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NHS managers across the UK are discovering the joys - or horrors - of working from home. While we may be on the cusp of a permanent change to working culture, writes Alison Moore, we’ve seen little consultation or thinking about the long-term benefits and pitfalls.

SPECIAL REPORT: A small but growing number of NHS managers are being diagnosed with workplace PTSD. We speak to three MiP members who paid a high price for the NHS’s failure to tackle toxic workplace bullying.

We speak to two MiP national officers about how threats of dismissal for unspecified "substantial” reasons are increasingly being used to get rid of NHS managers whose faces don’t fit.

With the English NHS in a hurry to integrate health and social care, we examine the lessons from the well-established partnerships in Scotland and Wales.

Despite recent tax changes and legal doubts hanging over improvements to the scheme, the NHS pension scheme remains one of the best on offer. MiP reports on recent developments, and explains how to keep your retirement plans on track.

The Fit and Proper Person Test causes confusion and sometimes trepidation among many NHS managers. We explain how it works and examine options for reform.

Healthcare Manager probes the rising levels of assaults and abuse against NHS staff – and asks what employers can do to protect people at work.

We explore the deep culture changes needed to improve staff mental health and make sure all NHS staff can thrive at work.

We talk to one manager whose career was wrecked by menopausal symptoms – and discover how everyone can support women going through the ‘change of life’.

Dean Royles, director of HR and organisational development at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, calls for a more streamlined system to run the NHS in England.

Many managers feel the NHS's emergency duty regime is arbitrary and unprofessional. But demands are growing for employers to reform an increasingly broken system.

As part of our NHS funding campaign, we're asking MiP members to talk about their personal experiences of managing NHS services under financial pressure.

Does the NHS have too few managers? Recent studies show that employing more managers leads to better patient care and more efficient services.

With its population and NHS workforce ageing fast, Wales needs urgent action to boost skills and recruitment across health and social care.

Spurious allegations can damage managers’ careers and cost the NHS dear. And too often, sloppy investigations and poor HR support make things worse.

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

What are the lessons for the NHS from the troubled history of shared services in the public sector?

Sustainability and Transformation Plans may save the NHS or drag it further into the mire. But staff and patients have been shut out of the conversation so far.

Everyone’s talking about staff engagement, but East London Foundation Trust is one of the few really doing it. We head to Whitechapel to find out how.

Alison Cameron, the first patient leader to graduate from the NHS Leadership Academy, talks about her journey from angry patient to partner for change.