This article focuses on what causes fear of failure and how to identify it. Goal setting is recommended as a way of combatting this.

Tips on developing strategies to build the motivation and persistence you need to achieve your long-term objectives.

This article explores the social elements of humans and how it is important for us to work together. The greater the feeling of relatedness and of working as a team, then the greater chance of success.

Tips on how to play to your strengths to improve your networking abilities.

This study aimed to identify and facilitate the development of innovative practice as it relates to support worker roles in an acute health-care setting; evaluate various acute trust policies and practices designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of stakeholder interaction with support worker roles; and to secure the engagement of various stakeholders in sharing knowledge, practice and learning on support worker roles.

This paper provides an introduction to the subject of long-term policy analysis and its specific NHS workforce planning context in the UK.

The NHS is facing a serious funding gap if demand continues to increase and budgets remain frozen – up to £30 billion by 2021 according to NHS England. The independent Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England, set up by The King’s Fund, is a timely contribution to determining how to address the financial challenge. This guest blog post by IPPR’s Nick Pearce discusses how a dedicated NHS tax might work.

This model was developed by InHealth Associates to support commissioners aiming to engage with patients and the public throughout the commissioning cycle. It has been updated to align with current statutory guidance, new commissioning arrangements and current healthcare challenges.

Blog post from the NHS alliance that considers the value of co-production with patients to reduce the impact of organisation silo thinking on the part of providers and commissioners of integrated services.

Blog post that identifies that all NHS bodies proposing a change in services must inform the public of what they propose to do and why; they must give people enough information to enable them to provide informed comments; and they must give them enough time to do this. For significant changes, that requires a full public consultation. You should ensure that you keep your local Overview and Scrutiny Committee informed and involved from an early stage. Commissioners (whose duties are slightly different from providers) should be involving the public at all stages of the commissioning cycle.

Involving the public is not only a legal obligation: people are less likely to bring a legal challenge if they feel they have been listened to. You are allowed to work up clear proposals before going out to formal consultation, but the public should be involved in the development of those proposals at the earliest stage. Staff working in this field must know the relevant NHS England guidance in this area.