Politics
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It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it
The government’s upcoming ten year plan will try yet again to shift the NHS towards community,…
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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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Chancellor boosts NHS spending but funding for reform still in doubt
MiP and NHS leaders welcomed a significant boost to NHS funding in the October Budget but…
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Darzi’s ardent defence of NHS managers offers a fresh start as government embarks on historic reforms
With his blunt dismissal of those who blame managers for the NHS’s troubles, Lord Darzi drew…
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Budget 2024: Sticking plaster or turning point?
The NHS has been starved of investment for more than a decade, with results that are…
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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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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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Interview: Dr Phil Hammond, doctor, comedian, health campaigner
Doctor, comedian, broadcaster, writer, health campaigner and politician manqué, Dr Phil Hammond is now drawing up a…
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News: Atkins unveils plans to axe managers’ jobs to fund community services
The health secretary’s plans to cut 5,500 management jobs to fund community services if the Conservatives…
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Election 2024 In the long grass – four problems you won’t hear about during the campaign
ELECTION 2024:We look at four looming trouble spots you won’t hear much about in the campaign.
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Election 2024: Six key challenges for the NHS
ELECTION 2024:We look at what the experts say about six key challenges facing the NHS: waiting…
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Election 2024: MiP’s agenda for the next governmernt
ELECTION 2024:As polling day nears, Jon Restell and Rhys McKenzie set out MiP’s agenda for the…
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Jon Restell’s Leading Edge | Would the NHS be a workers paradise with the right managers?
Are managers always to blame for the poor working culture in the NHS, or is that…
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Interview: Caroline Lamb, chief exec, NHS Scotland
Joining the Scottish health department weeks before the pandemic struck, Caroline Lamb found herself head of…
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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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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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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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Interview: Sara Gorton, head of health, UNISON
“The government miscalculated on all sorts of fronts”, says Sara Gorton, UNISON’s lead negotiator during the…
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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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Interview: Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, MP and emergency care doctor
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan still works regular shifts at her local hospital alongside her day job as…
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Hewitt Review: devolution or power grab?
Will Patricia’s Hewitt’s review of English ICBs hand more power to local managers or end up…
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Feature: Scotland’s National Care Service
The social care shake-up in Scotland will affect the lives of more than a million people…
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Jon Restell’s Leading Edge | Organograms, holograms and a bonfire
I’m no Nostradamus, but I do have some predictive ability. Here are my highlights for the…