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Obama's political leadership lesson
So here we are just after a year in office and Barack Obama has pushed through a major piece of domestic policy. However, it is not solely an achievement in social domestic policy but just as importantly, a lesson in political leadership and management.
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'This was the beginning of care in the community'
On 9th March 1961 Enoch Powell, the Minister of Health, addressed the annual conference of the National Association of Mental Health.
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There is now a pattern in the government's approach to competition
The Department of Health is trying to silence the cooperation and competition panel, to stop health secretary Andy Burnham’s “preferred provider” policy being exposed as illegal.
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NHS underperformers: shape up or ship out
I am not an ogre, I am not particularly harsh, I do not consider myself to be radical and I am not trying to be deliberately provocative but I do think that saying there will be no reduction in jobs is at best short sighted and at worst a lie.
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'Forty three people died from head injuries and traumatic asphyxia'
On 28th February 1975, at 8.46 in the morning, a tube train failed to stop at Moorgate station and ploughed on into a brick wall, compacting the first three coaches into a tangle of metal.
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One country, one surgeon
A tiny Caribbean nation is looking for healthcare insights from the UK
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Cooperatives: easier said than done
The proposal to introduce staff cooperatives to run services will work only if government remains focused on the vision and principle, and does not become distracted by the discussion of the detailed consequences.
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What does success look like?
Success doesn’t necessarily mean getting to the top. What is the top anyway? Top of what?
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The money makers at the BMA
The BMA campaign Look After Our NHS is a highly distorted portrayal of the health service
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Should we eradicate dyslexia?
There are some highly successful and influential people who have dyslexia, and some might argue that it is this that has given them the abilities they needed to succeed. What are the positive aspects?
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'The BMJ said it was demeaning for doctors to appear on the stage'
On 11 February 1958, the BBC first televised Your Life in Their Hands, presented by Charles Fletcher from the Royal College of Physicians.
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Brown bags Blue Hills as Coakley chokes
The US’s flirtation with liberalism lasted precisely one year, the time it took to go from staring doe-eyed at the newly inaugurated Barack Obama to sucking the face off model republican Scott Brown.
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'Sometimes the small has a huge impact on delivering bigger goals'
Don’t take your eye off the ball
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Networking
How effective are you at networking? Do you get the best out of it, and do you know what works best?
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'No other nation has had the chance to refashion its hospitals so comprehensively'
The Hospital Plan will determine for many years to come the broad lines of development of the hospital service.
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Ooooo I'm a leader!
Whilst it might be possible to hide poor leadership in good times, it is less possible when times are hard. When the pressure isn’t on people can get away with a certain amount of incompetence or bumbling, when the pressure is on there should be no room for incompetence or ...