Daily Insight – Page 21
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CommentThe sad inevitability of having to regulate useless managers
Sir Trevor Longstay regrets the passing of the old order but acknowledges the need for formal regulation of NHS managers – as long as a suitable leader can be found
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: NHS on the rocks
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: How to channel anger
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision making. In this monthly ‘expert briefing’, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the ...
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The 'reform' the NHS really needs
In the midst of NHS reform debates, understanding what ‘reform’ truly means is crucial. Structural changes alone won’t fix the NHS; it’s time for bottom-up, incentive-driven improvements
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Popular health policy is (usually) bad policy
The challenge for political parties in the UK lies in reconciling the need for vote-winning policies with the imperative of crafting effective healthcare strategies for the NHS
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The biggest problems in the NHS won’t be solved by more money
Beyond spending, baroque complexity and productivity issues must be addressed for effective NHS and infrastructure reform, emphasises Steve Black
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Suggestions welcomed
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Blaming people will not make the NHS safer
The majority of safety failures in the NHS are caused by bad systems not by malicious or incompetent staff, writes Steve Black
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Many healthcare interventions are wasteful, we just don’t know which ones
Steve Black says the NHS must become much more serious about data collection if it is to tackle unwarranted variation in healthcare and make better use of resources
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: No CEO is an island
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: ‘Warts and all’
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Your name’s not on the list
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Staying very much on target
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Managers are the real heroes of the NHS movie
The NHS seems to hold to a sort of Hollywood view of history where a handful of heroes solve the problem and the backroom bureaucrats or managers are an impediment to – not the foundation of – success, writes Steve Black
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Solving the problem by creating another
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Wanted: More good quality managers
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Taking aim at the virtual target
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: ‘An honour and a privilege’
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: NHSE’s U-turn on winter planning
Steve Black explains how the NHS winter plan aims face a sceptical reaction due to past failures and insufficient measures
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Comment'We are very sorry' says ICB without a plan
A leading integrated care board has issued a statement explaining how its ‘forward plan’ fell behind and how it intends to aim to make up lost ground. By Martin Plackard (as told to Julian Patterson)