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Financial Storm in NHS - how bad will it get? (Windmill 2009)

Thu, 12/17/2009 - 23:47 — Hugo_Minney

King's Fund - Ideas that change healthcareDid you read Windmill 2009?

 it makes really fascinating reading.  The Windmill series of Exercises gets experts from a whole variety of backgrounds: different parts of NHS, local authorities, independent providers, patients, users and Trust governors, Department of Health, all to play themselves in a scenario looking at "what could happen if"

NAPC Education Event - Practice-Based Commissioning

Thu, 03/26/2009 - 17:00 — Hugo_Minney

It's always fascinating to go to a national conference (as long as you don't do this often)

Practice-Based Commissioning - engaging GPs and the public

Wed, 10/08/2008 - 11:47 — Hugo_Minney

the problem
PCTs have a requirement to get GP practices engaged with the commissioning process, for two reasons:

  • engagement at grass-roots level, being seen to consult
  • GPs have the biggest effect on the cost of service delivery, as they are the ones making a decision early on in the patient pathway whether a patient should use the hospital (generally expensive if the treatment is appropriate for a community pathway) or alternative pathways (generally cheaper if they are available, but someone has to decide whether to set them up and if so, how to do so)

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More for your money? Private healthcare vs Publicly funded

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 23:26 — Hugo_Minney

Life expectancy vs %GDP health spend

Which is better - private funding or public? Which gives a better outcome for the individual (* clinical outcome, * user experience, * cost-effective, * sustainable) and is there a clear picture?

One way to examine this question is to look at different countries in the world and see what works for them.  I tackle this in the latest blog on Technorati.

UK Parties, Politics and Healthcare

Thu, 03/04/2010 - 07:29 — Hugo_Minney

Your politicians - listening to you?I ask you - if you were to design a new national health service from scratch, would you really design it with nobody to think ahead and make decisions on resources?

So why are the main political parties in UK engaging in their favourite sport of manager bashing?

Gossip - friend or foe?

Sat, 02/27/2010 - 23:39 — Hugo_Minney

How stuff works - Gossip

Do you see gossip as a waste of time? Do you suffer from spiteful or destructive rumours, disrupting the team and destroying team spirit? Do you find it impossible to control - chop off one head and two more appear somewhere else?

Read how Minney.org helps organisations to use this social glue for good ...

Winter Olympics - Downhill Skiing is like Management Consultancy

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 15:08 — Hugo_Minney

One chance, 100 seconds in 4 yearsYou only have one chance to make a first impression. 

In fact, you only have one chance each time, to make a first impression that sets the scene for that day, that job, that opportunity.

Capacity Planning - Flexibility

Sun, 02/14/2010 - 20:02 — Hugo_Minney

What of those toilet cubicles which allow for both sexes - they have a little notice on the outside saying "either"?

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