Managers Matter
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News: NHS England launches new fitness test for directors
NHS leaders must show how they are driving service improvement, delivering transformation, promoting equality and developing…
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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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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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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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Feature: operational managers – the go-to people
After two years of relentless pressure, many NHS operational managers are tired, fed-up and ready to…
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Interview: Emergency planning with Chloe Sellwood
We talk to Dr Chloe Sellwood, deputy head of emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR) for…
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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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Managing Better Care: Lecistershire mental health hub
NHS staff in Leicestershire took just 11 days to set up a mental health urgent care…
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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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News: Healthcare Manager to return in the autumn
We’ve suspended our printed magazine until the autumn and switched to online publication – but we…
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The Sharp End: If we want great leaders, stop rewarding the wrong behaviours
The NHS needs top-class leaders, but our approach to performance management and promotion filters out good…
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Summit 2018: “Incentives and drivers are in the wrong place”, top managers warn
Two women NHS leaders warned that the NHS needs to give better support to senior managers…
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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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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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Analysis & opinion: The NHS needs managers as well as leaders
Leadership may be exciting, but the unglamorous job of making things work is where the real…