Book Review: Being an NHS Chief Executive
Dr Hannah Laidley reviews Being an NHS Chief Executive: What they never told me (or if they did I wasn’t listening) Lisa Rodrigues is former chief executive of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Her 13 years running this mental health trust and experiences of depression led her to fight against the stigma associated with […]
The NHS Long Term Plan: It’s Ambitious
Earlier this month the government launched its 10 year Long Term Plan for the NHS. The document outlines lots of plans – including changes to adolescent mental health, early cancer diagnosis, and a technology revolution – but we await details of how they will be implemented. This is the first 10 year plan […]
Digital Frustrations
By Dr Hannah Laidley There are plenty of articles complaining about how awful IT is not just in the NHS but in healthcare around the world. I recently read one by Atul Gawande who invoked research suggesting one of the strongest predictors of burnout is how much time an individual spends doing computer documentation. […]
The Doctor as a ‘Street-Level Bureaucrat’
Why don’t policies play out as planned? It’s a key question in public policy. For the police this might mean Why does stop-and-search affect a disproportionate number of black people? For educators it might mean Why are children kept out of the classroom without being excluded? And in the hospital, perhaps, Why are […]
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