Free Resources

You are very welcome to use the resources given here on the basis that you credit them to the Really Learning website (and the SDO website for the SDO publications).

Practical thinking papers

• Stop believing in magic
• We need to talk about Francis
• Some rules of real commissioning
• Building tales
• Working in health care could be one of the most satisfying jobs in the world - why doesn’t it feel like that?
• Making strategy work
• Beyond partnership
• A short and partial history of reform of the NHS in England
• Trust and trustworthiness

Books

• Why Reforming the NHS Doesn’t Work: the importance of understanding how good people offer bad care
• Really Managing Health Care
• Organisational Change
• Developing Change Management Skills

Chapters

• Managing People and Teams
  Chapter 23 of Healthcare Management, 2nd Edition

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Teaching Vignettes

Developed for teaching and discussion purposes these vignettes each present a management conundrum. The conundrum is addressed in a separate discussion note.

Briefing Papers

• Systems Thinking
• Organisational Learning

Not for the fainthearted! These briefing papers were developed at a time when both terms were coming into vogue in the NHS and being misunderstood and misused. They aim to give the history of each school of thinking.

NHS Confederation Salons

• NHS Confederation Salons
• Images of the NHS
• Ethical traps for managers