All Blogs articles – Page 38
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Harsh financial lessons for the public sector
All local authorities are going to struggle due to the size of savings required.
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Hospitals strike back first over social care cuts
The NHS’s concern about cuts in social care was not an expression of support for colleagues in social services…it was a pre-emptive strike from hospital trusts.
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'Complaining about the NHS shouldn't be futile'
The independent inquiry into the high level of deaths at Mid Staffs found evidence of appalling patient care resulting from a preoccupation with cost cutting.
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BlogsMaking savings through sackings - but who goes?
A report published recently expresses concern that the eagerness to cut costs in the short term could seriously undermine the public sector’s ability to deliver in the long term.
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Trick or treat ...
The spectre of the US mid-term elections will be lingering well past Halloween. But are there any lessons in all this for how we handle our own health reforms?
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PCT fall guys
PCTs are in the frame again - this time Dame Barbara Hakin warns GP consortia not to turn to them for support, highlighting other options available to them. How does this feel if you work in a PCT?
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Arbinger Institute's Self Deception
What if you had a problem, but you didn't know that you had a problem? Do you see people as people or as objects? Are you carrying around boxes that prevent you making the right choices in what you do?
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A pinch of QIPP
Having a strategy isn’t that helpful if people then forget to communicate the strategy. Nor will adding the word QIPP to everything we do ensure we deliver. We are at risk of ticking the box but missing the point.
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Change, altruism and emotions
There is always an expectation of government at times of change that altruism will prevail and managers will wait until the end of the change before determining their own future. This is naive.
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We need to celebrate best practice in tough financial times
Should we be spending scarce resource on award ceremonies that recognise achievements and effort? I think this is money well spent.
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Spending Review conspiracies
Has the evil Treasury swiped £2.8bn from the NHS’s 2010-11 baseline?
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Castles in the air
On 20 October 1975, in the middle of an economic crisis, a white paper, Better Services for the Mentally Ill, was published by Barbara Castle.
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'Gypsies and Travellers are the most disadvantaged minority within our society'
There is a unpleasant smell of hypocrisy as the French government is condemned by other European governments for its mass expulsion of Romany Gypsies.
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'It won’t be lack of money that does for the public sector'
In the end it won’t be lack of money that does for the public sector. It won’t be the loss of skills or the lack of experience due to early retirements and redundancies.
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Harkness Fellowships: road trip not included
Join the 2010-2011 Harkness Fellows as they set out on their year-long journey through the US health system
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Community organising, leading change and shifting power: why the NHS needs to build weak ties NOW
This piece aims to introduce some fresh perspectives on NHS change from civic campaigners and community organisers. Much of the conventional wisdom of NHS improvement is based on “strong ties”, peer to peer spread of ideas for change through “people like us”. However, history suggest that we might get the ...
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So what’s wrong with wearing a dress to work?
Ben had since adolescence felt uncomfortable in a man’s body, so after much careful thought and counselling had decided to have a sex change.
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If you can, do: if you can't....
A tidal wave of conferences, seminars, webinars and more - how valuable are they, and how much do they contribute to the debate?
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'Managers need more than a short course to lead a diverse workforce'
Managers in the public sector seldom have the confidence and skills to manage an increasingly diverse workforce.