All Leadership articles – Page 203
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HSJ Knowledge
Consultant development programme
Disenchantment is rife among established NHS consultants.
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NewsTrusts not meeting equality requirements
More than 90 per cent of NHS organisations could be failing to meet their legal requirements to publish equality documents, a consultancy firm has warned.
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NewsHSJ100: Staying power is at the heart of NHS influence
As we prepare our list of the most influential people in health in 2010, Alastair McLellan and Darius McQuaid look back at who has wielded most power in the NHS during the last four years
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NewsNicola Sturgeon hails 'best ever' waiting times
Health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has hailed the “best ever” waiting time figures achieved by the NHS in Scotland.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Never Eat Alone
These are top tips for maximising all your connections, says Iain Lang
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to lead through transition
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson said recently that managers have performed “heroics” over the past few years and made the NHS a much better service.
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NewsLabour must challenge cuts agenda says Balls
Labour must stand up and challenge the coalition government’s claim that there is no alternative to swingeing cuts, party leadership contender Ed Balls will say today.
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NewsDoctors want leadership roles, poll for HSJ suggests
Most doctors believe the service they work in would be best managed by other doctors, but a lack of time and obstruction from managers is preventing that from happening, according to a poll for HSJ.
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Comment'We all know NHS change will keep coming - the trick is to adapt'
In the immediate wake of the white paper it would be churlish to ignore what are potentially the most significant changes in the history of the health service.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic exemplifies the spirit of clinical leadership, says Claire Lemer
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HSJ KnowledgeYou’re at the top of the NHS – here are some tips to help you stay there
Lisa Rodrigues has been a trust chief executive since 2002. Here she passes on the benefit of her experience
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Comment'How is the state going to conscript GPs?'
In seeking to diminish the role of the state, the government has established a policy that attacks NHS bosses as the cause of most problems and abolishes state run primary care trusts and strategic health authorities. Instead, it proposes GP led consortia to do commissioning.
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NewsWorld class commissioning: PCTs raise the bar in final assurance test
Primary care trusts have set out their stall as support agencies for GP consortia by significantly improving their performance against the standards and competencies assessed in the second - and last ever - world class commissioning assurance test.
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HSJ KnowledgeAre we supporting NHS middle managers?
Middle managers are at the front line in delivering effective care, yet they are often neglected and undervalued
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CommentJenny Rogers on insulting the boss
The scene, several decades ago, is a BBC production department meeting and I am a timid recruit, already unnerved by the savage humour of my new colleagues.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook review: Clinical Leadership – bridging the divide
Get past the them and us attitude, say Alexander Young and Jonathan Bloor
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NewsManagers 'hinder organisations'
Many managers wrongly believe they excel at managing their staff, a misjudgment which is hindering the UK’s “already struggling” businesses, according to the Chartered Management Institute.
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CommentIs this the end of the road for PCTs?
The winding down of PCTs must be handled with kid gloves if disruption to services - and loss of talent - is to be avoided
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Gain agreement on every side
Read how negotiation never needs to be negative, suggests Andrew Furber
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CommentSheila Williams on positive communication
Recently I observed a team meeting on ideas for service improvements. A pattern emerged. For every idea offered, one particular person criticised it or gave reasons why it wouldn’t work.