All articles by Blair McPherson – Page 7
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Mid Staffs shows a foundation trust can go bust
Is it possible for trusts provide excellent care while staying within budget?
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Not sleeping your way to the top
Separating fact from fiction about senior managers and their lives away from work
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Senior management was ‘incompetent and reckless’
Blair McPherson on how we should judge managers
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A rising management star crashes and burns
Are managers being given too much credit for success and too much blame for failure?
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High-level anger management
There’s nothing wrong with managers being angry about poor care, but they still need to be in control.
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The power of the political placebo
Are GPs prescribing placebos any more unethical than when politicians and managers talk about service closures?
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If the shark doesn’t get you HR will
Managing an employee’s sick leave and return to work is never straightforward once you look into their individual circumstances.
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Patients vs the business case
The NHS is not subject to local democratic accountability. If you want to have more say in what happens to your local hospital maybe you should advocate a transfer to local government
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A Shakespearian story at the top of the NHS
Sir David Nicholson will no doubt be wondering who his friends are and who he can trust as the press clamours for his resignation.
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BlogsInterim NHS managers can relate to Rafael Benitez
Senior NHS managers are now considered like football coaches, no one expects them to be around for very long.
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BlogsPassion runneth over in the job search
Employers have devalued passion as a word for describing how we feel about work.
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The NHS should aim higher than "don't be evil"
“Do no evil” seems a very modest ambition, but it’s one banks and multinationals have struggled to live up to. Surely the NHS can be better than this?
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An NHS love story
In which the NHS is the woman, a man with the trousers on his head is the private sector and government policy is the magic spell designed to open up the NHS.
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Clearing up confusion on commissioning
Clearing up some confusion about commissioning, and a cautionary tale about public sector cooperation with the private sector.
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Francis will likely say parts of the NHS aren’t good with people
One of the messages from the Francis report on Wednesday will be that the NHS needs to focus more on people.
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Money can't buy an all-star team
High-performing teams are rarely created but they evolve when all memebrs share responsibility, support their colleagyes and take it in turns to lead
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Is it harder to be an honest senior manager in today’s NHS?
League tables, naming and shaming and austerity have put more pressure on managers in the public sector, making if difficult for some to remain honest and open.
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Leadership lessons from the Thin White Duke
The NHS is seeking to revive a familiar refrain with a return to “heroic leadership”.
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Military-style leadership doesn't suit the public sector
Why the armed forces’ show of force leadership style is the wrong type for the NHS and local government.