Professor Judith Smith
@profjudithsmith.bsky.social
Professor of Health Policy and Management @unibirmingham.bsky.social @hsmcentre.bsky.social Co-Director @BRACE-evaluation.bsky.social Chair and Trustee of @hsruk.bsky.social and Trustee https://excathedra.co.uk/
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The NHS 10 Year Health Plan will only succeed with strong management and leadership.
Our new long read with @unibirmingham.bsky.social explores why management matters, and what needs to change to help leaders deliver better care.
Read more: bit.ly/437AuPW
Our new long read with @unibirmingham.bsky.social explores why management matters, and what needs to change to help leaders deliver better care.
Read more: bit.ly/437AuPW
Why Management Matters To The NHS 10 Year Health Plan | The Kings Fund
Professor Judith Smith, Suzie Bailey and Professor Sir Chris Ham explore why strong, well-trained NHS management is essential to delivering the ambitions of the 10 Year Health Plan.
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Delighted to author this new report from @hsmcentre.bsky.social and @thekingsfund.bsky.social along with @suziebailey.bsky.social and @chrisham.bsky.social NHS management matters so much and needs professionalising, support and investment, not denigration.
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📢 NEW REPORT PUBLISHED 📢
#HSRUK research report exploring career experiences in HSR is now available. From contract precarity to mentoring, inclusion and tacit knowledge, this work shines a light on what shapes real careers in HSR and what needs to change.
Read it here ⬇️
hsruk.org/hsruk/public...
#HSRUK research report exploring career experiences in HSR is now available. From contract precarity to mentoring, inclusion and tacit knowledge, this work shines a light on what shapes real careers in HSR and what needs to change.
Read it here ⬇️
hsruk.org/hsruk/public...
February 12, 2026 at 1:48 PM
📢 NEW REPORT PUBLISHED 📢
#HSRUK research report exploring career experiences in HSR is now available. From contract precarity to mentoring, inclusion and tacit knowledge, this work shines a light on what shapes real careers in HSR and what needs to change.
Read it here ⬇️
hsruk.org/hsruk/public...
#HSRUK research report exploring career experiences in HSR is now available. From contract precarity to mentoring, inclusion and tacit knowledge, this work shines a light on what shapes real careers in HSR and what needs to change.
Read it here ⬇️
hsruk.org/hsruk/public...
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🌟 HSR UK is recruiting for new Trustees! We're looking for 3 new voluntary Trustees to help shape the future of HSR. If you care about improving NHS and social care services, we’d love to hear from you!
🗓️ Apply by 17 Feb, 5pm
👉 Apply here: www.charityjob.co.uk/volunteer-jo...
🗓️ Apply by 17 Feb, 5pm
👉 Apply here: www.charityjob.co.uk/volunteer-jo...
February 4, 2026 at 9:03 AM
🌟 HSR UK is recruiting for new Trustees! We're looking for 3 new voluntary Trustees to help shape the future of HSR. If you care about improving NHS and social care services, we’d love to hear from you!
🗓️ Apply by 17 Feb, 5pm
👉 Apply here: www.charityjob.co.uk/volunteer-jo...
🗓️ Apply by 17 Feb, 5pm
👉 Apply here: www.charityjob.co.uk/volunteer-jo...
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Abstract submissions for #HSRUK26 are now being reviewed. Thank you to everyone who applied, we’ve been delighted by the volume and quality of submissions this year! Keep an eye on your inbox for outcomes.
📢 Registration (incl. early‑bird discounts!) are open now.
Register here ➡️ hsruk2026.org
📢 Registration (incl. early‑bird discounts!) are open now.
Register here ➡️ hsruk2026.org
January 28, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Abstract submissions for #HSRUK26 are now being reviewed. Thank you to everyone who applied, we’ve been delighted by the volume and quality of submissions this year! Keep an eye on your inbox for outcomes.
📢 Registration (incl. early‑bird discounts!) are open now.
Register here ➡️ hsruk2026.org
📢 Registration (incl. early‑bird discounts!) are open now.
Register here ➡️ hsruk2026.org
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📣 Call for Workshop & L&D Session Abstracts! We’re seeking highly interactive workshops & learning sessions for #HSRUK26 Topics may include methods & methodology, PPI, researcher careers, networking and beyond
📝Submit via Google Form
⏰Midday 19 Jan
🔗hsruk2026.org
📝Submit via Google Form
⏰Midday 19 Jan
🔗hsruk2026.org
January 7, 2026 at 12:00 PM
📣 Call for Workshop & L&D Session Abstracts! We’re seeking highly interactive workshops & learning sessions for #HSRUK26 Topics may include methods & methodology, PPI, researcher careers, networking and beyond
📝Submit via Google Form
⏰Midday 19 Jan
🔗hsruk2026.org
📝Submit via Google Form
⏰Midday 19 Jan
🔗hsruk2026.org
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Sometimes it’s the small things that make all the difference.
Julia Cream explores the different approaches to NHS admin, and why fixing admin requires the input from admin staff, as well as patients, to find a solution.
https://bit.ly/3L4LCai
Julia Cream explores the different approaches to NHS admin, and why fixing admin requires the input from admin staff, as well as patients, to find a solution.
https://bit.ly/3L4LCai
Who Picks Up The Phone? Different Approaches To NHS Admin | The King's Fund
Improving NHS admin isn't easy – but some solutions are surprisingly simple. Julia Cream looks at two real life examples of admin done differently.
www.kingsfund.org.uk
December 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Sometimes it’s the small things that make all the difference.
Julia Cream explores the different approaches to NHS admin, and why fixing admin requires the input from admin staff, as well as patients, to find a solution.
https://bit.ly/3L4LCai
Julia Cream explores the different approaches to NHS admin, and why fixing admin requires the input from admin staff, as well as patients, to find a solution.
https://bit.ly/3L4LCai
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Overseas health professionals increasingly see UK as ‘unwelcoming, racist’.
We need to change the narrative to welcome, value & support the 1 in 5 health & care staff born outside the UK.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
We need to change the narrative to welcome, value & support the 1 in 5 health & care staff born outside the UK.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Foreign medics shunning NHS because of anti-migrant rhetoric, says top doctor
Exclusive: UK now an ‘unwelcoming, racist’ country for overseas health workers, according to medical colleges leader
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Overseas health professionals increasingly see UK as ‘unwelcoming, racist’.
We need to change the narrative to welcome, value & support the 1 in 5 health & care staff born outside the UK.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
We need to change the narrative to welcome, value & support the 1 in 5 health & care staff born outside the UK.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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📢 Abstract submissions for our 2026 Conference are open over the festive season! Take some time to submit your research and join us next summer to share findings & connect with peers shaping the future of HSR
Submit here ➡️ hsruk2026.org
Wishing all our followers a joyful winter break! ❄️
#HSRUK26
Submit here ➡️ hsruk2026.org
Wishing all our followers a joyful winter break! ❄️
#HSRUK26
December 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
📢 Abstract submissions for our 2026 Conference are open over the festive season! Take some time to submit your research and join us next summer to share findings & connect with peers shaping the future of HSR
Submit here ➡️ hsruk2026.org
Wishing all our followers a joyful winter break! ❄️
#HSRUK26
Submit here ➡️ hsruk2026.org
Wishing all our followers a joyful winter break! ❄️
#HSRUK26
Thank you @policyskeptic.bsky.social for your reflections on our @hsmcentre.bsky.social & @thekingsfund.bsky.social paper on why NHS management matters so much. Hostility to management undermines a vital workforce, is short-sighted and plain wrong. @chrisham.bsky.social @suziebailey.bsky.social
The NHS does not just neglect management, it is actively hostile to it. But without better management, achieving improvement is a pipe dream. This needs to change:
www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh...
www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh...
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Thank you @policyskeptic.bsky.social for your reflections on our @hsmcentre.bsky.social & @thekingsfund.bsky.social paper on why NHS management matters so much. Hostility to management undermines a vital workforce, is short-sighted and plain wrong. @chrisham.bsky.social @suziebailey.bsky.social
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Latest paper on locum doctors just out in Medical Education, on their involvement in CPD. In short, they miss out/are often excluded from learning opportunities, and its a problem. Lead author @janeferguson.bsky.social. Full paper at asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Latest paper on locum doctors just out in Medical Education, on their involvement in CPD. In short, they miss out/are often excluded from learning opportunities, and its a problem. Lead author @janeferguson.bsky.social. Full paper at asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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👋 We’ve been a little quiet… because we’ve been busy planning! We’re thrilled to announce that abstract submissions for #HSRUK26 are OPEN 🎉If you’re working on health services research that deserves a national platform, now’s your moment!
🔗 Info & submission guidance here: hsruk.org/hsruk/events...
🔗 Info & submission guidance here: hsruk.org/hsruk/events...
November 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
👋 We’ve been a little quiet… because we’ve been busy planning! We’re thrilled to announce that abstract submissions for #HSRUK26 are OPEN 🎉If you’re working on health services research that deserves a national platform, now’s your moment!
🔗 Info & submission guidance here: hsruk.org/hsruk/events...
🔗 Info & submission guidance here: hsruk.org/hsruk/events...
Reposted by Professor Judith Smith
The NHS 10 Year Health Plan will only succeed with strong management and leadership.
Our new long read with @unibirmingham.bsky.social explores why management matters, and what needs to change to help leaders deliver better care.
Read more: bit.ly/437AuPW
Our new long read with @unibirmingham.bsky.social explores why management matters, and what needs to change to help leaders deliver better care.
Read more: bit.ly/437AuPW
Why Management Matters To The NHS 10 Year Health Plan | The Kings Fund
Professor Judith Smith, Suzie Bailey and Professor Sir Chris Ham explore why strong, well-trained NHS management is essential to delivering the ambitions of the 10 Year Health Plan.
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The NHS 10 Year Health Plan will only succeed with strong management and leadership.
Our new long read with @unibirmingham.bsky.social explores why management matters, and what needs to change to help leaders deliver better care.
Read more: bit.ly/437AuPW
Our new long read with @unibirmingham.bsky.social explores why management matters, and what needs to change to help leaders deliver better care.
Read more: bit.ly/437AuPW
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If you’re wondering what the Public Office (Accountability) Bill aka #HillsboroughLaw means, listen to one of its architects explain: making state cover ups of failures harder through cultural change 👇🏻
@hillsboroughlawnow.bsky.social
@cbffjuk.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...
@hillsboroughlawnow.bsky.social
@cbffjuk.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...
The Hillsborough Law
Podcast Episode · Law and Disorder · 01/11/2025 · 43m
podcasts.apple.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
If you’re wondering what the Public Office (Accountability) Bill aka #HillsboroughLaw means, listen to one of its architects explain: making state cover ups of failures harder through cultural change 👇🏻
@hillsboroughlawnow.bsky.social
@cbffjuk.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...
@hillsboroughlawnow.bsky.social
@cbffjuk.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...
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The NHS 10 Year Health Plan will only succeed if we invest in management.
Here are 5 reasons why strong, skilled management is critical to better care.
Full long read: https://bit.ly/437AuPW
@profjudithsmith.bsky.social @chrisham.bsky.social
Here are 5 reasons why strong, skilled management is critical to better care.
Full long read: https://bit.ly/437AuPW
@profjudithsmith.bsky.social @chrisham.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The NHS 10 Year Health Plan will only succeed if we invest in management.
Here are 5 reasons why strong, skilled management is critical to better care.
Full long read: https://bit.ly/437AuPW
@profjudithsmith.bsky.social @chrisham.bsky.social
Here are 5 reasons why strong, skilled management is critical to better care.
Full long read: https://bit.ly/437AuPW
@profjudithsmith.bsky.social @chrisham.bsky.social
Delighted to author this new report from @hsmcentre.bsky.social and @thekingsfund.bsky.social along with @suziebailey.bsky.social and @chrisham.bsky.social NHS management matters so much and needs professionalising, support and investment, not denigration.
The NHS 10 Year Health Plan will only succeed with strong management and leadership.
Our new long read with @unibirmingham.bsky.social explores why management matters, and what needs to change to help leaders deliver better care.
Read more: bit.ly/437AuPW
Our new long read with @unibirmingham.bsky.social explores why management matters, and what needs to change to help leaders deliver better care.
Read more: bit.ly/437AuPW
Why Management Matters To The NHS 10 Year Health Plan | The Kings Fund
Professor Judith Smith, Suzie Bailey and Professor Sir Chris Ham explore why strong, well-trained NHS management is essential to delivering the ambitions of the 10 Year Health Plan.
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Delighted to author this new report from @hsmcentre.bsky.social and @thekingsfund.bsky.social along with @suziebailey.bsky.social and @chrisham.bsky.social NHS management matters so much and needs professionalising, support and investment, not denigration.
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Want authoritative, critical overviews of major improvement approaches in healthcare? The @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk-edited Cambridge Elements series is free to access, and covers everything from culture change to statistical process control - & most recently, Lean. www.cambridge.org/core/publica...
Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare
Welcome to Cambridge Core
www.cambridge.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Want authoritative, critical overviews of major improvement approaches in healthcare? The @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk-edited Cambridge Elements series is free to access, and covers everything from culture change to statistical process control - & most recently, Lean. www.cambridge.org/core/publica...
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NOW OPEN: The #NHSProductivityCommission Call for Evidence is a chance for you to share your ideas about how productivity could be improved across hospital care, primary care, community care and mental health.
More information and guidance for responding ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4oHG9UY
More information and guidance for responding ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4oHG9UY
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
NOW OPEN: The #NHSProductivityCommission Call for Evidence is a chance for you to share your ideas about how productivity could be improved across hospital care, primary care, community care and mental health.
More information and guidance for responding ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4oHG9UY
More information and guidance for responding ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4oHG9UY
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Great piece with Mark Mardell on the Today programme about Turkish Airlines chucking him off a flight because of his Parkinson’s. Read the full grisly story here www.facebook.com/share/p/19C1...
Redirecting...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Great piece with Mark Mardell on the Today programme about Turkish Airlines chucking him off a flight because of his Parkinson’s. Read the full grisly story here www.facebook.com/share/p/19C1...
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At @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge, we're looking for a talented early career researcher to support an exciting programme of work on innovation and improvement in healthcare. This is a great opportunity. Apply by 18 November www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Research Associate*/Research Assistant in Health Services Research [Maternity Cover] (Fixed Term)
Research Assistant - £33,002 - £35,608 Research Associate - £37,694 - £46,049 The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute (THIS Institute) seeks a talented early career researcher to support an
www.cam.ac.uk
October 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
At @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge, we're looking for a talented early career researcher to support an exciting programme of work on innovation and improvement in healthcare. This is a great opportunity. Apply by 18 November www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
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Challenging and incisive report from the Transforming Evidence team on what needs to change in health R&D in the UK. Well worth reading. It's at transforming-evidence.org/resources/op...
October 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Challenging and incisive report from the Transforming Evidence team on what needs to change in health R&D in the UK. Well worth reading. It's at transforming-evidence.org/resources/op...
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New paper in @bjgp.bsky.social by @luisaptg.bsky.social @jaketreenotsea.bsky.social @hughalderwick.bsky.social and me, exploring the implications of the NHS Ten Year Plan ambition to shift care from hospital to community, and what it means for general practice👇🏻
Writing for @bjgp.bsky.social colleagues focus on the 10-Year Health Plan's shift from hospital to community and consider its implications for general practice, drawing on existing evidence to explore the good, the bad and the potentially ugly.
Read more ⬇️
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From hospital to community? The good, the bad, and the ugly of the 10-year plan to move care to the community
Labour’s 10-year health plan for England, published on 3 July, set out three strategic shifts — from hospital to community, sickness to prevention, and analogue to digital. This editorial focuses on the first — shifting care from hospital to community — and considers its implications for ge...
bjgp.org
October 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
New paper in @bjgp.bsky.social by @luisaptg.bsky.social @jaketreenotsea.bsky.social @hughalderwick.bsky.social and me, exploring the implications of the NHS Ten Year Plan ambition to shift care from hospital to community, and what it means for general practice👇🏻
Together with a set of ridiculously qualified colleagues, under the auspices of the BMJ, have contributed to this assessment of the Government's 10 Year Plan for the NHS. We conclude that we need greater clarity on the how and fewer priorities. www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Delivering on the 10 year health plan for England
Members of the The BMJ Commission on the Future of the NHS consider the difficulties of implementing the health plan and what is needed for success
The 10 year health plan for England1 isn’t so much ...
www.bmj.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A beautiful sunset amidst very stormy weather here in the Scottish Borders.
October 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A beautiful sunset amidst very stormy weather here in the Scottish Borders.
New paper in @bjgp.bsky.social by @luisaptg.bsky.social @jaketreenotsea.bsky.social @hughalderwick.bsky.social and me, exploring the implications of the NHS Ten Year Plan ambition to shift care from hospital to community, and what it means for general practice👇🏻
Writing for @bjgp.bsky.social colleagues focus on the 10-Year Health Plan's shift from hospital to community and consider its implications for general practice, drawing on existing evidence to explore the good, the bad and the potentially ugly.
Read more ⬇️
Read more ⬇️
From hospital to community? The good, the bad, and the ugly of the 10-year plan to move care to the community
Labour’s 10-year health plan for England, published on 3 July, set out three strategic shifts — from hospital to community, sickness to prevention, and analogue to digital. This editorial focuses on the first — shifting care from hospital to community — and considers its implications for ge...
bjgp.org
October 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
New paper in @bjgp.bsky.social by @luisaptg.bsky.social @jaketreenotsea.bsky.social @hughalderwick.bsky.social and me, exploring the implications of the NHS Ten Year Plan ambition to shift care from hospital to community, and what it means for general practice👇🏻
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Are you a researcher who could do with £8k to engage the public about your research working with a gallery, museum, library or archive? We’ll shortly be opening a call so I just wanted to give you a heads up this is coming
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SHAPE Involve and Engage
A funding programme for innovative public engagement from the British Academy.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
August 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Are you a researcher who could do with £8k to engage the public about your research working with a gallery, museum, library or archive? We’ll shortly be opening a call so I just wanted to give you a heads up this is coming
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/shap...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/shap...
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Check out our latest BRACE Bulletin with news about our Centre and evaluations tinyurl.com/BRACE-Bullet...
July 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Check out our latest BRACE Bulletin with news about our Centre and evaluations tinyurl.com/BRACE-Bullet...