Mike's Top 10

My Top Ten are....

1.      VOICE of patients, service users, carers and staff

2.      VALUES of the organisations aligned, explicit e.g. innovation

3.      VARIATION – that we understand it first, then tackle it over time

4.      VISIBILITY – of leadership

5.      NETWORKS TO REFRAME    

•        scan the environment
•        ‘share the wealth’
•        a few research active organisations  to ALL
•        a few core enthusiasts to all on 'innovation' ticket

6.      INNOVATION – if we just do more of the same the NHS runs out of money faster – Diabetes, Dementia, Depression, Demands swamp us we need more ‘I’

7.      RESEARCHERS STAY RELEVANT [and predict future relevance] – inventions and translation and diffusion

8.      RESEARCHERS BE SERVICE FACING

9.      RESEARCH FACING SERVICES may be the consequence

10.   It is then, and only then, that we can drive on with what got me out of bed, and I am sure many others, and I made sure this is the sole purpose of our East Midlands AHSN

     ‘to work at the limits of science, human skill and knowledge, to save lives and improve health, when people are most in need’