Features
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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…
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Feature: Is there a plan for our workforce in Wales?
With its population and NHS workforce ageing fast, Wales needs urgent action to boost skills and…
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Feature: Election 2017 – a new deal from the new government
Following the inconclusive 2017 general election result, here are MiP’s challenges to the new government –…
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MiP at Work: Building our network of local support
MiP’s first eight reps are already in action, following a successful pilot training course in May.…
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The Sharp End: We’re setting leaders up to fail
The needs of the health service have changed dramatically in recent years but, says one NHS…
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Feature: How being active in MiP can help your career
The days of hostile bosses looking down their noses at active trade unionists are long gone…
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Feature: NHS shared services – lessons from the public sector
What are the lessons for the NHS from the troubled history of shared services in the…
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Managing Better Care: How Bristol’s ‘happy app’ helped managers boost staff morale
With staff morale unnervingly low across the NHS, managers need to identify and resolve problems fast.…
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Managing Better Care: How one London trust transformed its recruitment operation
Recruiting NHS staff in London is tough, but managers at UCLH have found innovative ways to…
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Feature: STPs – what’s in store for NHS managers?
Sustainability and Transformation Plans may save the NHS or drag it further into the mire. But…
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The Sharp End: Stepping down but staying on
The NHS’s redeployment policies are hugely wasteful of both management talent and public money, argues one…
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Managing Better Care: Staff training – lessons in collaboration
We spoke the managers who have transformed staff training across NHS Wales, cutting costs, raising quality…
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Casework: Getting your redundancy sorted
Two senior managers talk about their exhausting battle to secure redundancy rights and how MiP helped…
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MiP at Work: Time to end “dysfunctional” pay system for top managers
MiP has called for a new deal for top managers in NHS national bodies, after most…
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Casework: When you need someone on your side
We speak to one MiP member about how sloppy HR procedures and a mishandled complaint affected…
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Staff engagement: an East End success story
Everyone’s talking about staff engagement, but East London Foundation Trust is one of the few really…