Appraisal and revalidation

• Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. Medical Appraisal Guide 2022. https://www.aomrc.org.uk/revalidation/medical-appraisal/ 
• General Medical Council. Guidance on supporting information for revalidation. https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/managing-your-registration/revalidation/guidance-on-supporting-information-for-revalidation 
• General Medical Council. Self-learning: The reflective practitioner. https://www.gmc-uk.org/education/standards-guidance-and-curricula/guidance/reflective-practice/self-learning-the-reflective-practitioner
• NHS England. Appraisal. https://www.england.nhs.uk/professional-standards/medical-revalidation/appraisers/ 

Change management

• Kotter J. Leading change: why transformation efforts fail. Harvard Business Review 1995; 73(2): 59-67. https://hbr.org/2007/01/leading-change-why-transformation-efforts-fail
• Harrison R, Fischer S, Walpola RL, Chauhan A, Babalola T, Mears S, et al. Where do models for change management, improvement and implementation meet? A systematic review of the applications of change management models in healthcare. Journal of Healthcare Leadership. 2021;13:85-108. https://www.dovepress.com/where-do-models-for-change-management-improvement-and-implementation-m-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JHL 

Culture

• Civility Saves Lives. https://www.civilitysaveslives.com
• NHS England. Supporting our staff: a toolkit to promote cultures of civility and respect. https://www.england.nhs.uk/supporting-our-nhs-people/health-and-wellbeing-programmes/civility-and-respect/
• Leonard M, Frankel A. How can leaders influence a safety culture. The Health Foundation; 2012. https://www.health.org.uk/publications/how-can-leaders-influence-a-safety-culture

Education and training

• General Medical Council. Education. https://www.gmc-uk.org/education
• Greenaway D. Shape of Training: Securing the future of excellent patient care. Final report of the independent review. 2013.  https://www.gmc-uk.org/education/standards-guidance-and-curricula/guidance/shape-of-training-review

Equality, diversity and inclusion

• Kline R, Warmington J. Too hot to handle? Why concerns about racism are not heard…or acted on. brap; 2024. https://www.brap.org.uk/post/toohottohandle
• NHS England. NHS equality, diversity, and inclusion improvement plan. https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/nhs-equality-diversity-and-inclusion-improvement-plan/

Finance

• The King's Fund. Key facts and figures about the NHS. https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/data-and-charts/key-facts-figures-nhs
• Healthcare Financial Management Association. Introductory guide to NHS finance. https://www.hfma.org.uk/publications/introductory-guide-nhs-finance
• HM Treasury. The Green Book: appraisal and evaluation in central government. 2022. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-green-book-appraisal-and-evaluation-in-central-governent

Governance

• Committee on Standards in Public Life. The Seven Principles of Public Life (Nolan Principles). https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-7-principles-of-public-life/the-7-principles-of-public-life--2
• NHS England. NHS managers and leaders. Supporting new standards for board members. 2023. https://www.england.nhs.uk/leaders/
• NHS Providers. A guide to good governance in the NHS. https://nhsproviders.org/topics/governance/a-guide-to-good-governance-in-the-nhs
• Kark T, Russel J. A review of the fit and proper person test. Department of Health and Social Care; 2019. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/kark-review-of-the-fit-and-proper-persons-test
• Mannion R, Davies HTO, Jacobs R, Kasteridis P, Millar R, Freeman T. Do Hospital Boards matter for better, safer, patient care? Soc Sci Med. 2017;177:278-87. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953617300527

Health politics

• NHS England. Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England. 2025.  https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-term-plan/ 

Healthcare systems

• Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. General practice and secondary care - working better together. 2023. https://www.aomrc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/GPSC_Working_better_together_0323.pdf

Job planning

• NHS England. Medical job planning improvement guide. https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/medical-consultant-job-planning/
• NHS Employers and British Medical Association. A guide to consultant job planning. https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/consultant-contract-2003

Leadership

• NHS England. NHS leadership competency framework for board members. 2024.  https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/nhs-leadership-competency-framework-for-board-members/ 
• Bailey S, West M. What is compassionate leadership? The King’s Fund, 2022.  https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/long-reads/what-is-compassionate-leadership
• Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. Leadership and Management Standards for Medical Professionals. 2021. https://www.fmlm.ac.uk/standards
• General Medical Council. Leadership and management for all doctors. https://www.gmc-uk.org/professional-standards/professional-standards-for-doctors/leadership-and-management-for-all-doctors
• Rooke D, Torbert WR. Seven transformations of leadership. Harvard Business Review. 2005; April. https://hbr.org/2005/04/seven-transformations-of-leadership
• Goleman D. Leadership that gets results. Harvard Business Review. 2000;78(2):78-90. https://hbr.org/2000/03/leadership-that-gets-results 

Professional standards

• General Medical Counciil. Responsible officer hub. https://www.gmc-uk.org/responsible-officer-hub
• Maintaining high professional standards in the modern NHS. https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130123204228/http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4103586
• NHS Resolution. Practitioner Performance Advice. https://resolution.nhs.uk/services/practitioner-performance-advice/

Public health

• Making Every Contact Count (MECC): practical resources. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/making-every-contact-count-mecc-practical-resources
• UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency

Quality improvement

• NHS England. NHS IMPACT (Improving Patient Care Together). https://www.england.nhs.uk/nhsimpact/
• Jones B, Pereira P, Gerhold M. Five principles for implementing the NHS Impact approach to improvement in England. The Health Foundation. 2023. https://www.health.org.uk/publications/long-reads/five-principles-for-implementing-the-nhs-impact-approach
• Jones B, Kwong E, Warburton W. Quality improvement made simple. What everyone should know about health care quality improvement. The Health Foundation, 2021.  https://www.health.org.uk/publications/quality-improvement-made-simple
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement. How to Improve: Model for Improvement. https://www.ihi.org/resources/how-improve-model-improvement
• NHS Improvement. Making data count. 2019.  https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/making-data-count/

Risk management

• HM Treasury. The Orange Book. Management of Risk - Principles and Concepts. 2023. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/orange-book
• Institute of Risk Management. Horizon scanning: a practitioners guide. 2018.  https://www.theirm.org/news/horizon-scanning-a-practitioners-guide-revealed-at-irm-leaders/

Safety

• NHS England. Patient Safety Incident Response Framework.  https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/incident-response-framework/
• NHS England. Being fair tool. https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/patient-safety-culture/being-fair-tool/ 
• Clinical Human Factors Group. https://chfg.org
• Berwick D. A promise to learn - a commitment to act. Improving the safety of patients in England. 2013. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/berwick-review-into-patient-safety

Strategy

• Rumelt R, Atsmon Y. Why bad strategy is a ‘social contagion’. McKinsey & Company; 2022. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/why-bad-strategy-is-a-social-contagion
• Waterman RH, Jr., Peters TJ, Phillips JR. Structure is not organization. Business Horizons. 1980;23:14. https://tompeters.com/docs/Structure_Is_Not_Organization.pdf

Urgent and Emergency Care

• NHS England. Urgent and emergency care plan 2025/26. https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/urgent-and-emergency-care-plan-2025-26/ 

Websites

• Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. https://www.aomrc.org.uk
• Clinical Human Factors Group. https://chfg.org
• Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. https://www.fmlm.ac.uk
• General Medical Council. https://www.gmc-uk.org
• Healthcare Financial Management Association. https://www.hfma.org.uk
• The Healthcare Foundation. https://www.health.org.uk
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement. https://www.ihi.org
• The King's Fund. https://www.kingsfund.org.uk
• NHS Employers. https://www.nhsemployers.org
• NHS England. https://www.england.nhs.uk
• NHS Resolution. https://resolution.nhs.uk