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The powers of the dynamic duo
The role of the deputy is often underplayed, undervalued and sometimes, in the case of Nick Clegg, mocked. But this is to miss the vital part they play in partnerships, and without deputies, many leaders wouldn’t be where they are.
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Is the betting off for Lansley's vision?
David Cameron’s speech yesterday did little more than reaffirm the government’s commitment to pushing on with NHS reform. But will the prime minister show as much support to his beleaguered health secretary Andrew Lansley?
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The benefits of employment support to mental health patients
The change in the way people with mental health problems are supported into work highlights just how vital it is for NHS organisations to be focused on employment as an outcome.
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National recognition for NHS individual - for the right reasons
Not that many people in the NHS have gained national recognition this year for positive reasons.
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Fast, cheap and intimidating - the future of NHS services?
Why the future of our public services is like a New York breakfast.
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A right royal day to bury bad news
Of all days, the biggest royal wedding for 30 years must have seemed a ripe moment during which to sweep bad news under the carpet.
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Inadvertent integration?
Recent reports from the US and UK suggest primary care and hospitals merging on both sides of the Atlantic. But are we missing these opportunities to understand truly integrated care in the NHS?
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Making time for successful management development
Management development programmes have a vital part to play in achieving powerful organisational change - but only if they can be delivered properly, to the right people.
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Ensuring security for secure mental health services
Nowhere is it more important to look critically at what we are spending now and finding ways of using money more wisely than in secure mental health services, writes Sean Duggan.
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The casualties of workplace conflict aren't just the staff
Anxiety over the reforms is heightening conflict in the workplace, and that conflict is threatening to spill over into the quality of care.
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Graduates need more than a degree from the university of life
Why linking up practices and surgeries with local schools could help produce the next generation of medical graduates.
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Getting the message across
With the reforms attempting to introduce competition into almost all facets of the NHS, it’s time for marketing in the health service to get with the times.
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Stuck in the middle
Being in middle management often requires evasive action to avoid friendly fire from both directions.
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Achieving high quality care at manageable costs: a lesson for GP consortia
Lessons from the States are often relegated to the ‘too different to be useful’ box, but on closer inspection there are many similarities between American medical groups and the proposed GP consortia – as Paul Zollinger-Read learned on a recent visit to Boston.
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Learning the management lingo
Ambitious managers need to learn a certain type of language to get ahead - the rest of us just need to try and work out what they’re saying.
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When looking the part goes too far
It’s always said that appearances can be decieving - but surely looking your best for your employer should never be frowned upon?
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Sometimes the best thing to happen to a candidate is not getting the job
“A few questions from the panel wouldn’t pose a problem to a candidate of this calibre,” I thought. But I was wrong.
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'The hospice movement was prepared to look death squarely in the face'
On 24th July 1967 Princess Alexandra came to St Christopher’s Hospice in Sydenham to perform the official opening ceremony.
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CommentDoes my daughter have swine flu?
It’s been a tough month for my 12-year-old; she dislocated an elbow on an activity trip, was involved in a car accident, and then, last Friday, went down with suspected swine flu.