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Intentional whole health system redesign: Southcentral Foundation's 'Nuka' system of care

Southcentral Foundation's redesign of the health care system in Alaska is widely regarded as one of the most successful examples of its kind in the United States and internationally. What can the English NHS learn from Southcentral's experiences?
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By Ben Collins et al - 19 November 2015
Article

Should there be more discussion about the quality of leadership in the third sector?

Is enough emphasis and thought devoted to leadership styles, the culture this creates and whether this fully reflects the organisation’s aims and ethos?
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By Lisa Weaks - 1 September 2015
Article

The four steps to capitalise on talent management in the NHS

Successful talent management is an ethos and is core to developing a safe, compassionate culture. Sarah Massie and Katy Steward outline four key components of a successful strategy for developing future leaders
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By Sarah Massie et al - 3 June 2015
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Talent management: Developing leadership not just leaders

This paper encourages organisations to adopt a holistic talent management and succession planning strategy and guides NHS boards and leaders through the steps needed for this.
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By Sarah Massie - 3 June 2015
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Build a clearer clinical workforce picture to tackle the challenges it faces

Discussions about the NHS workforce have been prominent in the current election campaign and arose during the recent health debate.
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By Rachael Smithson - 6 May 2015
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Workforce planning in the NHS

This report look at past experience with NHS workforce planning and the challenges facing workforce planning in the future, in the light of changing health care needs and the need to deliver the future care models outlines in the NHS five year forward view. The report focuses on three areas key to providing integrated care: mental health, primary care and community nursing.
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By Rachael Smithson et al - 29 April 2015
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Staff engagement: Six building blocks for harnessing the creativity and enthusiasm of NHS staff

This paper encourages NHS boards and other leaders to focus on staff engagement and suggests six building blocks for ensuring a highly engaged workforce.
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By Ben Collins - 19 February 2015
Article

Compassionate care means rooting out staff stress

Following the government’s response to the Francis report, Michael West looks at why fostering compassion should be about relieving stresses on staff, not threatening criminal sanctions.
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By Michael West - 25 November 2013
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Revalidation: The early experiences and views of responsible officers from London

This paper summarises the results of a small research study designed to capture the experiences of, and reflections on, revalidation of responsible officers in London.
By Vijaya Nath - 15 October 2013
Article

Hospitals: is bigger better?

In the latest edition of our Insight magazine, we talk to Nigel Edwards, Senior Fellow at The King's Fund, about the problems often faced by smaller hospitals and how these problems could be overcome.
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By Nigel Edwards - 13 August 2013
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NHS and social care workforce: Meeting our needs now and in the future?

The NHS and social care workforce is the primary driver of future health and social care costs. So it's important to ensure that the workforce of today is prepared for the health and social care needs of the future.
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By Candace Imison - 25 July 2013
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Integrated care in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales: Lessons for England

What can the health and social care system in England learn from the experiences of the other countries of the United Kingdom?
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 16 July 2013
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Leading health care in London: Time for a radical response

Our report on health care in London asks where responsibility for leading improvements will rest in future and argues that the new NHS structures are unlikely to provide the leadership needed to meet the challenges ahead.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 26 June 2013
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An opportunity for local government to influence future health policy

Richard Humphries writes about a deepening structural fault line between the NHS and social care providers.
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By Richard Humphries - 24 June 2013
Article

Return to the windmill - behavioural modelling and the future

The lack of a 'big picture' of where NHS reforms will take us means investment and strategic planning are severely hampered. Alasdair Liddell and Laurie McMahon describe a behavioural modelling approach that can help.
By Alasdair Liddell et al - 4 December 2006
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Public consultation on proposals for change to health care professional regulation: Consultation response

This paper responds to a report on medical regulation, 'Good Doctors, Safer Patients' and the review by the Department of Health on the regulation of non-medical health care professions.
10 November 2006
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Designing the 'new' NHS: Ideas to make a supplier market in health care work

Amid increasing independent and voluntary sector involvement in NHS service delivery this report highlights issues that the government and health service providers in all three sectors should address.
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By Nicholas Timmins - 5 June 2006
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Assessing the New NHS Consultant Contract: A something for something deal?

Drawing on evidence from five acute NHS trusts, this paper assesses the impact of the new consultant contract in England and asks whether reforms will translate into benefits for patients.
By Sally Williams et al - 10 May 2006
Article

Attention deficit

As we reach the end of the financial year, Niall Dickson warns there could be even more stories of deficits, wards being closed and staff being cut.
By Niall Dickson - 31 March 2006
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