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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

Improving care: what can leaders do?

In organisations like hospitals, many of the answers are found among staff rather than in the executive offices and boardrooms, says Chris Ham.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 26 November 2014

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.

By Ruth Robertson - 13 November 2014

The Better Care Fund: will the plans work?

The government expects councils and NHS partners to achieve way too much, with too little, too soon, says Richard Humphries.

By Richard Humphries - 5 November 2014

The ups and downs on the road to health service improvement

Parallels between the successful transformation of the Veterans Health Administration in the United States and the changes needed in the NHS in England have been made for a number of years. But recent troubles at the VA offer some important lessons for the NHS in the future.

By Hugh Alderwick - 11 September 2014

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.

By Rachael Smithson - 14 August 2014

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.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 15 July 2014

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?

By Vijaya Nath - 10 July 2014

Better Care Fund, better read the small print?

Although earlier rumours of the demise of the Better Care Fund – the government’s £3.8 billion pooled fund to promote integrated care – have turned out to be greatly exaggerated, the significance of the government’s latest announcement about the fund should not be.

By Richard Humphries - 8 July 2014

Why we must value leaders from the third sector

If the third sector is to reach its potential in supporting a new health and social care system, then we should look to its leaders and think hard about their support needs.

By Lisa Weaks - 3 July 2014

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.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 18 June 2014

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.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 19 May 2014

Take care CCGs: it was the conflict of interest that tripped them up last time

In the past couple of weeks, ‘co-commissioning’ has emerged as the latest solution to the problems in primary care. But will it give patients, communities and clinicians ‘more clout’ in deciding how local services are developed, at a time when NHS finances are severely strained?

By Ruth Robertson - 15 May 2014

Wanted: an even Better Care Fund

In light of our new report on the NHS productivity challenge, Chris Ham calls for a new transformation fund to stop the NHS approaching a major financial crisis.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 1 May 2014

How engaged are CCG members one year on?

One year ago today, clinical commissioning groups formally took on their statutory responsibility for £65 billion of the NHS budget. So how do individuals in CCGs feel about engagement now?

By Shilpa Ross - 1 April 2014

The Better Care Fund: what’s love got to do with it?

The success of the £3.8 billion Better Care Fund – designed to promote integrated care and help shift care closer to home – depends on a different kind of chemistry between local NHS organisations and their local authority partners.

By Richard Humphries - 23 January 2014

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