How has the #NHS workforce changed over time? And what's the outlook for the future? 💭 Find the answers to these questions and more in our recently-updated NHS workforce explainer.

Our new paper - see Gemma’s short thread.

Prof Jeffrey Braithwaite keynote - Sustainable care in health systems is never guaranteed. #OBHC2026

Prof Sue Dobson opening OBHC conference #OBHC2026

OBHC 2026 conference: safe travels to all those attending OBHC this coming week in Oxford. www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/events/organ...

Public Satisfaction With The NHS And Social Care In 2025 | BSA | The King's Fund www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Health Policy and Politics Network Spring Event. 28th April 2026 – 29th April 2026 at University of Manchester. estore.manchester.ac.uk/conferences-...

25th German Congress for Health Services Research "People, Relations, Organisations"- 23 to 25 September 2026, in Cologne. Call for papers: www.dkvf.de/en/

Where next for integrated care systems? Based on interviews with senior leaders across four ICSs, this new research explores the development of ICSs, their evolving role under Labour and the policy changes needed to deliver on national priorities. Learn more ⬇️

Integrated care systems in England: where next? | www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...

Women's health matters | LSE Health Annual Lecturehttps://www.lse.ac.uk/events/womens-health

SHOC offers bursaries to support attendance at OBHC conference (7-10 April). Aim: to assist PhD students, early career researchers, & scholars from Low- and Middle-Income Countries who would otherwise be unable to attend due to financial constraints. Details here: www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/events/organ...

Join #LSEHealth & @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social for a lecture on health care reform in the Middle East🏥 📅 17 Feb, 6pm |📍 Fawcett House, LSE LSE Health researchers Prof Alistair McGuire & George Wharton explore reforms in UAE & Saudi Arabia, drawing on PHSSR research. Register: bit.ly/4ctfyIn

OBHC conference: remember that the early bird registration ends on 28 Feb (with last registration 23 March). Register now. www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/events/organ... @cjpope.bsky.social

Health spending could double in the next 50 years. Our new long read explores what’s driving this rise and how we can create better health, not just treat illness. 👉 Read in full: https://bit.ly/3ZQNqr5

Seeking to appoint SHOC Deputy Chair: 2 year term to support the Chair. Role involves leading on strategic projects in consultation with Executive Committee. Candidates must be UK-based members of SHOC & have attended >2 OBHC conferences. Please email expressions of interest to [email protected]

Corporatisation of primary care: the need for critical analysis - The Lancet Primary Care www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Organization Theory in Health Care Association (OTHC) conference, 24-26 June, Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA (USA). Abstracts deadline 20 March. www.ot-hc.org/annual-confe...

BBC News - US healthcare needs fixing, but there's no agreement on how to do it - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The promise and pitfalls of AI in health www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Meet our chair: Prof Slava Jankin, Professor of Data Science and Government at @unibirmingham.bsky.social, will be joining our forthcoming webinar💻exploring how capable AI is of influencing people & the consequences for society. Don’t miss out, register now➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...

TOMORROW | How can changes to NHS structures help deliver the 10 Year Health Plan? 📅 Tuesday 20 Jan, 12:30 Join us online with Dr Penelope Dash, Dame Patricia Hewitt, Samantha Jones, Johan Kahlström @novartis.bsky.social, @njdavies.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/nhs-st...

PODCAST: Is government rhetoric on reform matching reality? @rachelsylvester.bsky.social and @hughalderwick.bsky.social join @jenniferthf.bsky.social to look back at 2025 in health policy and politics. Listen now 🎧️ bit.ly/44ssOIG

Full article: Does (professional) leadership matter for staff satisfaction? Evidence from a panel study of hospital boards www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Ling et al "Reframing the evaluation of integrated care; examples from the NHS in England" Health Policy www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Kessler et al "Sustainable Work and Employment in Social Care: New Challenges, New Priorities" in Human Resource Management: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Call for papers for special issue of Jnl of Health organization & Management: "Transforming Health Organization and Management: The Impact of Emerging Technologies, New Ways of Working, and Changing Boundaries" Deadline: 15 Feb 2026. www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...

How worried should the Government be about the NHS? open.substack.com/pub/politics...

Kirkpatrick et al "Placing the cart before the horse: proposals to regulate NHS managers" BMJ Leader bmjleader.bmj.com/content/earl...

Launch of a framework to improve how the NHS in England makes large-scale change | www.health.org.uk/features-and...

Reminder: TODAY at 3pm

SHOC Annual General Meeting to be held on Tuesday 2 December at 3pm (UK time). All SHOC members invited to attend. Details and online link in email sent today by SHOC membership officer (Dr. Anna Galazka).

Markman et al "Purposeful Management and the Public Good: Relationships, Tensions, and Consequences" Journal of Management Studies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New book: Klein and Powell "The New Politics of the NHS: From Creation to Reinvention" 8th edition www.routledge.com/The-New-Poli...

Ferguson et al. "Locum doctor working: A qualitative exploration of the implications for learning and professional development" Medical Education. asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Deadline for OBHC 2026: organisers will hold submissions open to 24/11/25. If you made your submission on time you may leave it for review, OR you could replace it. If you resubmit PLEASE use the same title as original submission but add VER2 at beginning of title.

Beneath the numbers: a qualitative study of the politics of resistance to transparent workforce data reporting url: www.emerald.com/jhom/article...

OBHC conference 2026: We’ve had inquiries about extensions to submission deadline. We will make a decision at deadline point so if we have sufficient submissions we will not extend the deadline. Please use the development category if needed. But please submit. See you at OBHC26.

Mannion, R., Speed, E. (2025). Quid Quo Pro? A Critical Perspective on the Global Flow and Spread of Health Innovation, International Journal of Health Policy and Management, www.ijhpm.com/article_4802...

How will the NHS make the ‘big shift’ from hospitals to communities? Join us for an insightful annual lecture Professor Martin Knapp: ➡️ 6 Nov | 12:30 PM UK Time | Online www.cchsr.phpc.cam.ac.uk/index.php/20...

Reminder: just over 2 weeks left to submit your paper (full, development, panel) to the OBHC conference, 8-10 April, Oxford University. And don't forget the pre-conference workshop for PhD/ECRs on 7 April. www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/events/organ...