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From communcation errors to blame culture, all public leaders must learn from the failings highlighted by the Francis inquiry Wednesday 6 February will see the results of the Francis inquiry, the long-awaited report into severe failings in care in Mid Staffordshire hospitals. The inquiry was launched...
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Seven things to keep in mind before sending off your job application to an Asian university Do your research Collaborating with an overseas university first is a great way to get to know them if you are considering moving abroad. Paul Matsudaira started his career at Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
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The NHS Institute's chief of service transformation on Twitter, her mother's influence and ballroom dancing What does your role leading large scale change in healthcare involve? I act as a thought leader, identifying, developing and testing new ideas and practices about change for the NHS and...
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The first chair of the new consumer champion for health and social care in England on the CQC and electric cinema-going What are the priorities for Healthwatch and what do you want to achieve? Our priority is setting up the Healthwatch system , which is formed of two connected networks, at local and...
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Just like for Fernando Torres, moving to Chelsea has been a big step forward – but also full of challenges Following in the footsteps of one Fernando Torres , I have moved from Liverpool to Chelsea to take up my new job as the chief executive of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on 3 September. Like many...
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Booklet aims to help new Healthwatch bodies and health and wellbeing boards to collaborate on NHS service delivery The Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS) and the Local Government Association (LGA) have published a practical e-guide to help new independent health watchdogs collaborate on reform. Practical...
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The new Royal College of Surgeons strategic communications director on journalism, Whitehall and the NHS Jo Revill is a journalist and author whose "homing instinct for healthcare" has led her on a path from Whitehall to the Royal College of Surgeons, where she began work on 14 September as...
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Overstretched public managers are facing a long haul to improve working conditions for themselves and their staff It's hard to believe it has now been five years since the credit crunch started to bite. While the consequences of the stormy economic conditions that followed have of course been complex...
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The society's new president on a decade with Nice, integrating economics into healthcare and understanding the Principia Mathematica What do you hope to achieve in your new role at the Royal Society of Medicine ? I have four immediate priorities. First, I must maintain the RSM's special position...
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Government has placed councils at the heart of the public health agenda, but planning must shoulder its burden of responsibility The planning system first evolved as a result of the public health movement. Improved planning and better housing have long been identified as essential for improving the health...
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Our panel of experts will discuss the challenges of change and whether managers will be able to achieve efficiency savings. Join us from noon until 2pm Friday 18 May As the NHS prepares to implement the new Health and Social Care Act, and faces unprecedented efficiency saving, how can healthcare leaders...
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As they take responsibility for public health, can councils use popular culture to get the healthy message across? "We are enemy of the people. The problem is that we come across as spoilsports, telling people to stop doing things," said Fiona Adshead, deputy chief medical officer back in 2006...
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Bettina Fitt explains what the private sector can learn from the public sector, and vice-versa Why did you want to work in healthcare? To have the feeling that what I do every day in some small way makes a difference to people's lives. What can the private sector learn from the public sector? The...
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Government proposes national scheme to boost training for public sector commissioners Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude is creating a commissioning academy which will have responsibility for the professional development and quality standards expected of NHS and other public sector commissioners....
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Development director at the Royal Society for Public Health on NHS bill and how to improve health services Why did you want to work in healthcare? I was interested in applying the broad experience I have gained from working across different professional settings over the years. My background is in large...