Economic evaluation of a liaison psychiatry serviceThis is an independent economic evaluation of the Rapid Assessment Interface and Discharge (RAID) psychiatric liaison service operating in City Hospital Birmingham. Read more »
Mental Health Payment by Results readiness reviewThis review undertaken by the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network provides an assessment of commissioners’ and providers’ readiness to deliver Payment by Results in mental health. Read more »
Engaging doctors in leadership: what can we learn from trusts with high levels of medical engagement?This briefing paper shares the key findings from a study of seven trusts which achieved high Medical Engagement Scale (MES) scores from an initial survey involving 30 trusts in England. Read more »
The roles of leaders in high-performing health care systemsThis paper reviews five health care systems that are viewed as ‘high-performing’, using cross-case methods to identify the key factors linked to their success, examining their leadership strategies, organisational processes and the investments they made to create and sustain improvements in care. Read more »
Followership in the NHSThis paper suggests that the current focus on leadership underestimates the role of followers in securing a successful health service and overestimates the ability of individual ‘heroic’ leaders to make a significant difference to all circumstances. Read more »
Leadership in context: Lessons from new leadership theory and current leadership development practiceKim Turnbull James outlines some of the latest thinking in leadership theory and leadership development and includes three case studies of leadership development programmes which incorporate these ideas. The author suggests that a traditional conception of leadership, in which leadership is largely equated to leaders’ competences, behaviours and values, needs at the very least to… Read more »
Developing effective leadership in the NHS to maximise the quality of patient careUsing feedback from a number of experienced NHS leaders, Chris Roebuck reviews past NHS leadership development and identifies leadership development options from the commercial sector that would benefit the NHS. Read more »
The future of leadership and management in the NHS. No more heroesThis report explores whether the model, prevalent in public service over recent years, of the ‘hero’ chief executive still hold sway? Read more »
With money in mind: the benefits of liaison psychiatryThis briefing published by the NHS Confederation outlines the benefits that the Birmingham RAID liaison psychiatry service has brought in terms of cost savings and improved health and well-being for patients. Read more »
This report explores the involvement of service users/survivors from black and ethnic communities in mainstream user involvement initiatives in mental health. Read more »