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Blog
18 November 2015
This is about being a good leader and in particular a good medical leader. It’s a personal view based on observation and experience in the NHS at local, regional and national levels. I believe leadership is about what you do, what you actually do in...
Culture
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Article
23 November 2015
There is widespread agreement that the people we serve must be at the centre of designing a health system for the future. In many ways it is astonishing that it has taken until now for this paradigm to diffuse across the levels and variety of...
Culture • Outcomes • Quality improvement
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Article
22 November 2015
Thirty-one junior doctors joined this year’s cohort of clinical fellows, all based in London, Leeds and Manchester, but with close links with fellows in Scotland and Wales.
Taking a year out of clinical practice in the NHS as part of the scheme, we’...
Development
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Article
10 November 2015
Paul Briddock, Director of Policy & Technical, Healthcare Financial Management Association
The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) has this year launched an Institute for Costing and Value in Healthcare. Costing faces big changes...
Outcomes
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Resource
18 November 2015
A Learning Healthcare System is defined, by the Institute of Medicine (IoM)[1], as a system in which “science, informatics, incentives, and culture are aligned for continuous improvement and innovation, with best practices seamlessly embedded in the...
Outcomes
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Resource
23 November 2015
It is well recognised that healthcare can prosper from e-health solutions, which hold enormous potential for increasing effective information sharing and communication.
Over the last two decades, policymakers, health officials and HIT enthusiasts...
Outcomes
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Article
11 December 2015
The National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow Scheme offers a variety of experiences for fellows working within healthcare affiliated organisations such as NHS England, royal colleges, Macmillan Cancer Support and the Health and Social Care...
Development
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Resource
9 December 2015
This article is part of the Contemporary leadership series
Leadership is a show. There is no denying the theatrical element necessary to succeed as a leader.
“The example I use with the executives that I work with is a Broadway or a West End play....
Culture
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Resource
10 December 2015
This article is part of the Contemporary leadership series
Why do we resist change? Because we’re deluded! We all delude ourselves about our achievements, our status, and our contributions.
We:
1. Overestimate our contribution to a project.
2. Have...
Culture
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Resource
11 December 2015
This article is part of the Contemporary leadership series
Do we have unrealistic expectations of our corporate and political leaders? This was one of the questions we asked Harvard Business School’s Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Her answer was...
Culture