The Danish physicist Niels Bohr allegedly observed that it’s hard to make predictions, especially about the future. Hard but not impossible: the Five Year Forward View has already made a big impact on...
We recently held an important event focusing on fundamental aspects of health care that I feel particularly passionate about: compassion, dignity and respect. It was interesting to explore what the...
As part of our work on analysing the controversial decision to prohibit the proposed merger of Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Tru...
It’s nearly 15 years since the NHS Plan set out the blueprint for a national agency tasked with applying quality improvement techniques across the NHS. In its heyday, the Modernisation Agency was runn...
It is now widely accepted that, in order to meet the challenges facing the health and care system, the NHS will need both to improve productivity and to receive a real-terms increase in funding. It is...
A friend recently told me she’d had eleven assessments in the past year, all relating to her health and care needs. When attempting to more closely align health and social care, the last thing we shou...
I was in Manchester last weekend and drove back on the M6. As we approached the Cheshire/Staffordshire border the traffic slowed down and stopped. We then crawled slowly for what seemed like ages and ...
Those who know me well will know that I'm a pessimistic optimist – I know we'll eventually see human factors firmly embedded in health care across the world, but I know it won't happen without a great...
'This city is going on a diet.' So proclaimed the Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett on New Year’s Eve in 2007. Cornett had come to the realisation that he was obese and that his city was one of the fat...
It’s tough out there – no one needs reminding. Finding a rational way ahead will tax us all (no pun intended). The first task is to make an accurate diagnosis of the challenges. What’s the detailed...
