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Sir Gordon Messenger's review of management and leadership in health and social care could pave the way to better career management, more effective training and development and wider opportunities for managers. Sir Gordon talks to MiP’s Jon Restell about the review and what it means for MiP members.

MiP welcomes Sir Gordon Messenger's independent review of health and social care leadership and calls for honesty and investment in implementing its recommendations.

Meet your reps: Jeremy Baskett, one of MiP’s most experienced reps, explains how being active in the union opened doors and helped him to become a better manager.

Meet your reps: Tarlochan Boparai from Kent and Medway CCG explains how becoming an MiP rep has given him new skills and a sense of empowerment at work.

Black Lives Still Matter: Zoeta Manning, senior integration manager for frailty at Birmingham and Solihull CCG and former chair of MiP’s National Committee. Interview by Mercedes Broadbent.

Black Lives Still Matter: Cheryl Samuels, deputy director of workforce transformation at NHS England & NHS Improvement, and chair of the deputy directors of HR network for the London Region. Interview by Craig Ryan

Two women NHS leaders warned that the NHS needs to give better support to senior managers and develop leadership teams that better represent the populations they serve in a conversation session with Channel 4 health correspondent Victoria Macdonald at the MiP Members’ Summit .

Outsiders would expect leadership to be one of the highest national priorities in health and care. But they would be wrong.

The needs of the health service have changed dramatically in recent years but, says one NHS leadership coach, many leaders are stuck in an empire-building mindset. They must junk their instinct to compete – and learn to collaborate.

The days of hostile bosses looking down their noses at active trade unionists are long gone – today’s MiP activists see real benefits for their NHS careers.

We talk to the chief exec’s chief exec, UCLH’s Sir Robert Naylor, about his 45-year NHS career and the prospects for aspiring leaders.

A difficult boss can turn a dream job into a nightmare. Here’s some tips for “managing upwards” – and perhaps turning the situation to your advantage.

We spoke the managers who have transformed staff training across NHS Wales, cutting costs, raising quality and boosting compliance.

Leadership may be exciting, but the unglamorous job of making things work is where the real action needs to be.