All Leadership articles – Page 219
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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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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.
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HSJ KnowledgeEmbracing collaborative working in the NHS
As the NHS sees unprecedented structural change the spirit of working together must move into action, says Mike Hay
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CommentThe new healthcare revolution
Does the white paper outline a great leap forward or a just a step backwards?
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Be a bright light in your network
Take tips to shine in networking skills, says Gareth Redmayne
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CommentAnswering the NHS's £14bn productivity question
Government efforts have reduced the NHS productivity challenge by £6bn, but also increased its instability
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CommentYour Humble Servant: Going La La
‘Up pops La La at the Royal Marsden Hospital, in Parliament and on Newsnight saying he had no idea it would come to this’
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HSJ KnowledgeHow New Labour changed NHS management culture
Deep shifts in management team culture may be Labour’s most enduring legacy to the NHS, says Russell Mannion.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to develop NHS workforce mentoring
In the second of two articles on effective mentoring relationships, Ben Chambers looks at the skills needed by the mentor and mentee
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NewsTrust praised for career programme
A scheme helping NHS support staff work towards professional qualifications has been recognised at an awards ceremony.
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NewsNicholson tells chief executives: don't be defensive about change
Sir David Nicholson has told NHS managers not to become defensive about the enormous changes they will need to implement across the health system.
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CommentPete Mason on how the government can achieve its goals for the NHS
The government’s health policy can broadly be judged as logical and appropriate to the challenges ahead, but several areas need to be addressed for the strategy to achieve its goals - and it will take some time to bed down.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to develop workforce mentoring programmes
In the first of two articles Ben Chambers on effective mentoring, Ben Chambers looks at how to establish a successful mentoring scheme
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NewsAccountability shake-up planned for public services
David Cameron will today promise to “turn government on its head” and make every Whitehall department publicly accountable against published milestones for what they want to achieve.