All Leadership articles – Page 199
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HSJ KnowledgeGetting the health service skill mix right - now, and in the future
Despite job cuts and high unemployment, health employers are currently finding it difficult to fill vacancies. But this is due to the availability of - or lack of - the right skills, something that is only going to become more important to the health service, says Simon Hudson.
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NewsNHS Alliance and NAPC unite to 'champion' clinical commissioning groups
Two health organisations have joined forces to champion clinical commissioning and the groups tasked with carrying it out.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe case for reinvigorating management and leadership training in the NHS
Reinvigorating management and leadership training is going to be vital to sustaining a cost-effective health service, say Caroline Cake and Eleanor Murray.
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NewsNHS 'substantially achieved' management cut target last year
The NHS fell slightly short of the government’s management cost reduction target for 2010-11, although the Department of Health says the cut was “substantially achieved”.
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Comment'Leadership is key to preventing another Mid Staffs'
Antony Sumara, who spent two years at Mid Staffs as interim chief executive, reflects on what has been learned from the inquiry so far and what questions still need answering.
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Comment'It's time for managers to stand up and be counted'
In the battle against Whitehall maybe the NHS needs its own Arab Spring – led by managers, suggests Kieran Walshie.
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Comment‘Inert’ or improving: the state of medical regulation
Alan Maynard argues the GMC’s ‘feeble’ regulation of doctors does little to benefit the NHS, but chief executive Niall Dickson says a new approach will protect patients.
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NewsNew set of listening exercise questions unveiled
Key questions for NHS stakeholders to consider as part of the second round of the government’s listening exercise have been unveiled by the Department of Health.
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NewsNHS manager training programmes expected to receive 100 applicants per space
Graduates aiming for a management career in the NHS will face strong competition for a place on the service’s training programmes, according to NHS national resourcing manager Rob Farace.
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CommentMichael Dixon: it's time for general practice to get real
I faced a difficult career decision 28 years ago. I wanted to go into general practice, but should I opt for a rural practice, where biomedicine had a clearer role, or for inner city practice, where needs were greater but medicine seemed less important?
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HSJ KnowledgeHow healthcare providers in America can teach lessons on quality improvement
Despite markedly different systems, some healthcare providers in the US have successfully combined quality improvements with savings to the bottom line. Health Foundation quality improvement fellows Judith Strobl and Tricia Woodhead report from across the pond.
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HSJ KnowledgeGetting public sector managers working together
A new course in Sheffield has been helping public sector managers to work together for the benefit of the region.
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NewsEquality initiative thwarted by 'continued discrimination'
The NHS is denying opportunities to non-white managers despite the millions of pounds that have been spent as part of a programme to tackle under-representation in senior posts, according to the scheme’s lead and members.
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HSJ KnowledgeDelivering effective care: five elements that define a better service
Interviews with service users, carers and health professionals have identified the five elements that define effective care. Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe and colleagues report.
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CommentHow to lead NHS transformation
The discussion in GP land continues to rage between those who oppose the reforms, and those who support them.
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HSJ KnowledgeCrossing the line: how shifting organisational boundaries are impacting roles in the NHS
The changing shape of the NHS means individual roles may straddle more than one organisation, if not several. But these “boundary spanners” are the diplomatic links that can bring success to collaborating organisations, argues Helen Scott.
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NewsResilient NHS managers lack required leadership skills, DH research says
NHS leaders are resilient and intellectually capable but suffer from over-confidence and a “gung-ho” attitude, Department of Health research has found.
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CommentAndrew Lansley: the strength of feeling shows why we had to listen
Readers of HSJ will need no reminding that the NHS Future Forum recently published its recommendations on the Health and Social Care Bill. Nor that parliamentary scrutiny has begun on its amendments.
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HSJ KnowledgeBoard brilliance revealed: study into top performing boards finds 19 top organisations
Comparing the best and the not quite so good reveals some of what makes an NHS organisation’s board highly effective, say Naomi Chambers and Alison Pryce, with Manchester Business School PhD students Yanchao Li and Petra Poljsak.
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Blogs
Time to change: challenging the stigma around mental health
The latest survey on the public attitude to mental health shows some encouraging figures, but also highlights how prevalent ignorance and fear toward mental illness remains. There is, says Sean Duggan, still some way to go in tackling mental health stigma.