The slides from the presentation that Helen Bevan made on The School for Health and Care Radicals as part of Rebel Jam, 26th June 2015

1. A talk for Rebel Jam 26th June 2015
#RebelJam15

2. 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

3. 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

4. The NHS is the 5th biggest employer on
the globe
Source: BBC

5. A challenge
The 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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7. Starts on the fringe
(at the edge)
Starts with the activists
Gary Hamel
always

8. “I have some Key
Performance
Indicators
for you”
or
“I have a
dream”
Source: @RobertVarnam

9. 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

10. 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

11. The genesis of
the School
2002
2014
2013
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

12. http://www.slideshare.net/Downes/connectivism-and-personal-
learning?next_slideshow=1

13. 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?

15. 100,000
2,000
20,000
150
65
348
25,000+
120 14,000
inc

16. The school is being formally evaluated
by the Chartered Institute for
Personnel and Development

17. Quotes from participants

18. 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
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