by John-Paul Crofton | Mar 14, 2025 | NHS, Budgeting, Change Management, Health and Wellbeing, Leadership & Decision Making, Neighbourhood Health, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Public Services Innovation
This week it was announced that NHS England is going to be abolished, well, at least in two years’ time, which, in bureaucratic terms, is lightning fast. But why did it fail? I argue that it was evolution. NHSE did not change the system, the system changed NHS...
by John-Paul Crofton | Mar 7, 2025 | Fundamentals, Budgeting, Leadership & Decision Making, Neighbourhood Health, Problem Solving & Decision Making
“You can’t do that, it’s not in the budget!” “You can’t do that, it’s not in the budget!” This phrase is used time and time again across the NHS, acting as an immovable roadblock to change and innovation. But is it really true? Or is it a convenient lie that maintains...
