Steve Black

International comparisons can offer useful insights, but relying on selective benchmarks risks obscuring the real constraints holding back NHS productivity and performance, says Steve Black

Leadership is often described in big words such as vision, strategy, culture, influence, transformation.

If the NHS focused on removing 'failure activity', it could transform its productivity

If the NHS focused on removing 'failure activity', it could transform its productivity

The mythbuster: Measuring corridor care won’t help fix it

Leaders alone cannot turn around a failing organisation.

As we celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary on the Fourth of July this year, I wanted to tie in 250 years of grocery retail and the lessons of “The 5 Rules” through the lens of one of my favorite shows – “Food That Built America” on the History Channel.

Digital tools can support NHS reform, but without process transformation and effective implementation, technology alone will fail to deliver productivity gains

Repeated cuts to NHS management, an explosion of central mandates, and a chronic shortage of digitally skilled staff have left local providers unable to drive the productivity gains the health service urgently needs. As NHSE is abolished, its successor must learn from these failures - or risk repeating them.

A claim that NHS surgery is being held back by a shortage of anaesthetists should be taken with a pinch of salt