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What impact are senior leadership vacancies having on the already financially troubled NHS?

To deliver high-quality, compassionate care one, often overlooked, part of the equation is how to identify, recruit and retain the current and future senior leaders needed to take on this leadership challenge.
By Ayesha Janjua - 12 December 2014
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How will we staff new models of care in the NHS?

While many policy-makers focus on organisational structures, it is clear that successful implementation of the NHS five year forward view will hinge on getting the staffing right.
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By Ruth Robertson - 13 November 2014
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Waiting for mental health care: what does the public think?

How long is it reasonable to wait for treatment of depression after being referred by a GP? The results from the 2013 British Social Attitudes Survey are revealing and suggest that public expectations exceed current policy ambitions.
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By Chris Naylor - 24 October 2014
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Cultural change is as important as funding in transforming mental health

There is a growing disquiet around mental health. Across the board people are calling for change, but what exactly is it that needs to be done and how can we bring about the ‘parity of esteem’ that we all seek?
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By Helen Gilburt - 25 September 2014
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Can CCGs become accountable care organisations?

‘We need clinical commissioning groups to become accountable care organisations’ – that’s what Jeremy Hunt said recently in parliament. But what does this really mean and will it work in practice? Rachael Addicott gives her analysis.
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By Rachael Smithson - 14 August 2014
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A staff-led NHS? Improving patient care by engaging staff and devolving decision-making

In his new blog, Chris Ham discusses the recommendations of his review of staff engagement in the NHS. The review found compelling evidence that NHS organisations with high levels of staff engagement – where staff are strongly committed to their work and involved in decision-making – deliver better quality care.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 15 July 2014
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Medical engagement: change or die

There has been a call for the most expensive assets in health care – the doctors – to step up and engage in management and leadership. We use the right words when writing about medical engagement but how do we move from rhetoric to reality and more importantly why should doctors embrace this responsibility?
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By Vijaya Nath - 10 July 2014
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NHS leaders must change to make a reality of reform ‘from within’

Unless NHS leaders are prepared to change, reform from within will remain a distant dream, says Chris Ham.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 18 June 2014
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How can improving leadership help to transform the NHS?

Leadership in NHS organisations needs to be collective and distributed rather than located in a few individuals found at the top of these organisations. Involving doctors, nurses and other clinicians in leadership roles is essential, says Chris Ham.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 19 May 2014
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We can learn more from India than how to cut costs

Here’s a puzzle for you. You have a population of one million people, three psychiatrists, and no mental health nurses. How do you go about delivering mental health care?
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By Chris Naylor - 24 April 2014
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It's time to start asking and answering the hard questions: a view from an expert by experience

Dominic Stenning is a member of the experts by experience group for the Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England. He spoke at the launch of the interim report, giving a frank and compelling patient perspective on the health, mental health and social care system.
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By Dominic Stenning - 24 April 2014
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Re-allocating the money: who should lead on reforming mental health?

The focus on delivering improvements in mental health care is currently dominated by how funding is allocated. But in the midst of the debate, little thought has been given to who should receive this money, and importantly how this could lead to reforming the system.
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By Helen Gilburt - 13 February 2014
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Can we be aspirational about quality standards for mental health when resources are so tight?

Joanna Goodrich considers the impact of NICE's aspirational guidance on the delivery of adult mental health care on patient-centred care.
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By Joanna Goodrich - 22 December 2011
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We need to make our wards more friendly for people with dementia

The report of the National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals 2011 has put a sharp focus on the care of people with dementia in hospitals.
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By Sarah Waller CBE - 20 December 2011
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Is good NHS management a waste of money?

Chris Ham's blog about the importance of good management and leadership in the NHS.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 29 November 2011
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Data blog: what's happening to NHS redundancies?

James Thompson explores the figures behind this year's NHS redundancies in his data blog.
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By James Thompson - 18 November 2011
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Innovations in the health care workforce needed to deliver productivity improvements

Anna Dixon explains why it will only be possible to deliver productivity improvements in the NHS by using human as well as financial resources differently.
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By Anna Dixon - 7 November 2011
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Lost and confused: improving hospital care for dementia patients

After the CQC report on quality of care, Anna Dixon asks if acute hospitals are providing the right care for people with dementia.
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By Anna Dixon - 18 October 2011
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Who's paying for mental health services for young people?

Sarah Jonas asks what effect will large scale cuts to local authority social care budgets have on child and adolescent mental health services.
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By Sarah Jonas - 1 September 2011
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Will the government's new mental health strategy succeed?

If the government’s new mental health strategy is to have any force behind it, mental health needs to be fully reflected in the outcomes framework.
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By Chris Naylor - 11 February 2011
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