All Blogs articles – Page 6
-
BlogsHunt's care plan puts burden on family before state
Jeremy Hunt’s proposals for looking after older people are all about ‘care closer to home’
-
Blogs
Managers − always look on the bright side
Despite cuts to their budget, social services leaders appear to be relentlessly optimistic
-
Blogs
Are hospital chairs overreaching their role?
Powerful hospital chairs and non-executive directors can make chief executives redundant
-
Blogs
No one can provide quality care in 15 minutes
The increasing use of “pop in” calls by social services departments will make people who need care even more vulnerable
-
Blogs
I don’t need to go to hospital, I just need to go home to bed
Sometimes the patient knows best.
-
Blogs
Don’t 'unnecessarily' annoy the patients
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary is reminder of how public sector management used to be
-
BlogsWhat is the house of care?
There are significant benefits to focusing on patients’ goals and empowering them to take an active part in their own care, says Angela Coulter
-
BlogsYou don't want to know the answer
Managers are can choose to avoid bad news by not asking staff the right questions
-
BlogsGive troubled trusts the right support to improve
When it comes to improving a trust’s performance, we must make sure we do not blur the lines of responsibility
-
Blogs
Trusts don't expect chief executives to stick around
High flyers will always move on to the next big job, but now trusts don’t even want them to be in post for long
-
Blogs‘Look beyond the supermarket model for health services’
NHS commissioners should heed the experiences of other parts of the public sector to develop a health and social care model of commissioning
-
Blogs
Your 18 week waits: July 2013 data
All the local detail on 18 weeks by provider, commissioner and specialty, with interactive maps
-
Blogs
English waiting list peaking just below 3 million
The English waiting list peaks just below 3 million: the largest reported list size since April 2008. But 18 weeks performance remains steady.
-
Blogs
Families shouldn't have to do a hospital's job
A friend’s experience in a Spanish hopsital is a warning for the NHS
-
BlogsCareer advice: be opinionated, abrasive and intolerant
Seven tips for reaching the top of the tree in your profession
-
Blogs
Leadership is about taking responsibility
Leadership isn’t just about grand visions and great strategies or inspiring staff. Often leadership is simply about taking responsibility.
-
BlogsOutpatient waits take the pain in Scotland
Scotland does well against its two main waiting times targets. So why are outpatient waits soaring?
-
BlogsDon't listen at your peril
The weekend’s media was full of the leadership lessons from last week’s parliamentary debate on Syria. Perhaps the biggest lesson is about listening.
-
Blogs
Only in America?
A gunman with a psychiatric disorder took a school librarian hostage after his Medicaid cover an out.
-
Blogs
A leadership balancing act
It seems that successful senior managers who give interviews fall into two types: the ‘people people’ and the macho managers; neither are helpful role models.