Health Service Journal
Jon Restell
Jon Restell is chief executive of Managers in Partnership.
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'The Francis report will be the most important NHS event in 2012'
1 December 2011
Spare a thought for Robert Francis. The weight on his shoulders must be immense. Part of his task has been to listen carefully hour upon hour to angry people, whose loved ones were failed by people and a public service meant to care and show compassion. -
Jon Restell: it's time to get behind the defenders of pensions
29-Jun-2011
When you hear the word “pension”, do you bury your head in the sand? If so, I’ve got bad news. -
Jon Restell on why managers are worth it
16 September 2010
“Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you.” But words can hurt - words can burn like acid. -
Jon Restell on NHS executive pay
24 June 2010
Good employment practice does not make good politics in the bear-pit arena of public sector executive pay, fashioned in the recession, the expenses scandal and “fisca-geddon”. -
Jon Restell on regulation of NHS managers
8 April 2010
I am unconvinced by the arguments for the regulation of healthcare managers for three broad reasons. -
Jon Restell: could the NHS ever be like this?
17 December 2009
People tell me I am good at predictions, so here is my month by month forecast for 2010. -
Jon Restell: NHS managers on the ropes
19 November 2009
Everyone I talk to assumes that managers in the health service must be sweating. -
Jon Restell on NHS choice and personalisation
15 October 2009
Every film has its fans. Although no one I know has had the audacity to big it up, even Marley and Me must have a tiny cult following somewhere. (Tip: if necessary, kill to avoid seeing Marley and Me.) -
Jon Restell on NHS managers fighting back
10 September 2009
The politics for managers in all four UK health services are tough, and the fiscal squeeze and a forthcoming general election make them tougher. -
Jon Restell on achieving race equality in the NHS
6-Aug-2009
A few weeks ago, I watched a documentary about the Motown tour of the UK in 1965. -
Jon Restell: how to cope
2 July 2009
The ever rolling aftermath of the credit crunch – a new angle every day – makes horizon scanning a full time job. For those who only have time for a quick look up from the grindstone, I list the main trouble spots, as I see them, and some suggestions on how you, as a manager, might respond. -
Jon Restell: telling the quality story
28 May 2009
We badly need a good story for all staff to tell. -
Jon Restell on a raw deal for NHS managers
19 March 2009
This isn’t a detailed piece about Rose Gibb’s breach of contract claim against Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust, but win or lose - I’m not sure there can be a draw - it again shows how poorly senior managers are held to account in the NHS. -
Jon Restell on taking notice of European health directives
12-Feb-2009
All my life I have failed to show any serious interest in the workings of the European Union. -
Jon Restell on an NHS Christmas list for Santa
18-Dec-2008
For this column, I am going to cheat by giving you something I have been working on for a while - my Christmas wish list. -
Jon Restell on the NHS constitution
13-Nov-2008
After a warm welcome earlier in the summer, the NHS constitution is now the subject of some sustained chuntering. This is wrong. -
Jon Restell on party conferences
9-Oct-2008
The party conference season heralds the least productive element of my job. Attending them means - roughly - receptions, speaking at fringes, talking to anyone who will listen and eating too much and too richly. -
Jon Restell on keeping managers in the NHS
21-Aug-2008
Sixty per cent of the people who will make up the NHS workforce in 10 years are already employed in the service. This is the latest fancy dan statistic to drop into any workforce discussion. -
Jon Restell on praise for the NHS
17-Jul-2008
I am writing this column soft-eyed at the close of the busy next stage review/NHS 60th anniversary week, with Nye Bevan staring exhortation at me from my desk calendar. -
Jon Restell on the NHS's 60th anniversary
5-Jun-2008
Are managers going to be unwelcome guests at the NHS's 60th birthday party in July and merely bit players in the next instalment of the next stage review? -
Jon Restell on information overload
1-May-2008
Outsiders in their first few months in the NHS as, say, non-executive directors, are often aghast at the vast amount of information reporting that is required. -
Jon Restell on valuing all frontline staff
27-Mar-2008
I have had the people who work in general practice on my mind recently. At this time of especially heightened clinical engagement, it is easier than ever to forget that good healthcare is delivered by teams. -
Jon Restell on looking after managers
21-Feb-2008
Managers in healthcare need to do more than ever to look after their staff. I don't have a problem with this; it's the right thing to be doing. -
Jon Restell on big picture partnerships
24-Jan-2008
In the winter months I need some little fantasies to spice up my working life. Let me share with you just one of many. -
HSJ Christmas quiz
17-Dec-2007
How well do you recall the ups and downs of the NHS in 2007? Test yourself with HSJ's seasonal quiz. And can you identify Santa's reindeers? Answers below -
Jon Restell on unravelling the pay-off era
29-Nov-2007
The NHS is more anxious to stop problems coming to light than solving them. Good, bad, indifferent - the system does not care about judging your actual performance
