Management & leadership
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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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Tipster: How to beat the Imposter Syndrome
Do you feel you’re a fraud or that it’s just luck that you’ve got where you…
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Interview: Sam Allen, North East and North Cumbria ICS
Former receptionist Sam Allen has risen the hard way to some of the NHS’s most senior…
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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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Feature: How to stay psychologically safe at work
Managers in the NHS are working under unique pressure. Rachel Cashman explains how, to sustain the…
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Interview: Jon Restell talks to Sir Gordon Messenger
Sir Gordon Messenger’s review of management and leadership in health and social care could pave the…
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Interview: Karin Smyth MP, Labour’s shadow care minister
As an NHS manager and MiP member implementing Andrew Lansley’s botched NHS reforms, Karin Smith decided…
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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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News: Half minority ethnic NHS leaders considered quitting due to racism
NHS Confed survey finds racism deters 60% of ethnic minority leaders from recommending NHS management careers,…
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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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News: MiP calls for honesty and investment in implementing Messenger review
MiP welcomes Sir Gordon Messenger’s independent review of health and social care leadership and calls for…
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Interview: Rob Webster, chief executive, West Yorkshire Partnership
NHS bodies are now being asked to collaborate rather than compete. But top-down direction cannot foster…
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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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Black Lives Still Matter – one year on
Last year, we talked to black NHS managers from around the country about the Black Lives…
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MiP Summit 2021: Managing change
MiP Summit 2021: On day four, Matthew Taylor, Chris Creegan and Geoff Underwood discuss managing change…
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MiP Summit 2021: Manage this! Covid, winter, recovery!
MiP Summit 2021: In the opening plenary session, Karen Bonner, Tom Simons, Jon Restell and Sarah…
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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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Interview: Greg Fell, Sheffield director of public health
Sheffield’s director of public health has become a local celebrity in a city whose innovative response…
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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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MiP congratulates new NHS England chief executive
MiP congratulates Amanda Pritchard, the newly appointed chief executive of NHS England.
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Feature: Working with guardians
Freedom to Speak Up guardians can help boards and line managers find out what’s really going…
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News: MiP’s guide to organisational culture
Our guide to organisational culture is launched today. The guide aims to help you play a…