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In a remarkable coup for the NHS, Alder Hey Hospital’s Kate Warriner has been voted the UK’s top digital chief by IT industry leaders. She tells Craig Ryan about what made the Liverpool kids’ hospital a technology powerhouse and why innovation and transformation is more about human beings than machines.
The new Plaid Cymru government promised a fresh start for the NHS in Wales and ministers have hit the ground running. But setbacks on waiting lists and funding have made a tough gig even tougher, and a radical rethink of the health and care system more urgent. Craig Ryan reports.
MiP’s annual event for workplace representatives, Reps Day, returns to Birmingham on 17-18 November. It’s an opportunity to meet fellow reps from across the country for a day of learning, networking and policy discussion.
MiP says regulation alone will not improve the NHS culture around raising and acting on concerns, following the findings of the Thirlwall Inquiry into the Lucy Letby case.
TUC Congress has backed a motion calling for an evidence-based and fully resourced plan for NHS management, with unions warning that cutting management capacity risks shifting essential work onto clinical teams.
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We campaign and negotiatewith employers and government on behalf of our members to improvepay, pensions and working conditions, and to protect our members during organisational change.
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In the Autumn issue of Healthcare Manager, our editor Craig Ryan talks to Kate Warriner, digital chief at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, recently-voted the UK’s top tech leader by industry peers. In a special report, Alison Moore looks at the crisis in NHS maternity care and ask why these services are so hard to manage. Also in this issue, Rhys McKenzie examines the implications of the new government’s devolution ambitions for the NHS, and we assess the task facing the new Plaid government at Cardiff Bay as it tries to turn around the NHS in Wales. As always, our magazine comes packed with news, information and advice for working managers.
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