Kaleidoscope Health and Care

Quote from Dan Charlton: "By recognising things are tough, and that the route to improvement is fraught with difficulty, I’d argue it’s possible to hold hope for the future in a way that people are more likely to buy into."

As a leader, can you be both optimistic and credible? Optimism is seen as essential for leading change, but is it really all it’s cracked up to be?
Read @dancharlton.bsky.social on grounded optimism as an approach to NHS organisational change leadership: www.kscopehealth.org.uk/blog/grounde...

MRS awards logo, finalist, public policy/social research.

We’re delighted to be shortlisted for an MRS award for our engagement work with health and care staff for the 10 Year Health Plan.
The award recognises our joint work with Thinks Insight and Strategy, @ippr.org and @jessiecunnett.bsky.social.
Find out more: www.kscopehealth.org.uk/news/kaleido...

This is a great - and healthier - alternative to a post-it note!

#RandomThoughts
1. Captured my thoughts on a 🍌 at @kscopehealth.bsky.social event on What’s Next for the 10 Year Health Plan.
2. 🙏🏽 for the Overground this week.
3. Walked thousands of steps. Nothing recorded on Strava.
4. In rest and recovery mode.
5. Another essay in the making.
#MyLifeAsMarsha

Picture of our 'Implementing the 10 Year Health Plan' guide. Text promoting date of workshop on implementing the 10 Year Health Plan, on Thursday 11 September, 12.30 to 4.30pm, central London.

If you’re wondering how to tackle the NHS 10 Year Health Plan, join our in-person workshop for practical insights and peer-to-peer learning.
11 Sep, 12.30-4.30.

Speakers include @sallywarren.bsky.social and @benallengp.bsky.social.

Find out more and sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/kalei...

Text on image is: Implementing the 10 Year Health Plan: where do we start? Thursday 10 July, 1-2pm, online event. Also shown is image of booklet by Kaleidoscope Health and Care, called 'The little Kaleidoscope guide to Implementing the 10 Year Health Plan'.

Where do we start with implementing the 10 Year Health Plan? Join us online 10 July for a practical conversation about turning implementation into meaningful change.
With @profnaomifulop.bsky.social‬ and William Roberts of ‪@rsph.bsky.social‬.
Sign up:
www.tickettailor.com/events/kalei...

Picture of Clare Allcock and text from her blog, "Without authentic local engagement, even the best national plan becomes top-down imposition."

Plans don't change things, people do.
Clare Allcock outlines what we learned from our work engaging more than 3,700 health and care staff to help shape the 10 Year Health Plan, and what staff need to make it successful: www.kscopehealth.org.uk/blog/10-year...

Twitter at #NHSConfedExpo in years gone by used to be the best bit. And now... well. So where are we at? Posting this on Bluesky, LinkedIn, (and the other one). Whichever has the most interaction by 10am is what I'm going with!

Come for the music puns, stay for the alternative NHS conversations, including whether the 10 Year Plan can deliver, NHS culture and joy, and learning from mistakes.

Join us if you're visiting NHS Confed - find out more and sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/kscop...

Come for the music puns, stay for the alternative NHS conversations, including whether the 10 Year Plan can deliver, NHS culture and joy, and learning from mistakes.

Join us if you're visiting NHS Confed - find out more and sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/kscop...

An image of our 'eight characteristics of high performing teams' postcard, along with pictures of Rowan Collins, Katie Goulding and Shane Carmichael.

We’re delighted to be at the OD in the NHS conference in Birmingham today!
Come and say hello to Katie Goulding, Shane Carmichael and Rowan Collins, who'd love to talk about our approach to organisational development.
And don’t forget to pick up one of our high performing teams postcards!

Track changes: notes for change that works - Kaleidoscope Health and Care If the NHS was on Desert Island Discs, our bet is that songs about ‘change’ would feature heavily. You can hear it now, as Sam Cooke tells us it’s gonna come, Dylan tells us it’s happening while Bowie...

What do Bob Dylan and Taylor Swift have to say about NHS reorganisations?

Join our webinar with @theasrstein.bsky.social to find out, and for insights on why some change programmes succeed and others struggle.

28 April, 12-1pm.

Sign up: www.kscopehealth.org.uk/event/track-...

Track changes: notes for change that works - Kaleidoscope Health and Care If the NHS was on Desert Island Discs, our bet is that songs about ‘change’ would feature heavily. You can hear it now, as Sam Cooke tells us it’s gonna come, Dylan tells us it’s happening while Bowie...

What have NHS reorganisations got to do with Bob Dylan and Taylor Swift?

Join our webinar with @theasrstein.bsky.social to find out, and for insights on why some change programmes succeed and others struggle.

28 April, 12-1pm.

Find out more and sign up: www.kscopehealth.org.uk/event/track-...

Picture of Katie Goulding with quote, "We can easily take our eye off the trust, resilience and motivation that we need to nurture in the teams we depend on to deliver change."

Change is a human endeavour.
Read Katie Goulding's blog as she sets out why NHS leaders should be focusing not just on what needs to change, but how to support their staff and organisations through the changes: www.kscopehealth.org.uk/blog/change-...

Image shows cat sitting at a laptop, and dog sitting on chair at laptop, with text, "Better veterinary care guided by you".

Cats and dogs can’t do this survey, but their owners can!
We’re proud to be leading research for veterinary charity RCVS Knowledge to understand how to adapt veterinary care to the circumstances of each animal and its owner.
Help improve care by sharing your views: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90808996/...

Picture of Katie Goulding with quote: "We focus on what needs to change, but we don't always think deeply enough about how to change."

What should NHS leaders be thinking about as they face yet another set of changes?

Read Katie Goulding's blog as she sets out why they should be focusing not just on what needs to change, but how to support their organisations through the changes: www.kscopehealth.org.uk/blog/change-...

Image is blue background with text: ‘HSJ Partnership Awards 2025. Highly commended – best consultancy partnership with the NHS’

We’re very excited to have been highly commended at the @events.hsj.co.uk awards for our partnership with NHS England and Frimley Health and Care ICS to develop an innovative approach to managing heart failure.

Find out more about the project: www.kscopehealth.org.uk/project/supp...

Kaleidoscope’s role in new clean air zone toolkit to tackle air pollution - Kaleidoscope Health and Care New guide draws on decades of global experience to show how more cities could effectively tackle air pollution through clean air zones.

We’re very proud to have supported the development of a #CleanAirZone toolkit to help cities around the world tackle air pollution.
Find out more about our work on this @cleanairfund.bsky.social project: www.kscopehealth.org.uk/news/kaleido...

Have been saying this for some years... www.kscopehealth.org.uk/blog/power-t...

@richtaunt.com @charlotteaugst.bsky.social @jacoblant.bsky.social @jessiecunnett.bsky.social

Oh yes we did!

Thanks to all who came, especially Nick Timmins, @davewwest.bsky.social and Sonali Kinra - our ghosts of NHS past, present and future.

Join these guys. They are real. They are kind. They get things done right while doing the right thing.

Blue background with text that says 'Consultancy of a different kind'.

We’re looking for a brilliant person to join us as a junior consultant.

Our first requirement is that you’re kind.

We also have some other requirements - find out more: www.kscopehealth.org.uk/join-us/juni...

Closing date 12 January (so you don’t have to spend Christmas on your application…)

HSJ Partnership Awards 2025. Proud to be a finalist for Best Consultancy Partnership with the NHS.

We’re delighted to have been shortlisted for two @events.hsj.co.uk awards for our work with NHS England and @frimleyhealth.bsky.social to develop an innovative approach to managing heart failure.
Find out more: www.kscopehealth.org.uk/news/kaleido...

People's recommendations on the move to digital written on a big poster.

The wonderful Jessie Cunnet summarising conversations from her group on shift to community

People's thoughts on end of life care, written on a big poster.

As ever, people don't disappoint when you bother asking them what they do or don't want to see in the 10 Year Plan shifts towards community, prevention and digital. Thinks, @kscopehealth.bsky.social and @ippr.bsky.social delivering an engagement event in London today.

Snake oil, engagement from space & high-performing teams. New @kscopehealth.bsky.social newsletter: mailchi.mp/f47c8b908687...

Fab, thanks for this!

We spend much of our lives in teams, but how can we ensure they’re performing as well as they can?

Join Sarah Morgan, Katie Goulding and Shane Carmichael to find out how to enable teams to do their best work.

20 November, 12.30 to 1.30pm.
Sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/kalei...

Quote from Clare Allcock: "We’re particularly pleased to be leading work on staff engagement - it’s vital that the experiences of health and care staff contribute to improving the NHS.”

We’re proud to be supporting the development of the 10 Year Health Plan for England, working in partnership with @ippr.bsky.social sky.social, Thinks Insight and DHSC.
Find out more about Kaleidoscope's role in this vital work: www.kscopehealth.org.uk/news/kaleido...