All Change management articles – Page 34
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HSJ Knowledge
Safer Care: the Leading Improvement in Patient Safety programme
The Leading Improvement in Patient Safety programme is enabling acute trusts to develop their capability and frontline teams by giving them a framework from which to develop their safety strategy.
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HSJ KnowledgeSafer Care: an introduction to improving patient safety
In this special report on improving patient safety, Bernard Crump highlights the the Safer Care programme and how it has driven improvements across more than 60 acute trusts
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News
Budget 2009: NHS privatisation should be victim of savings, says union
The largest trade union in the country has said government efficiency savings should be targeted at the “costly, creeping privatisation” of the NHS.
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News
Budget 2009: Improve NHS productivity or cut services - King's Fund
The NHS will face “significant cuts in its services” from 2011 unless it can become more productive, the King’s Fund said in response to today’s Budget.
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CommentResponding to the European working time directive
The European working time directive provides an opportunity to reassess how junior doctors are trained in the NHS, writes John Coakley
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Good to Great
In Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t, Jim Collins sets out to answer the question: can a good company become a great company and if so, how? Many of these findings will startle and inspire, says Leonie Schell
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CommentDavid Peat on PCT provider arms
The proposed division of primary care trusts’ provider and commissioner arms reminds me of the old legal concept of “one roof with separate rooms”.
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CommentHilary Thomas: NHS branding vs NHS trust
After more than two decades in the NHS, the concept of a brand had never consumed much of my intellectual energy. However, over the past year, I have been involved in two different re-branding exercises and have been thinking about what it really means.
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News
Dumfries and Galloway reconfiguration plans face independent review
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has commissioned an independent review into reconfiguration proposals in the rural areas of Dumfries and Galloway.
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NewsDavid Nicholson talks to HSJ about foundation trusts on their fifth anniversary
As the new financial year begins, NHS chief executive David Nicholson talks to HSJ about the first five years of foundation trusts, the national quality board, and how managers should respond to the gathering financial storm
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News
NHS staff survey: leaders must make local vision more real to staff
Managers have been called on to demonstrate how they act on staff feedback after a survey found fewer than half of employees felt trusts communicated with them clearly.
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CommentSafia Debar and David Colin-Thomé on the manager-clinician divide
A doctor and her mentor discuss the challenges facing clinical leaders
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CommentJon Restell on a raw deal for NHS managers
This isn’t a detailed piece about Rose Gibb’s breach of contract claim against Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust, but win or lose - I’m not sure there can be a draw - it again shows how poorly senior managers are held to account in the NHS.
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News
London trusts get research centre nod
London’s three academic health super-trusts should work together to recapture the city’s position as a world leader in health research, Sir Ian Kennedy has said.
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Comment
Fight healthcare acquired infections with conviction
Techniques for minimising healthcare acquired infection are well understood. Success is now just a matter of ensuring they are prioritised by all staff, says Janice Stevens
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Comment
Developing a partnership model for medical management
Building a strong partnership between doctors and managers turned a stumbling mental health service into a capable, competent organisation in just two years
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Comment
Helen Bevan on NHS organisational culture
To achieve the breakthroughs we seek in quality and efficiency, we need to focus NHS change efforts not just on new strategies and working practices but on new ways of thinking.
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Comment
Do your rounds to be a better NHS leader
Dr D J Brown, a clinical fellow in emergency medicine, offers tips on how to be a better health service manager
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Comment
Clinical Leaders Network: from strength to strength
Clinical Leaders Network director Raj Kumar talks about the initiative's progress so far and the hurdles that lie ahead
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Comment
Stephen Eames on managing the NHS
I spent a significant chunk of my Christmas break dealing with the 'here and now' while also reflecting on the harsh year we all face.