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Your 18 week waits: June 2013 data
All the local detail on 18 weeks by provider, commissioner and specialty, with interactive maps
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Lead from the front and behind the scenes
The NHS requires leaders across the service who are influential and willing to learn from others
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Awash with waiting times measures
Monitoring only the RTT waiting times standards can land you in trouble. Here’s how to stay on track.
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No blame − the NHS's the gain
The Berwick reviews says the NHS should have a learning, no blame culture. But what would that look like?
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BlogsHow should the DH allocate the £500m A&E bailout?
The Department of Health’s plan to divert £500m to A&Es is to be welcomed, now comes the difficult job of allocating it
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Stress, strokes and Robin Hood
The affects of stress on managers could have a serious impact on the NHS in future.
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BlogsWhat can we learn from the CQC 'cover up' story?
Recent events at the regulator bring up many questions and a valuable lesson for senior managers
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Basildon babe
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust correctly identified the national media’s buttock clenchingly embarrassing over-coverage of the royal birth was a public relations open goal par excellence.Pretty much any old tosh parped out by hospital spinners including the words “royal” and “baby” was guaranteed to be handed to an ...
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There will always be staff who feel bullied by managers
If staff are asked, “Have you been bullied?”, what is an acceptable amount of yes responses?
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Your 18 week waits: May 2013 data
The local picture on one year and 18 week waits across England, updated with the latest data.
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Tackling inequality is a forgotten priority
A current Coronation Street storyline is ideal material for addressing racism issues in organisations
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BlogsWe cannot let the NHS slip backwards
The NHS has come a long way in the last couple of decades − to keep gaining ground we need a national debate on the kind of NHS we want to see
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BlogsThe difference between a board and a cabinet
Council meetings tend to be a bit more rowdy than their NHS trust board counterparts
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BlogsWe're missing the signs of alcohol abuse among older people
The over 65 population is drinking in ever greater numbers, posing a new set of healthcare problems
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Lights, camera, inaction
TV’s Undercover Boss is a lesson in management – for all the wrong reasons
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BlogsMy own experience of a report 'cover up'
I was told my report identifying serious concerns at one organisation could not be made public
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BlogsA state of emergency for mental healthcare
Police cells are used 9,000 times each year as ‘places of safety’ for people detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act
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Your 18 week waits: April 2013 data
The local picture on one-year and 18 week waits across England, updated with the April 2013 data.
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Record breaking rise in English waiting list
The English waiting list got much bigger again in April. There will be trouble.
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Losing le tache
Congratulations to NHS England chair Malcolm Grant, who was awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s birthday honours list. He will now be able to hold his own among all those extremely highly respected “Sirs” of the health world, even former strategic health authority chief executives.Anyway, rising to the occasion, End ...