The School of Management at Royal Holloway, University of London, together with the Centre for Public Services Organisations (CPSO), offers a packed schedule of seminars and study events for the academic year 2007/2008. Among recent events were: "Professions and the Pursuit of Transparency: two cases of professional involvement", which took place on Wednesday 14th November, and "The Problem of Perspective: Dealing with Multiple Cultures in an MNC", held on 29th November.
 'Learning Lessons from outside the NHS? What can the NHS learn from other public services?'
14th May, 5.30pm-7pm is the date for ILMH's next Leadership Forum. This will explore the ways in which NHS clinicians and managers can learn lessons about leadership and management. It will draw on the knowledge and expertise of two chairpersons of NHS Trusts: Aileen McCleish (Chair, Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust) and Mike Gretton (Chair, Winchester and Eastleigh NHS Trust). Julie Dent, former NHS Chief Executive and Visiting Profesor at Royal Holloway, will chair the event.
Venue: Postgraduate Eudcation Centre, St Peter's Hospital, Guildford Road, Chertsey, Surrey. KT16 0PZ. All are welcome but places are limited. To book, please email: cpso@rhul.ac.uk.
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 ILMH's Next Leadership Forum announced
February 5th is the date for the next Leadership Forum. Fiona Wise, Chief Executive of the NW London Hosptials Trust and Gail Wannell, Chief Executive, Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust will be speaking about "Leadership - making the transition". The event, from 5.30pm-7pm, will be held Kingston Hospital. All are welcome, but places are limited. To book, please contact Wendy Murphy.
Posted: 5 December 2008 |
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 CPSO: New seminars for 2009
The Centre for Public Services Organisations (CPSO), based at Royal Holloway College, University of London, has announced its new winter seminars. The series kicks off on 15th January 2009, with a talk on 'Evidence-Based Professionalism: Operational Measures and Occupational Honour', by Prof. Charles Bosck, Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania. For venue details and to find out about other seminars, please check out the new CPSO website.
Posted: 9 December 2008 |
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 Missed ILMH's first Leadership Forum?
Then here's an opportunity to watch Mrs Julie Dent's speech in full. The former Chief Exectuive of the South West London Strategic Health Authority spoke about 'The Future of Clinical Leadership in the NHS' before an audience of healthcare leaders from London and surrounding counties. Please click on this link to access her speech |
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 'Leadership, Innovation and Communities of Practice: A virtual and real world workshop' 8th October 2008
The Leadership Academy for South East England is running a face-to-face workshop on 8th October 2008 at the Open University. It is also facilitating an online discussion forum which will run from 1st-8th October. Key speakers include Etienne Wenger, known for his work on communities in practice.
To find out more about the day's event, please check out the agenda. A booking form can also be downloaded.
Posted: 17 September 2008 |
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 ILMH's Dr Mark Exworthy gives evidence to Health Select Committee on NHS Foundation Trusts
On 3rd July 2008, Dr Mark Exworthy gave verbal evidence to the House of Commons Health Select Committee as part of their enquiry into NHS Foundation Trusts. The presentation forms part of a major 3-year study of the NHS on decentralisation and the impact on inter-organisational relationships at local levels. Full details of the project can be accessed on the Royal Holloway homepage.
Posted: 4 July 2008 |
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 Interested in coming to the next ILMH Leadership Forum?
The Leadership Forum, an informal group of NHS and other healthcare organisations from South West London, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey, meets 2-3 times per year. Its purpose is to provide a flexible space for leaders at all levels to collaborate, to learn and to share best practice. If you’re interested in finding out more, please email: ilmh@swlacademicnetwork.ac.uk.
Posted: 13 June 2008 |
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 Inaugural Leadership Forum
ILMH's first Leadership Forum took place on 15th April 2008 at St George's, University of London. Mrs Julie Dent, former Chief Executive of the South West London Strategic Health Authority, spoke about 'The Future of Clinical Leadership in the NHS'.
Posted: 7 May 2008 |
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The CPSO launches its series of lunchtime seminars on Feb 13 with a talk by Dr Pauline Allen on the ‘Challenges of supply side reform in recent English healthcare policy’. For information on this and forthcoming talks, please visit the CPSO site or click on the above link.
Posted: 1 Feb 2008 |
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‘Leadership and Better Patient Care: from Idea to Practice’ was the title of a presentation given by Professor Yiannis Gabriel on 5th December 2007. Professor Yiannis, a member of Royal Holloway’s School of Management, examined current ideas in leadership theory, exploring them through a research project in three London hospitals. For those unable to attend the event, both the slides and a video presentation have been made available.
Posted: 12 December 2007 |
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 Roadshow
Professor Christine Edwards presented ILMH to audiences across the three universities as part of the Alliance's autumn Roadshow programme. Her final introduction to the Institute took place at Penrhyn Road, Kingston University, November 14th 2007.
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 ILMH's current funding nears £1.4 million
ILMH has secured its fourth funding agreement with the National Institute for Health Research Service Delivery and Organisation Programme (SDO), bringing its current sponsorship awards to almost £1.4 million. Professor Christine Edwards (KU) and Dr Steven Gillard
(SGUL) successfully secured £300,000 for a study entitled 'Understanding the barriers and
facilitators of effective implementation of self-care in mental health trusts'.
Posted: 22 August 2007 |
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On 5th November 2007, Professor Sue Richards delivered a lecture on 'Strategic Capability at the National School of Government', at Royal Holloway. She charted signficant themes in the recent history of public service reform and reflected on the challenges that will face public service in the future. For more information, please click on the above link.
Updated: 7 November 2007 |
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 Dr Mark Exworthy invited to speak at a Fabian Society seminar
In response to the Fabian pamphlet, Challenging the citadel, the seminar on 26 July 2007, looked at the challenges for health and healthcare in the next decade, with a particular focus on developing primary healthcare and promoting better health. For more information see the Fabian Society website.
Posted: 22 August 2007 |
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CPSO: Spring & Summer Lunchtime Seminar Series
Leadership and Better Patient Care
