Hindsight is a great teacher

June 4, 2020By Rich ShorneyOpinion No Comments

Hindsight is a wonderful thing for telling us what we COULD have done when we were in the middle of a crisis.  But what do we, in the healthcare arena, do right NOW to ensure that we have the right mix of skills and capabilities to address all of the challenges that are going to … Read More

‘FLEXing’ for Effectiveness​

April 9, 2020By Rich ShorneyOpinion No Comments

We hope you found the framework and materials from our previous blog post helpful. Did using the framework spark any insights for you? We’d love to know about it, if so! The COPE framework is designed to allow you ‘walk around a situation’: To take a structured look at a difficult or complex decision or … Read More

‘COPE’ing with uncertainty

March 23, 2020By Rich ShorneyOpinion 1 Comment

With the world seemingly having tilted on its axis in recent times it would seem that our previous newsletter highlighting the importance of Adaptability was timely. How are you coping with the shifting landscape?  The pressure on leaders at times like these is often forgotten: Leaders are expected to know all of the answers – … Read More

The importance of facilitation

February 18, 2020By Rich ShorneyOpinion No Comments

Although the activity known as “facilitation” has been around for as long as people have worked together in groups, it is only in more recent times that its value as a life and business skill in its own right has been acknowledged. Increasing recognition and understanding of the potential of people within organisations to contribute … Read More

How about joining the RHS team?

January 15, 2020By Rich ShorneyNews 1 Comment

This is an opportunity to join a growing team in a dynamic, forward thinking company and provide specialist MedTech services to an ever-expanding list of industry partners. Real Healthcare Solutions Ltd has expanded over the past seven years to cover 4 key business areas: Commercial operations Training and development Market intelligence Clinical research Do you … Read More

What’s next for General Practice ?

June 8, 2019By Rich ShorneyNews 1 Comment

The new GP contract, announced on 31 January 2019, marks an important moment for general practice, underlining its role as ‘the bedrock of the NHS’. Alongside the recently published NHS long-term plan and GP partnership review, the contract is a welcome acknowledgement of the undoubted strain that general practice has been under and makes some practical changes to help … Read More

Supporting leadership in complex times

April 19, 2019By Rich ShorneyNews No Comments

In times of accelerating change and complexity, it’s becoming apparent that we need to develop new ways of doing things – to move away from relying on problem-solving techniques and towards approaches that support others to find their own solutions, while developing a willingness to recognise and work with what we don’t know. This willingness … Read More