Candace Imison
Candace Imison is director of policy at The King's Fund.
CommentThe NHS must focus on becoming a better employer
Anita Charlesworth, Candace Imison and Richard Murray look in detail at solutions across the different policy levers for workforce, including training, pay, staff retention and skill mix
CommentWorkforce shortages are a greater challenge to the NHS than funding
Lack of skilled staff is already impacting access and quality of care, and without a shift in workforce policy the situation will worsen over the next decade, warn Anita Charlesworth, Candace Imison and Richard Murray
CommentWill shifting the balance of care balance the books?
Results from the Nuffield Trust’s review of the community based models of care relied on by STPs are a warning against setting expectations too high
CommentDon’t rush to reconfigure: there is another way
Sustainability and transformation plans must not be kicked into the long grass - they could be a better solution to NHS problems than reconfigurations
CommentReconfiguration of clinical services is important but insufficient
Hospitals play a minor part in determining outcomes
CommentPrimary care reform: culture must trump the rules
How the NHS can secure successful reform of primary care
HSJ KnowledgeA crisis is brewing in the NHS workforce
The skills deficit must be dealth with to meet tomorrow’s challenges
CommentLessons from the NHS's failure regimes so far
Will the new regimes help trusts to avoid failure?
HSJ KnowledgeHoming in on improved care
What can be done to realise the vision of ‘care closer to home’?
- Blogs
Locating the right evidence for merger decisions
Candace Imison asks whether potentially merging trusts’ evidence will meet the Competition and Cooperation panel’s exacting review standards, and what the challenge means for the 20 currently unviable trusts in the FT status pipeline.
HSJ KnowledgeHow to get the best outcomes when measuring productivity
Effective use of metrics to drive workforce productivity improvement means carefully defining the inputs and outcomes you need, say Rachael Charlton and colleagues.
HSJ KnowledgeNHS referral management: how to get it right
Referral management can save money but its guiding principles must be about quality - not just blanket cuts in numbers referred, say Chris Naylor and Candace Imison