Medical Engagement has long been advocated as a critical component relating to organizational performance. Relatively little data though existed to support this contention. Using the Medical Engagement Scale (MES) This study demonstrates a...
The relentless call for clinical leadership to deliver better quality care whilst also cutting costs has intrigued my colleagues at the grassroots. Many frontline clinicians believe that the healthcare system is ‘creaking at the seams’, relying on...
The education and training aspect of the Health and Social Care Bill has, to some extent, been overshadowed by the much more headline-friendly changes in commissioning, the management cull and the debate surrounding competition. If you ask trainees...
Over the summer I got the chance to be a medical student guinea pig for a 360° feedback tool based on the new NHS Leadership Framework. This new framework applies to all staff in the NHS and builds upon FMLM’s Medical Leadership Competency Framework...
The NHS has been given the job of saving £20 billion in four years. This is variously known as the QIPP programme or the Nicholson Challenge. It has been described as so big it can be see from outer space. Last month the Audit Commission produced...
There is evidence that doctors like the term 'leadership' and certainly prefer it to 'management'. Leadership holds a certain mystique which is unhelpful as it may be interpreted as a skill with which only the selected few are born. If you don’t...
There are many examples of poor practice and system failure within healthcare where a lack of leadership – at an individual, collective and system level – has been identified as an important factor. With the economic and other challenges facing the...
A wide range of audio podcasts, PowerPoint slides and downloads are available on this website for GPs that are interested to know more on management in primary care and Information Management and Technology. The site is updated regularly and has...
Management as a component of training for doctors is well recognised. However, management training is not always a planned component of training and both the access to and content of training are variable throughout the National Health Service (NHS...
It’s week four, day three of the NHS Medical Director's Clinical Fellow Scheme with NHS Kidney Care for me and I’ve been thinking about what I’ve learned so far. For me, the key lessons of this first month have been:
The importance of political...