Analysis & opinion

Our job is about more than ensuring fair play once decisions have been taken, we need to influence the big decisions themselves.

The government's 70th birthday funding settlement brings some welcome relief for struggling NHS services, but leaves many tough questions unresolved.

With ACSs blending into ICSs, and ACOs in hot water, we look at what’s cooking for the NHS in England.

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

The NHS can find the money it needs by investing in leadership and technology – and trusting staff to root out waste.

The Chancellor's £2.8bn boost for the NHS is nowhere near enough to keep services running and meet the government's own policy priorities, MiP and other experts have warned. Craig Ryan reports.

The last month has shown me once again that managers are impressive, stand-out people, writes Jon Restell. They are managing in a system under intense pressure, without the money to keep up with demand, while facing huge workforce challenges.

Managers face an unenviable task in balancing financial targets against their duty of care to patients. But just how clear are our statutory responsibilities?

MiP's first webinar for members examined how Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships will affect managers' working lives, and how MiP can support them through the process.

With the economy growing more slowly than healthcare demand, the government will have to find more money to maintain services and end the pay cap.