Resources
This page provides links to knowledge resources and organisations that we use to help us be more effective in our work.
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Categories on this Page
News & Politics Digests
Economics
Health & Social Policy
Health & Social Care Think Tanks
Business
Leading Profound Change (Research)
Operations Management (Research)
Keep Up With The Zeitgeist
Reading Lists
Satire
Organisations We Rate
Other Sites We Like
Subversive Sites
News & Politics Digests
- e-politix.com
a daily email digest of broadsheet news with links - The Guardian
on-line broadsheet with an interest in healthcare - Westminster Explained
insight into the houses of Parliament - Health Ministers Speeches
DOH record of public speeches since 2002 - Health Select Committee
Permanent cross party Commons committee - UN Wire
daily email: global view of news and events
Economics
- HMT Spending Reviews
triennial reviews of departmental budgets - Financing the NHS
2007 report of Public Finance Select Committee - Report on NHS Deficits
2005/6 Commons Select Committee Report - Institute for Fiscal Studies
Independent economic research organisation - The Economist
Search “NHS” for critique of thinking behind policy - Adam Smith Institute
Independent ‘free-market’ economic think tank - John Kay
commentary from leading UK economist - 2009 Deloitte Report
how UK Public Sector should repond to downturn
Health and Social Policy
- Darzi - Next Stage Review
full text of Lord Darzi’s review - The See-Saw Report
Kings Fund on transfer of care from acute to community - Shifting Balance of Power: Next Steps
2002 document: roles of DoH, PCTs and Providers - Decentralisation in Healthcare
WHO study of devolving responsibility for healthcare - Commissioning Portal
download details of DoH WCC programme - Care Quality Commission
Reports & benchmark surveys on state of UK healthcare - The Audit Commission
Independent reports & assessments from NHS auditor - NHS Chief Medical Officer
Dept. of principal medical adviser to the DoH - Health Exec TV
on-line video interviews with key figures in health
Health and Social Care Think Tanks
- The Kings Fund
Non-partisan think tank on improving the NHS - Social Market Foundation
Think tank concerned with social and economic policy - Inst. Public & Policy Research
Progressive think-tank researching public & social policy - Reform
Right of centre thought on public services & healthcare - Civitas Health Research Unit
research unit interested in healthcare reform - European Observatory
Part of WHO: promotes evidence-based health policy - Fantasy Health Minister
New Statesman & Pfizer game: you are Health Minister - Public Services Programme
47 projects funded by Economic & Soc. Research Council
Business
- NHS Contracts for Providers
DoH contracts and guidance for health providers - The Financial Times
broadsheet news affecting business and markets - FT Wharton School
Videos from Wharton School on the economic downturn - Harvard Working Knowledge
Preview of research at Harvard Business School - Business Daily
subscribe to Peter Day Radio 4 podcast - Int’l Journal Business Environment
charts business response to economic & social change - Digital Enterprise
business for digital economy but with broadly applicable principles
Leading Profound Change - Research
- Jim Collins - From Good to Great
resource website from researcher and author of “From Good to Great” and “Built to Last” - Society for Organisational Learning
founded by P.Senge researcher and author of “The Learning Organisation” - Deming Institute
promotes understanding of engaging staff in performance - Path Dependency in the NHS
examines Bevan’s concessions that institutionalised barriers to NHS and healthcare reform
Operations Management - Research
- Quantitative Methods for Mgt. & Finance
comprehensive on-line training in mathematical and statistical techniques for management - Lean Enterprise Research Centre
Cardiff University Business School site with research & resources relating to lean operations management - Dynamics of Complex Systems
Reference e-book covering the emergence of complex systems from simple components
Keep Up with the Zeitgeist
- Wired
cutting edge views on everything from tech’ to culture - Motley Fool
Investment analysis, discussion, news & training - Google - Top 100 Searches
what the world is using Google to find out about - Hot Air
Harvard University amusing journal of science
Organisations We Respect
- The Meaning of CAREful
UK Medical Consultant Dr DJ Brown’s book: how to put patients at the heart of a clinican-led model of care. - Relume
End habitual thinking patterns that constrain progress - Venturn
operations-led business recovery specialists - Loop2
Understand and find pathways through complexity - April Strategy
energise your Trust; put patients at the heart of strategy
Other Sites We Like
- Project Implicit
test your sub-conscious biases on this Harvard Psychology research site - How Stuff Works
Sadly not yet covering UK Health Policy but in other respects an awe inspiring resource - John F Kennedy
One of the USA’s most inspiring leaders. Read the “man on the moon” speech - NORAD Santa Tracker
Uses NORAD satellites to track Santa’s progress from 1 December each year - powwownow
instant tele-conferencing for cost of a local phone call
Subversive Sites
- Dilbert
Hilarious & oh so accurate parody of management - The Onion
High quality, irreverant on-line American journalism - Opinions You Should Have
Political humour at Tom Burka’s irreverent site - saynoto0870.com
lists alternative geographical phone numbers for premium rate customer service lines. Genius! - gethuman.com
lists number sequences to bypass call centre software and get through to a person. Righteous!
Reading Lists
- The Global Business Network
GBN reads very widely and recommends the best to the world’s leaders. - Telegraph Reading List
The Daily Telegraph’s list of 110 books that should be in your library. - Audible
Extensive library of audio-books for iPod & PC. Favoured by Steven Fry.
