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Sacking staff is not the way to save money in the NHS

18 Oct 2010
John Appleby
Slashing budgets and sacking staff should not be the answer to the financial challenges facing the NHS. Instead, the aim should be to generate savings to reinvest in more and higher-quality care for patients.

See the person in the health professional: how looking after staff benefits patients

4 Dec 2009
Jocelyn Cornwell
Improving staff experience is an essential step towards providing high-quality care.

NHS management: time for transparency at the top

30 Mar 2009
Karen Lynas

There is little new in this. Turnover is high – the average tenure of a chief executive is said to be around two and a half years. And therein lies the problem.

Q&A on the Operating Framework for NHS leaders

16 Dec 2008
Karen Lynas
How can chief executives seize the new freedoms offered by David Nicholson and the Operating Framework? The King's Fund Director of Leadership Development, Karen Lynas offers some advice.

World class commissioning - a catalyst for change?

19 Nov 2008
Karen Lynas
As PCTs up and down the country face formal judgement of their commissioning skills for the first time, The King's Fund's Leadership Director Karen Lynas offers her views on the new world class commissioning assurance system.

Board game

1 Sep 2008
Karen Lynas
Are you ready to step up to board level? Karen Lynas, Director of Leadership at The King’s Fund, looks at the personal challenges.

Maybe we're wrong

1 Sep 2008
Simon Bird
Simon Bird argues that we may need to look at talent management in the NHS differently in this article from Talent Management Review.

Simon Bird on whether clinicians are always the best leaders

5 Aug 2008
Simon Bird
Simon Bird discusses whether clinicians are alwas the best leaders in this 2008 article for the Health Service Journal.

Learn to play the politics game

1 Mar 2008
Simon Bird
Building relationships within your own organisation can be as important as developing partnerships outside it. Simon Bird, special projects programme director at The King's Fund, offers some thoughts on alliances and divisions.

The NHS under-invests at its peril

1 Feb 2008
Karen Lynas
The King's Fund Director of Leadership Development, Karen Lynas, warns the health service it must invest in its leaders.

NHS underinvests in leaders at its peril

31 Oct 2007
Karen Lynas
With the Healthcare Commission's annual health check putting the spotlight on the performance of NHS leaders, Karen Lynas warns against underinvesting in its leaders.

It's productivity, stupid

12 Mar 2007
Niall Dickson
Niall Dickson reflects on the results of a survey by HSJ into what health care managers really think about government policy interventions.

Niall Dickson on the future of the NHS workforce

18 Jan 2007
Niall Dickson
Niall Dickson explains why workforce planning in health is a nightmare.

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