Helen Bevan
Helen Bevan is chief of service transformation at the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
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Thinking differently about quality and cost
"Revolution begins with a transformation of consciousness". Innovation, doing things differently, is becoming a high priority activity in the NHS. Innovation has a critical pre-requisite: thinking differently. If we are going to sustain a universal healthcare system for future generations, we need to think differently about the relationship between cost and quality.
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Community organising, leading change and shifting power: why the NHS needs to build weak ties NOW
This piece aims to introduce some fresh perspectives on NHS change from civic campaigners and community organisers. Much of the conventional wisdom of NHS improvement is based on “strong ties”, peer to peer spread of ideas for change through “people like us”. However, history suggest that we might get the best chance to deliver the scale of quality and cost improvements we seek if we also focus on “weak ties”.
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NHS targets: from compliance to commitment
The NHS is moving away from the “compliance” system of top-down national targets and standards. What should it be replaced with?
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Does the NHS need management consultants?
As NHS management expenditure tightens, management consultancy costs are in the spotlight. Over the past period, the NHS has been big business for the consultancy industry. Whilst management consultants have made a significant contribution to NHS transformation, there have been many situations where the NHS investment in consultancy has not led to the outcomes we seek. Is there a future role for management consultancy in the NHS? How might we work more effectively with consultants in ...
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Diary of an intrepid arctic marathon runner
However meticulously you plan for big events, there are some things you just can’t plan for. Last weekend, Helen Bevan was due to compete in an extreme marathon in sub-zero temperatures in the Arctic Circle, something that she had prepared and planned for intensively for the last six months. Three days before the event, she came down with a severe cold. Read on to find out the outcome.
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Comment on: Raising NHS staff wellbeing can ‘save trusts millions’
An important connection to make is the relationship between individual health/well being and organisational health. Healthy organisations are those with the chararcteristics and factors that will enable them to succeed in the future. This includes a well motivated and engaged workforce and the ability of leaders to focus beyond short term performance targets. The NHS Institute has just published an evidence review titled "Organisational and system health: a new perspective on performance?" You can download it at http://www.institute.nhs.uk/news/quality_and_value/organisational_health.html Helen Bevan is Chief of Service Transformation at the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
