Why NHS digitisation will fail without clinician ownership
As the profile of the NHS digitisation agenda continues to rise, we must learn lessons from past failures and place clinicians at the...
Matt Carter
May 20, 20192 min read
In the NHS – culture trumps everything
I realise that “culture trumps everything” is a provocative title in a world where the NHS is chronically underfunded. The national...
Andrew Laird
Mar 26, 20192 min read
NHS new models workshop – it’s free!
Everyone likes a free workshop! Or maybe that’s just wishful thinking on our part. Mutual Ventures and Bevan Brittan are offering a free...
Mutual Ventures
Mar 26, 20191 min read
Case study: Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Client: Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust Date: April 2018 – February 2019 Challenges faced by the client: Across the UK, primary...
Mutual Ventures
Mar 1, 20193 min read
Watch our new video on the benefits of alternative delivery models in the NHS
How could alternative delivery models could help you improve your services, make them more sustainable, and meet your obligations under...
Mutual Ventures
Feb 7, 20191 min read
Unlocking the benefits of digital technology for population health management
Digital technology has the potential to transform healthcare, improving access to care, helping patients to take more responsibility for...
Mutual Ventures
Feb 7, 20192 min read
A bow to the inevitable, a dose of common sense & a streak of the radical – the NHS Long Term Plan
NHS ten year plan. Originally due in the autumn, it picks up the torch from the 2014 Five Year Forward View and explains how the NHS will...
John Copps
Jan 11, 20194 min read
Engaging clinicians is pivotal to NHS transformation
As the NHS publishes its long-awaited ten year plan, MV consultant Umar Majid argues that change is only possible with the support and...
Umar Majid
Jan 9, 20193 min read
Transforming care by improving support services – how can we enable the enablers?
MV’s Jamie McMahon argues the importance of prioritising support services and asks how we can enable the enablers? Alongside excellent...
Jamie McMahon
Nov 23, 20183 min read
New models of General Practice must tackle increasing strain on GPs & improve patient care
John Copps argues that if new approaches to General Practice are to be successful, they must work for both patients and the workforce “If...
John Copps
Oct 22, 20184 min read
Perfecting Accountable Care Organisations must not delay progress on integration
NHS England has announced plans for a 12-week consultation on the contracting arrangements for Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs)....
Jamie McMahon
Feb 19, 20182 min read
NHS Estates and Facilities: setting up a subsidary company to maximise value
The NHS estate is a precious asset. Effective management of land and buildings is critical for delivering high quality patient care, and...
Mutual Ventures
Feb 15, 20182 min read
Who is best placed to lead the integration of public services?
As public services seek to become more joined up, who is best-placed to take the ‘integration leadership’ role? In an article published...
John Copps
Feb 14, 20183 min read
What will 2018 have in store for public services?
If turmoil is the new mode of twenty-first century politics, then 2017 didn’t disappoint. It was tumultuous to say the least and there...
John Copps
Dec 14, 20173 min read
Moving care out of hospital – how far have we come?
To achieve the NHS’s ambition to move care closer to the home, focus needs to shift from commissioning reform to supporting providers to...
John Copps
Oct 6, 20173 min read
The future success of NHS Vanguards depends on choosing the right organisational form to deliver
New organisational forms, planned and developed locally, will help to make integrated care the norm argues John Copps. A version of this...
John Copps
May 23, 20173 min read
What’s stopping genuine health and social care integration in England?
Writing for HuffPost, MV’s Andrew Laird discusses the barriers preventing NHS services and council run adult social care becoming a...
Andrew Laird
Dec 12, 20163 min read
For integration to work, local authorities and the NHS must be equal partners
Integrating health and social care means creating a coherent system out of the existing muddle of local government and NHS structures,...
John Copps
Sep 27, 20163 min read
A new model for smaller providers to deliver at scale
Writing for Public Sector Executive, ahead of the Health + Care conference, MV’s Andrew Laird explains an exciting new model for health...
Andrew Laird
Jul 4, 20163 min read
Integrated care requires CCGs to focus on ‘market building’
Writing for the HSJ, MV’s John Copps argues that CCGs need to play a much more active market making role if they are to get the best out...
John Copps
Apr 25, 20164 min read