This paper will review the evidence which supports the view that securing greater engagement of doctors in management, leadership and service improvement is critical to improving performance. It will also draw on examples of good practice nationally and internationally, as well as offering some frameworks for obtaining and securing greater ... and This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform its review of leadership in the NHS.
This paper forms part of The King’s Fund 2012 leadership review, addressing the topic from the perspective of those seeking to provide leadership extending well outside their own immediate organisational boundaries. To establish firm foundations on which to study this whole-system aspect
of leadership, the paper first explores leadership, management ... and This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform its review of leadership in the NHS.
Patient and public engagement has been on the NHS agenda for many years, but the impact has been disappointing. There have been a great many public consultations, surveys, and one-off initiatives, but the service is still not sufficiently patient-centred. In particular there has been a lack of focus on engaging ... and This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform its review of leadership in the NHS.
This paper will concentrate on medical leadership. The paper was commissioned to contribute to The King’s Fund’s 2012 review of leadership and engagement. It will therefore describe models of medical leadership and predominantly refer to the medical literature. Importantly, this paper’s focus on medical leadership is not intended to detract ... and This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform its review of leadership in the NHS.
This paper explores the role of medical leadership and engagement as a means to improve productivity. It looks at the evidence about how doctors may best improve productivity, and how doctors practising today feel about this. and This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform its review of leadership in the NHS.
Under the Health and Social Care Act, the NHS Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) will be accountable for improving health and treatment outcomes in the NHS.
We've produced two slide sets to help CCGs make the best use of measurement to support them to commission for improved outcomes.
In early 2009 The King’s Fund conducted a survey of primary care trusts (PCTs) in England, examining the use of external support for commissioning, and eliciting views on the world class commissioning programme. The survey revealed that PCTs are increasingly turning to external organisations, and the private sector in particular, ...
In response to the commitment to clinical leadership, The King’s Fund instigated a project to determine the impact leadership programmes have on individuals and the system. Junior doctors who had completed or were currently on leadership programmes were interviewed in order to determine their experiences and aspirations for the future. and This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform its review of leadership in the NHS.
This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform its review of leadership in the NHS. and One of the major consequences of the failures in quality of care and patient safety in the NHS, exposed by the public inquiries such as those relating to Bristol Royal Infirmary and Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, has been the Department of Health’s initiatives to improve the governance and leadership ...
It has long been recognised that engagement of employees with their work and organisation is a factor in their job performance, but the research evidence for this has been steadily increasing over recent years. In this article we summarise this evidence along with the theories underlying it,
paying special attention ... and This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform its review of leadership in the NHS.