undermine STPs…
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Feature: Time to rethink on-call duties in the NHS
Many managers feel the NHS’s emergency duty regime is arbitrary and unprofessional. But demands are growing…
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The Sharp End: The confused centre is holding us back
Dean Royles, director of HR and organisational development at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, calls for a more…
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Feature: Your stories – managing care in the age of austerity
As part of our NHS funding campaign, we’re asking MiP members to talk about their personal…
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Casework: When your employer’s contractors let you down
One senior manager speaks about how MiP helped her after a frustrating and costly experience with…
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Feature: Strength in numbers – more managers could improve NHS services
Does the NHS have too few managers? Recent studies show that employing more managers leads to…
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MiP at Work: A national voice for members in Commissioning Support Units
Hit by mergers and the loss of contracts, MiP is working to support members in CSUs…
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The Sharp End: I’m no Scots Nat, but they know what they’re doing on health
One senior manager says the SNP government deserves credit for its realistic and supportive approach to…