Workforce and professionalism

Activities

• Hospital boards must ‘let go’ to realise benefits of service-line management

  Our new report 'Service-line management: Can it improve quality and efficiency?' finds that hospital boards must be prepared to cede power and control to clinical teams.

• A Review of Leadership in the NHS

  Our NHS leadership review will examine the concept of leadership for engagement in health care, promoting engagement within teams, organisations and across the system to drive improvement.

• Leadership development: A whole system approach to commissioning care services

  We talked to some GPs about the challenges of leading change and our whole systems approach to help with clinical commissioning. (Article, 30 Aug 2011)

• Social enterprise in health care: Promoting staff engagement

  Will social enterprises be able to manage the risks and establish themselves as viable organisations in an increasingly competitive health care market? (Publication, Rachael Addicott)

• Survival of the fittest: will social enterprises thrive in the new world?

  Rachael Addicott asks if social enterprises will be able to compete with the big players in health care in her blog.

• Wai-yin Hatton: Nurturing our future leaders

  Dr Wai-yin Hatton, Chief Executive, NHS Ayrshire and Arraon gave a motivating speech on nurturing our future leaders at the NHS Leadership and Management Summit, offering practical tips and experience on NHS management. (Video, Wai-yin Hatton, 18 May 2011)

• The future of leadership and management in the NHS: No more heroes

  What sort of leaders does the NHS need? Does the 'hero' chief executive still hold sway? This report concludes the findings of the Commission into leadership and management in the NHS. (Publication, 18 May 2011)

• Social Enterprise Summit

  This summit was the first in a series considering reforms to local health systems and changes in power and alignments between local authorities, the third sector and the NHS. (Past event, 29 Jun 2011)

• Prof. Nigel Mathers: Inquiry into the quality of general practice

  Nigel Mathers, Vice-Chair of the Royal College of General Practicioners, gives his response to the final report of the Inquiry into the Quality of General Practice in England. (Video, 24 Mar 2011)

• Jeremy Taylor: Inquiry into the quality of general practice

  Jeremy Taylor, Chief Executive of Patient Voices, gives his view on the final report of the Inquiry into the Quality of General Practice in England and considers its impact on patients. (Video, 24 Mar 2011)

• Sir Ian Kennedy: Inquiry into the quality of general practice

  Sir Ian Kennedy, the Chair of the Inquiry into the Quality of General Practice in England, introduces the finding of the final report at a launch event at The King's Fund. (Video, 24 Mar 2011)

• Health policy priorities for Parliament

  Contributed by key health sector figures and commentators, this publication provides information on the key health policy agenda priorities and how they can be addressed and advanced in the coming years. (Publication, November 2010)

• Commission on Leadership and Management in the NHS

  With the NHS facing unprecedented financial pressures and about to undergo radical reform, we launched a Commission to assess the leadership and management needs of the NHS. (Project)

• The 21st-century doctor: Understanding the doctors of tomorrow

  This paper, published in partnership with the RCP, General Medical Council, the NHS Institute, the Centre for Excellence in Developing Professionalism, University of Liverpool, and the Student BMJ, reports on the quality and insight of the next generation of young doctors. (Paper, 6 Oct 2010)

• Learnings from the Kaiser Permanente Model

  This study visit is an advanced programme that has been designed in collaboration with colleagues from Kaiser Permanente to address some of the urgent issues confronting the NHS now and in the future. (Leadership programme)

• Creating employee-owned organisations in the NHS: engaging and empowering NHS staff

  This conference focused on the benefits and challenges of creating employee-owned organisations in the NHS, and explored how staff can be engaged and empowered through their creation. (Past event, 6 Jul 2010)

• NHS workforce planning: Limitations and possibilities

  This report considers the degree to which NHS workforce planning in England is likely to support the delivery of a workforce that is fit for the future. To inform this assessment, we examine current developments at national and regional level, highlight relevant international experience, and propose ways in which planning could be made more effective. (Publication, Candace Imison, James Buchan, Su Xavier, 26 Nov 2009)

• The 21st-century doctor

  To engage medical students in the issues around medical professionalism in today's health service, we are running a series of roadshows around the country. (Project)

• BMJ and The King's Fund debate: This House believes doctors are neglecting their duty to lead health service change

  More than 150 senior doctors, health care leaders and policy makers joined an expert panel to debate whether or not doctors are neglecting their duty to lead health service change, at an event run jointly by the BMJ and The King’s Fund. (Past event, 28 Apr 2009)