A talk for Rebel Jam 26th June 2015#RebelJam15
To share with you:
• An introduction to the English National Health Service
• Equipping activists: The School for Health and Care Radicals
• The curriculum• The spread• The impact• Ways to connect with us
The English NHS: facts and figures• The world’s largest publically funded health
system• Provides comprehensive healthcare to 54
million people• Sees a million patients every 36 hours• Funded by direct tax• It’s free at the point of use• Provides 95% of the healthcare in England
The NHS is the 5th biggest employer on the globe
Source: BBC
A challengeThe dominant NHS approach [to leadership] is
typified by laying down demanding targets, leading from the front, often being reluctant to delegate,
and collaborating little – and is the consequence of the health service focusing on process targets, with
reward dependent on meeting them.
Source: Kings Fund Leadership for engagement and improvement in the NHS http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/sites/files/kf/field/field_publication_file/leadership-for-engagement-improvement-nhs-final-review2012.pdf
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Starts on the fringe (at the edge)
Starts with the activistsGary Hamel
always
“I have some Key Performance
Indicators
for you”
or
“I have a dream”
Source: @RobertVarnam
We need rebels!•The principal champion of a change initiative, cause or action•Rebels don’t wait for permission to lead, innovate, strategise•They are responsible; they do what is right•They name things that others don’t see yet•They point to new horizons•Without rebels, the storyline never changes
Source : @PeterVan http://t.co/6CQtA4wUv1
A 13 year tradition of bringing social movement thinking to health and care improvement
http://www.slideshare.net/NHSIQ/the-power-of-one-the-power-of-many?qid=97bb3464-07c2-4883-9531-c3d436a66aa1&v=qf1&b=&from_search=2
The genesis of the School
2002
20142013
2010 2012
2003
NHS Change Day 2013
“A school for healthcare radicals”
Applying social movement
thinking to healthcare
improvement
“The School for Health and Care
Radicals”
“A one day school for organisational
radicals”
Applying community organising
principles to healthcare
improvement
2015
http://www.slideshare.net/Downes/connectivism-and-personal-learning?next_slideshow=1
Curriculum of The School for Health and Care Radicals
1. Being a health and care radical: change starts with me• How to rock the boat and stay in it• The differences between radicals and troublemakers• Conform AND rebel
2. Forming communities: building alliances for change• You can’t be a radical on your own• Using story and narrative to build a sense of “us” and call others to action• Forming alliances for action
3. Rolling with resistance• Understanding that dissent, disruption and diversity are a welcome part of change• Tactics and strategies for engaging others in change
4. Making change happen• Working with intrinsic and extrinsic motivators for change• Building energy for change• Creating shared purpose
5. Moving beyond the edge• What skills will the change activist of the future need?• Helping radicals to shape how they take their learning from the School forward• What can you do next and where else might you get support and resources?
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The school is being formally evaluated by the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development
Quotes from participants
1. Follow us on Twitter@HelenBevan@School4radicals@TheEdgeNHS
2. Download all the previous materials from the School http://www.theedge.nhsiq.nhs.uk/school/
3. Enrol for The School for Health and Care Radicals: next term starts February 2016
4. Subscribe to
TheEdge.nhsiq.nhs.uk
Four ways to connect with us!