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Charismatic leadership isn't all it's cracked up to be
He delivers great speeches. He paints a great vision. He motivates. But now he’s in power he’s said to be cautious, allowing others to take control of big discussions and struggling to enforce the difficult decisions he faces.
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'The massive death rate from pneumonia forced government action'
The massive death rate from chest disease and pneumonia were among the factors that forced the government to pass the Clean Air Act in 1956.
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'The BMJ saw dangers in a state medical service'
The 5th of July is the most important date in the history of the NHS.
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Meeting the NHS spending challenge - on a wing and a prayer
You can own the best racing yacht money can buy. It can be the ideal weight, have the best gadgets and be the optimal structure but to win you need the right team. Unless people work together and want to win you won’t win.
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'The hospice movement was prepared to look death squarely in the face'
On 24th July 1967 Princess Alexandra came to St Christopher’s Hospice in Sydenham to perform the official opening ceremony.
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Off the hook on targets?
Targets and top-down management are out, so are failing trusts now off the hook?
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Time to acknowledge NHS managers' crucial role
After 13 years of institutionalisation under the previous administration and now having to respond to a crisis largely not of their making, now would be a good time to acknowledge the crucial contribution of managers in leading the future changes. Changes that will have human consequences for many people including ...
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Daft or just too unpopular to contemplate?
Last time I checked people were still becoming unwell seven days a week.
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'The evidence of rape and the distress of the patient were clear'
On 14th June 1938 Aleck Bourne (1886 - 1974), a prominent gynaecologist, was arrested after performing a termination of pregnancy, without fee, at St Mary’s Hospital Paddington.
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NHS targets: from compliance to commitment
The NHS is moving away from the “compliance” system of top-down national targets and standards. What should it be replaced with?
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The Coalition's Managerial Approach
The coalition government has set off to a good start with the mangerial approach of setting clear but ambitious priorities. By so doing they may avoid the death by policy approach of the 1997 government where there was a naïve belief in the correlation between policy volume and service improvement.
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The new government and health policy
A new government and a new dawn. But what will the future hold for health and related policy?
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US health care reform: I know it's over (and it never really began)
US legislators finally passed health care reform. Or, at least, extensive health care tinkering.
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'The estimated cost of the future National Health Service was £21 million'
On 24th April 1944, before Victory in Europe, Mr Neville, of the Ministry of Health, signed on behalf of a committee of the great and the good a document outlining the demobilisation of the emergency hospital service.
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Politics reopens the age-old leadership question
What a fascinating week for politics and leadership with the leaders’ debate at the centre of the age-old question whether leadership is about personality or substance.
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'From our viewpoint the NHS looks like a nervous colony of ants'
When the white paper on the reorganisation of the NHS in England appeared, the Lancet commented that it was ‘welcome and wise’.
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Push yourself to succeed, don't wait for someone to push you
Until you try you don’t always know what you are capable of achieving.
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NHS management vs NHS leadership
Management is often based on the response to yesterday’s questions and whilst some of the responses remain valid for the here and now a good many do not, they are out of date and little is achieved by walking backwards.