Managing Our NHS
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New MiP survey shows growing support for principle of regulating managers, but warns it won’t improve patient safety
MiP’s member survey on regulating NHS managers shows managers are still not convinced regulation will improve…
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Jon Restell’s Leading Edge | Giving managers legitimacy is the key to making reform work
The false trade off between the frontline and everybody else has become a deep-seated belief in…
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Jon Restell’s Leading Edge | It’s time to be big and bold about NHS managers
If the new government wants to see a renaissance in public service, it will need to…
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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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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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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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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: 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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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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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.…