Analysis & opinion
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The long and the short of it: Labour’s big NHS tests
Sarah Woolnough: The new government has an ambitious ten-year plan to transform the NHS by shifting…
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Analysis: Go long and go local – public service reform in the 2020s
A growing army of academics and local leaders say thinking long-term and giving power to local…
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Party conferences: Reality fails to dawn in Manchester, Liverpool and Bournemouth
The last party conference season before the general election showed that UK politicians still have to…
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Politics: A long game with hard choices
As the party conference season gets underway this weekend, Sir Chris Ham sets out the challenges…
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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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VSMs: NHS faces boardroom exodus without fair rewards
Staff shortages, plunging morale and shrinking pay packets are pushing more and more board-level NHS managers…
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Analysis: Why is management still a dirty word in the NHS?
For most NHS managers, unfair criticism is like water off a duck’s back. But the denigration…
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Opinion: Managers make a difference | Geoff Underwood
By any standards, the NHS lacks management capacity despite clear evidence that managers improve efficiency and…
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Opinion: NHSE job cuts matter to everyone in the NHS
MiP chief executive Jon Restell responds to government plans to cut up to 40% of management…
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Analysis: MiP’s pay survey for 2022
MiP’s annual pay survey show that an above-inflation pay rise will help to tackle severe staff…
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Opinion: From exclusion to inclusion
Cheryl Samuels and Dean Royles argue that equality, diversity and inclusion in the NHS are part…
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Opinion: Blame and fear won’t bring positive change – Geoff Underwood
Denying the impact of poor workplace culture is the leadership equivalent of denying climate change. It’s…
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Feature: Here we go again – MiP responds to the white paper
Managers welcome many proposals in the government’s NHS white paper, but poor timing, confusion over how…
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Opinion: Supporting managers to speak up and listen up
NHS National guardian Henrietta Hughes introduces a new e-learning package, and explains how line managers can…
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Analysis: MiP welcomes new plans to speed up devolution
MiP has welcomed new government plans to speed up the devolution of health and care, and…
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MiP welcomes new plans to speed up devolution
MiP has welcomed new government plans to speed up the devolution of health and care, and…
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Analysis & opinion: Long Term Plan – more questions than answers
The NHS Long Term Plan is full of good intentions but fails to give health and…
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Analysis: NHS70 – The Gift that Keeps You Guessing
The government’s 70th birthday funding settlement brings some welcome relief for struggling NHS services, but leaves…
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Analysis: Making sense of the alphabet soup of integrated care
With ACSs blending into ICSs, and ACOs in hot water, we look at what’s cooking for…
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Analysis & opinion: How to save twenty billion quid
The NHS can find the money it needs by investing in leadership and technology – and…
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Analysis & Opinion: Budget 2017
The Chancellor’s £2.8bn boost for the NHS is nowhere near enough to keep services running and…
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Analysis: STPs Making Your Voice Heard
MiP’s first webinar for members examined how Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships will affect managers’ working lives,…
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Analysis: Election 2017- Promises Promises
What the Conservative manifesto offered… and what we might get.
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Analysis: Election 2017 – what happens now?
The shock election result puts the NHS back in the thick of the political battleground. Anything…