by John-Paul Crofton | Jan 6, 2025 | NHS, Health and Wellbeing, Leadership & Decision Making, Social Impact
Will the new radical reforms of the NHS announced this week be enough to fix the waiting list crises? The NHS Waiting Times CrisesA Radical Reform Plan of the NHS:Are the NHS Reforms Genuinely Radical?How Big Are The Reforms?Early Diagnosis ReformsWhy Are The NHS...
by John-Paul Crofton | Dec 20, 2024 | Community & Social Challenges, Health and Wellbeing, Leadership & Decision Making, NHS, Purpose & Wellbeing, Social Change
Why is the UK. Government’s new plan for devolution of power in England to local mayors is like a reinvention of feudalism. In this review we look at rather than being a modern path to a better future, the UK government plans for reform are positively medieval....
by John-Paul Crofton | Nov 18, 2024 | Health and Wellbeing, diversity, Leadership & Decision Making, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Social Change
We spend a lot of our time trying to make sense of reality in healthcare and social services: we lean on data statistics, KPIs, spreadsheets to set standards and track progress. All to tell us what is the true reality we must manage. We build ever bigger systems...
by John-Paul Crofton | Sep 30, 2024 | NHS, Health and Wellbeing, Leadership, Leadership & Decision Making
The NHS is broken according to the UK Prime Minister. The NHS is at a crossroads once again, with fresh discussions of reform and yet another plan being proposed aimed at ‘fixing’ what’s deemed a broken system. But will a plan work? Can we learn from how other plans...
by John-Paul Crofton | Sep 8, 2024 | diversity, Change Management, Fundamentals, Leadership & Decision Making, Social Impact
For many organisations, diversity has become a buzzword. The reality of organisational diversity is that it is often reduced to a box ticking exercise. While businesses and media are eager to showcase diverse representation, diversity is often mistaken as simply...
by John-Paul Crofton | Sep 6, 2024 | Change Management, Community & Social Challenges, Leadership & Decision Making, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Social Impact
It’s one thing to want to make your organisation diverse it’s another thing to do it. Our recruitment process discriminates at every stage against diversity. Whilst we talk about making our organisations more diverse, our main tool for change prevents diversity by...
