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June 24, 2019

Restructuring Funding

Having spent over 12 years in the NHS in a variety of consulting roles – mainly focused on transformation and turnaround challenges – I have seen huge change. Some of this has been progressive but unfortunately, a lot has been unsuccessful, failing to deliver both sustainable benefits for patients and staff, or efficiency gains and financial improvement.

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June 20, 2019

Community Testimonial

Mark Chapman, CEO at Alliance Medical Group talks to us about the benefits of being part of the Practicus Community and how it can be used to solve business problems. If you would like to learn more about how we can support you through the Community, please contact us on +44 (0)1491 577122

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June 13, 2019

Stuck at the Border

It would be around the “connectivity of care” and effective seamless “handovers” – or dare I say it, have no “handovers” at all!
t is widely known that with every “hand off” at least 1-2 days delay are inbuilt into the patients journey – which can lead to more mistakes, confusion around who has done what already, deterioration of the patient, re-reviewing patients and Community out of-hospital staff having difficulty locating and receiving patients.

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June 11, 2019

Roundtable Discussion: Sustainable Change within the NHS

The purpose of this event was to discuss the current issues surrounding women in Life Sciences and the various ways women can succeed in senior positions.

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May 29, 2019

High-End Assurance

The NHS is steeped in history and tradition, and has a strong surrounding infrastructure to support regulatory compliance, but sometimes this can lead to compartmentalisation of roles. I would change the way we think about clinical governance and how it sometimes gets separated out from operational and financial activity.

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May 15, 2019

Personal Responsibility

The value and place of the NHS is not in question, nor is its contribution to the quality of all our lives. But something needs to change if policies on personal responsibility are to embed more widely

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May 13, 2019

Women in Life Sciences: Pathways to Success

The purpose of this event was to discuss the current issues surrounding women in Life Sciences and the various ways women can succeed in senior positions.

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May 3, 2019

Breaking down Barriers

f I could change one thing (politics aside) it would be to take a sledge hammer and open the whole lot up, take away the barriers, share information openly and work as a truly single organisation, only then will we be able to get to the root cause of our problems and solve them together.

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May 3, 2019

Insights from a Business Architect in the London Market

Now that the CEO of Lloyd’s of London, John Neal, has released his strategy aimed at shaping the future of the world’s (re)insurance market, we thought we’d canvass the thoughts of one of the London Market’s best Business Architects. Tim Scott-Simmons looks at the threats and opportunities facing businesses in this space. Tim has 15 […]

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April 30, 2019

Round-table Discussion: Agency and Temporary Staff – Business Friends or Unaffordable Overhead?

For the longest time, healthcare providers in both the public and independent sector have depended on agency staff, particularly around nursing, in order to meet their organisational objective.

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