Professor Russell Mannion

Professor Russell Mannion

Health Services Management Centre
Professor of Health Systems

Contact details

Telephone
+44(0)121 414 3404
Email
r.mannion@bham.ac.uk
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Address
School of Social Policy, HSMC
Park House
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2RT

 Russell has held the Chair in Health Systems at the University of Birmingham since 2010.  He is an Honorary Professor at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney and a Fellow of Bocconi University, Milan. He was previously Director of the Centre for Health Services Management at the University of York (2005-2009) and served as a Board Director of the York Health Economics Consortium. 

Selection of current advisory and public appointments (UK and international)

  • Member of the advisory board of the National Guardian’s Office for the NHS (2018-)
  • Expert advisor, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Cairo (2018-)
  • Member of the expert review panel for Covid-19 Research programme, Swiss National Science Foundation (2020-)
  • Member of the evaluation panel (Economics and Politics) Academy of Finland, Helsinki (2018-)
  • Member of the assessment panel, German Research Foundation (DFG) for multidisciplinary Research into Epidemics and Pandemics in Response to the Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 (2020-)
  • Member of the panel of experts, Belgium Science Policy Office, Brussels. (2020-)
  • Member of the evaluation panel (Health, Welfare and Society), Academy of Finland, Helsinki, (2021-)
  • Member of the international advisory board for the Cologne Regional Health Care Research Network (2018-)
  • Member of the international advisory board for research planning, Medical School, University of Cologne (2018-)
  • Member of the Irish Health Research Board, (2016-)
  • Academic advisor to the Department of Health Policy Research Programme Research Committee (2017-)
  • Member of the College of Reviewers for the Government of Canada and the Canada Research Chairs programme (2016-)
  • International expert, International Society for Quality in Health Care (2017-) (Tokyo, Doha, Cape Town, Florence).
  • Visiting Professor, Sant' Anna School of Advanced Studies, University of Pisa (2017-)
  • Visiting Professor, University of Heidelberg (2019 -)
  • Chair of the External Evaluation Committee, Cyprus Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education (2021-)
  • Independent Expert Consultant, The Science Fund of Serbia (2021-)
  • Member of the Expert Review Panel, Research Council of Norway (2021-)

  • Member of the Social Sciences Panel, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (2021 -)

Russell presents keynote lectures and seminars around the world and provides policy and research advice to a range of national and international governments and agencies, including: the World Health Organization, OECD, the International Society for Quality in Health Care, the European Health Management Association, the European Union, Department of Health, HM Treasury, NHS Confederation, Nuffield Trust, the Royal College of General Practitioners and the governments (and sub-jurisdictions) of  Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Cyprus, Finland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Jordan, Malta, Spain, Switzerland and New Zealand. His work on organisational culture, health care quality and patient safety was used at evidence at the Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry chaired by Sir Robert Francis QC. He has won numerous international awards and prizes for his research including the Baxter European book Award. He is the Birmingham lead for The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute (THIS Institute) based at the University of Cambridge.

Russell has more than 250 peer reviewed publications, many appearing in leading scientific journals such as The Lancet, BMJ, Social Science and Medicine and The Milbank Quarterly. He has authored or edited 12 books.  His most recent books include: Healthcare Reform, Quality and Safety: Perspectives, Participants and Prospects in 30 Countries (2015) ( With Braithwaite et al);  Dismantling the NHS: Evaluating the Impact of Health Reforms (2016), Policy Press (with Exworthy and Powell); Health Systems Improvement Across the Globe:  Success Stories from 60 Countries. (2017) Taylor & Francis (with Braithwaite et al) and Healthcare Systems Improvement Across the Globe:  Future Predictions for Global Care.(2018).

He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Health Organization and Management and sits on the editorial boards of: the International Journal for Health Policy and Management; the International Journal for Human Rights in Healthcare; the International Journal of Public and Private Healthcare Management and Economics; and the Open Medical Informatics Journal. He is currently an external examiner for postgraduate health science programmes at the University of Manchester.

Russell’s specialisms are: 

  • Evaluation of health systems reform
  • Global health and international health policy
  • Patient safety and healthcare quality
  • Pandemic planning and management
  • Speaking Up and whistleblowing in healthcare organisations
  • Political economy, (especially Populist approaches) to health policy  
  • Performance measurement and management 
  • Organisational behaviour and healthcare cultures
  • Publication bias in health services research
  • Cooperation and partnership working in health as social care
  • Medical Tourism
  • Commissioning and procurement theory
  • Economic Sociology, behavioural economics and Institutional Economics
  • Mixed methods research

Qualifications

  • PhD Economics and Social Policy, University of Manchester
  • Postgraduate Diploma Health Economics, University of Tromso
  • BA (Hons) Economics and Sociology, University of Stirling
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, elected 2008
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), elected 2008
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), elected 2015

Teaching

Russell co-leads several modules on the MSc in Health Care Policy and Management at Birmingham.  He also lectures on the undergraduate inter-calation programme for medical students, Birmingham Medical School. He previously set up, and lectured on the MSc in Health Management at York.

Postgraduate supervision

Russell is happy to supervise PhDs around areas such as:

  • Patient safety
  • Health care quality improvement
  • International health reform.

Research

Current and recent projects

Current and recent research projects include:

Publications

2021

Ansmann L, Vennedey V, Hillen HA, Stock S, Kuntz L, Pfaff H, Mannion R, Hower KI, Cologne Research And Development Network CoRe-Net Study Group CRADNCSG. Resource dependency and strategy in healthcare organizations during a time of scarce resources: evidence from the metropolitan area of cologne. J Health Organ Manag. 2021 Jul 7;35(9):211-227. doi: 10.1108/JHOM-12-2020-0478. PMID: 34245141

Bion J, Aldridge C, Beet C, Boyal A, Chen YF, Clancy M, et al. (2021)Increasing specialist intensity at weekends to improve outcomes for patients undergoing emergency hospital admission: the HiSLAC two-phase mixed-methods study. Health Serv Deliv Res;9(13)https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/hsdr09130/#/abstract

Martin Powell, John Blenkinsopp, Huw Davies, Russell Mannion, Ross Millar, Jean McHale & Nicholas Snowden (2021): The case of the disappearing whistleblower: an analysis of National Health Service inquiries, Public Money & Management, DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1892959

Aunger J ,  Millar R , Greenhalgh J ,  Mannion R ,  Rafferty A,  McLeod H (2021) Why do some inter-organisational collaborations in healthcare work when others do not? A realist review, Systematic Reviews. 

Sutton E, Bion J, Mannion R, Willars J, Shaw E, and Tarrant J (2021) A qualitative study of organisational response to national quality standards for 7-day services in English hospitals, BMC Health Services Research

Mannion R (2021) Populism and the flight from science, NIHR Applied Research Centre West Midlands News Blog.

Jones A, Blake J, Banks C, Adams M, Kelly D, Mannion R, Maben J (2021) Speaking up about bullying and harassment in healthcare:reflections following the introduction of an innovative 'speak up' role in NHS England, in Montgomery et al, Connecting healthcare worker well-being, patient safety and organisational change; a triple challenge, Springer, ISBN 978-3-030-60997-9

Jones A, Blake J, Adams M, Kelly D, Mannion R, Maben J  (2021) Interventions promoting employee 'speaking up' within healthcare workplaces: a systematic narrative review of the literature, Health Policy. 

Williams, I, Harlock, J, Robert, G, Kimberly, J & Mannion, R (2021) 'Is the end in sight? a study of how and why services are decommissioned in the English National Health Service', Sociology of Health and Illness.

Mannion R, Speed E (2021) Populism, Pestilence and Plague in the Time of Coronavirus, International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHRH-10-2020-0091

2020 

Ravaghi H, Beyranvand T, Mannion R (2020) Effectiveness and training and educational programs for hospital managers: a systematic review, Health Services Management Research

Bion J, Aldridge C, Girling A et al (2020) Changes in weekend and weekday care quality of emergency medical admissions to 20 hospitals in England during implementation of the 7 day services national policy, BMJ Quality and Safety. 

Speed E, Mannion R (2020) Populism, policy and pandemics, Sociology Lens

Aunger, J.., Millar, R., Greenhalgh, J., Mannion, R, Rafferty, A.M. and McLeod, H. (2020), "Building an initial realist theory of partnering across National Health Service providers", Journal of Integrated Care,

Speed E, Mannion R (2020) Populism and health policy: three international case studies of right-wing populist policy frames, Sociology of Health & Illness. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13173

Adams M, Kelly D, Maben J, Mannion R, Banks C, Jones A (2020) How do "heroes" speak up? NHS staff raising concerns during covid-19, BMJ

Millar R, Mannion R, Miller R (2020) Buddies and Mergers:Decentering the Performance of Healthcare Provider Partnerships, in Bevir M & Waring J (eds) Decentering Health and Care Networks: Reshaping the Organization and Delivery of Healthcare, Palgrave-Macmillan.

Sheaff R, Morando V, Chambers N, Exworthy M, Mahon A, Byng R Mannion R (2020) Managerial workarounds in three European DRG systems” Journal of Health Organization and Management, DOI (10.1108/JHOM-10-2019-0295)

Ayorinde A, Williams I, Mannion R (2020) Publication and related biases in health services research: a systematic review of empirical evidence, BMC Medical Research Methodology: 20:137

Williams I, Mannion R (2020) Publication and related bias in quantitative health services & delivery research: systematic reviews, case studies, inception cohorts and informant interviews National Institute for Health Research. 186 p.

Williams I, Mannion R et al (2020) Assessment of publication bias and outcome reporting bias in systematic reviews of health services and delivery research: A meta-epidemiological study PLoS ONE. 15, 1, p. e0227580

Williams I, Mannion R et al (2020) Stakeholder views on publication bias in health services research Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 1355819620902185.

Ravaghi H  Alidoost S Mannion R  Bélorgeot V (2020)  Models and methods for determining the optimal number of beds in hospitals and regions: a systematic scoping review- BMC Health Services Research

Hamid Ravaghi, Saeide Alidoost, Russell Mannion and Victoria D, Bélorgeot (2020) Models and methods for determining the optimal number of beds in hospitals and regions: a systematic scoping review

Iestyn Williams , Abimbola A Ayorinde, Russell Mannion, Magdalena Skrybant, Fujian Song, Richard J Lilford and Yen-Fu Chen (2020) Stakeholder views on publication bias in health services research 

Abimbola A. AyorindeID, Iestyn Williams, Russell Mannion, Fujian Song, Magdalena Skrybant, Richard J. LilfordID, Yen-Fu ChenID (2020) Assessment of publication bias and outcome reporting bias in systematic reviews of health services and delivery research: A metaepidemiological study

2019

Chambers N,  Smith J,  Proudlove N, Thorlby R, Kendrick K  Mannion R (2019) Roles and behaviours of diligent and dynamic healthcare boards, Health Services Management Research

Mannion R and Small N (2019) Folk Devils, Moral Panics and New Wave Public Health, International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Blenkinsopp J, Snowden N, Mannion R, Powell M, Davies H,  Millar R, McHale J (2019) Whistleblowing over patient safety and care quality: a review of the literature, Journal of Health Organization and Management

Mannion R, Davies H (2019) Raising and responding to front line concerns in Health care, BMJ 

Sanderson J, Lonsdale C, Mannion R (2019) Inside the black box: Organisational buying behaviour and strategic purchasing in healthcare, International Journal of Health Policy and Management.

Ayorinde A, Williams, I, Mannion R, Song F, Skybrant M, Lilford R (2019) Does all health services and deliver research (HSDR) get published? A study to follow up the cohorts of HSDR, Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health

Sheaff R, Halliday J, Exworthy M, Gibson A, Allen P, Asthana S, Mannion R (2019) Repositioning the Boundaries between Public and Private Healthcare Providers in the English NHS, Journal of Health Organization and Management.

Sanderson J, Lonsdale C,  Mannion R (2019) What’s Needed to Develop Strategic Purchasing in Healthcare? Policy Lessons from a Realist Review,  International Journal of Health Policy and Management.

Braithwaite, J., Mannion, R., Matsuyama, Y., Shekelle, P. et al (2019) The future of health systems to 2030: a roadmap for global progress and sustainability. International Journal for Quality in Health Care.

Mannion R Davies H, Powell M, Blenkinsopp J Millar R McHale J Snowden N (2019) Healthcare scandals and the failings of doctors: do official inquiries hold the profession to account? Journal of Health Organisation and Management

Millar, R. Freeman, T. Mannion, R. Davies, HTO. (2019) Meta Regulation meets Deliberation: Situating the Governor within NHS Foundation Trust Hospitals Journal of Social Policy.

Mannion R and Braithwaite J (2019) Where is Patient Safety Research and Practice Heading? International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 

Mannion R (2019) Expert commentary on the NHS Signal: Communication problems are top of patients’ concerns about hospital care.

2018

Mannion R and Davies H (2018) Understanding organisational culture for healthcare quality improvement, BMJ: 363:k4907 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k4907

Sheaff R, Halliday J , Exworthy M , Gibson A , Allen P, Clarke J, Asthana S,  Mannion, R (2018) Diverse health providers: behaviour in response to commissioners, patients and innovations. NIHR Policy Research Programme.  

Pavolini, E., Kuhlmann, E., Agartan, T.I. Burau, V., Mannion, R. and Speed E. (2018) Healthcare governance, professions and populism, is there a relationship? A comparative study of five European countries, Health Policy, 122 (10), 1126-1135; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.08.020

Mannion R, Blenkinsopp J, Powell M, McHale J, Millar R, Snowden N & Davies H.Understanding the knowledge gaps in whistleblowing and speaking up in health care: narrative reviews of the research literature and formal inquiries, a legal analysis and stakeholder interviews.Health Serv Deliv Res 2018;6(30) 

Mannion R  (2018) Speaking Up in Health Care: the Canary in the Mine?, Viewpoint, HSMC, University of Birmingham 

Mannion R (2018) Foreward to, Körner, M, Ansmann,L  Schwarz,B  Kowalski C (Eds.) Organizational Behaviour in Healthcare: Theoretical Approaches, Methods and Empirical Results, Berlin. Lit Verlag 

Mannion R, Davies H, Millar R, Freeman, T (2018) Board Governance for better, safer healthcare, in Tingle J, O Neill C, Shimwell M (eds) Global Patient Safety: Law, Policy and Practice, Routledge.

Mannion R, Davies H, Blenkinsopp J, McHale J, Millar R,  Powell M, Snowden N (2018) Speaking Up or Blowing the Whistle for better, safer healthcare, in Tingle J, O Neill C, Shimwell M (eds) Global Patient Safety: Law, Policy and Practice, Routledge.

Braithwaite J, Mannion R, Matsuyama Y, Shekelle P, Whittaker S, Al-Adawi S, eds. (2018) Healthcare Systems Improvement Across the Globe:  Future Predictions for Global Care. Abingdon, UK: Taylor & Francis. 

Mannion R (2018) Europe, in Braithwaite J, Mannion R, Matsuyama Y, Shekelle P, Whittaker S, Al-Adawi S, eds. (2018) Healthcare Systems Improvement Across the Globe:  Future Predictions for Global Care. Abingdon, UK: Taylor & Francis. 

Powell M, Mannion R (2018) England: Getting Personal? Personal Health Budgets, in Braithwaite J, Mannion R, Matsuyama Y, Shekelle P, Whittaker S, Al-Adawi S, eds. (2018) Healthcare Systems Improvement Across the Globe:  Future Predictions for Global Care. Abingdon, UK: Taylor & Francis. 

Braithwaite J, James W, Ludlow K, Matsuyama Y (2018) Central Asia: From Russia With Love: Health Reform In The Stans of Central Asia, in  Braithwaite J, Mannion R, Matsuyama Y, Shekelle P, Whittaker S, Al-Adawi S, eds. (2018) Healthcare Systems Improvement Across the Globe:  Future Predictions for Global Care. Abingdon, UK: Taylor & Francis. 

Mannion R and Exworthy M (2018) Researching the Co-Existence and Continuity of Standardization and Customization in Health Care: A Response to Recent Commentaries, International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Chambers, N,  Thorlby R,  Boyd A,  Smith J,  Proudlove N,  Kendrick H,  Mannion R (2018), ‘Responses to Francis: changes in board leadership and governance in acute hospitals in England since 2013’, Final Report: Department of Health: Policy Research Programme.

Smith J and Mannion R (2018) NHS hospital boards-caught on the horns of a dilemma, HSMC Viewpoint, January

2017

Mannion R and Smith J (2017) Hospital Culture and Clinical Performance-Where Next? BMJ Quality and Safety. 

Bion J,  Aldridge C,  Girling A,  Rudge G, Beet C, Evans T,  Temple R, Roseveare R, Clancy M,  Boyal A,  Tarrant C, Sutton E, Sun J, Rees R, Mannion R et al. (2017) Two-epoch cross-sectional case record review protocol comparing quality of care of hospital emergency admissions at weekends versus weekdays, BMJ Open. 

Harlock J, Wiiliams I, Robert G, Hall K, Mannion R (2017) Doing More with Less in Health Care: Findings from a Multi-Method Study of Decommissioning in the English National Health Service, Journal of Social Policy. 

Mannion R and Braithwaite (2107) False Dawns and New Horizons in Patient Safety Research and Practice, International Journal of Health Policy and Management. https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzx122

Braithwaite J, Mannion R Matsuyama Y, Shekelle P et al (2017)  Accomplishing reform: successful case studies drawn from the health systems of 60 countries,  International Journal for Quality in Health Care , 1–7 doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzx122

Speed E and Mannion R (2017) The politics and Power of Populism: a response to recent commentaries, International Journal of Health Policy and Management.

Powell M, Mannion R (2017)  A NICE Success Story from the English National Health Service, in Braithwaite J, Mannion R, Matsuyama Y, Shekelle P, Whittaker S, Al-Adawi S, eds. (2017) Health Systems Improvement Across the Globe:  Success Stories from 60 Countries. Abingdon, UK: Taylor & Francis, pp 139-146. 

Mannion R (2017) Europe, in Braithwaite J, Mannion R, Matsuyama Y, Shekelle P, Whittaker S, Al-Adawi S, eds. (2017) Health Systems Improvement Across the Globe:  Success Stories from 60 Countries. Abingdon, UK: Taylor & Francis, pp 123-125. 

Braithwaite J, Mannion R, Matsuyama Y, Shekelle P, Whittaker S, Al-Adawi S, eds. (2017) Health Systems Improvement Across the Globe:  Success Stories from 60 Countries. Abingdon, UK: Taylor & Francis. 

Chambers N, Harvey G and Mannion R. (2017) Who should serve on health care boards? What should they do and how should they behave? A fresh look at the literature and the evidence. Cogent Business & Management, 4(1), 1357348. 

Freeman, T. Mannion, R. Millar, R. and Davies, H.T.O. (2017) Decentring patient safety governance: Case studies of four English Foundation Trust hospital Boards. In Bevir, M. and Waring, J. (ed) Decentered Health Policy: Learning from British Experiences in Healthcare Governance. Routledge, London. 

Williams I, Harlock J, Robert G, Mannion R, Brearley S & Hall K. (2017) Decommissioning health care: identifying best practice through primary and secondary research a prospective mixed-methods study. Health Serv Deliv Res, 5(22)

Mannion R, Exworthy M. (2017) (Re) Making the Procrustean Bed? Standardization and Customization as Competing Logics in Healthcare. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.35

Sajadi H, Ravaghi H and Mannion R (2017). Organizational failure and turnaround in public sector organizations: a systematic review of the evidence. The Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Mannion R, Davies H T O, Jacobs R, Kasteridis P, Millar R and Freeman T (2017). Do Hospital Boards matter for better, safer, patient care? Social Science & Medicine 177: 278 – 287.

Speed E and Mannion R. (2017) The Rise of Post-truth Populism in Pluralist Liberal Democracies: Challenges for Health Policy, International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 2017; 6 (x):x–x. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2017.19 

2016

Aldridge, C., Bion, J., Boyal, A., Chen, YF, Clancy, M., Evans, T., Girling, A., Lord, J., Mannion, R. et al (2016) Weekend specialist intensity and admission mortality in acute hospital trusts in England: a cross-sectional study. The Lancet, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30442-1.

Braithwaite, J, Matsuyama, Y, Mannion, R, Johnson, J, Bates, DW and Hughes, C (2016) How to do better health reform: a snapshot of change and improvement initiatives in the health systems of 30 countries. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzw113

Chambers, N., Boyd, A., Kendrick, H., Proudlove, N., Thorlby, R., Smith. J. and Mannion, R. (2016) Board leadership in the wake of Francis: challenges, changes and achievements. Health Service Journal, 10 June 2016.

Chambers, N, Joachim, and Mannion, R (2016) Hospital governance: policy capacity and reform in England, France and Italy, in   Greer S,  Wismar M and Figueras J (eds) Strengthening Health System Governance: Better Policies, Stronger Performance, Open University Press.

Exworthy, M., Mannion, R. and Powell, M. (2016) Dismantling the NHS? Evaluating the impact of health reforms. Policy Press: University of Bristol.

Freeman, T. Millar, R. Mannion, R. and Davies, H. (2016) Enacting corporate governance of healthcare safety and quality: a dramaturgy of hospital boards in England. In Allen, D. Braithwaite, J. Sandall, J. Waring, J. The Sociology of Healthcare Safety and Quality, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 52-68.

Freeman, T., Millar, R., Mannion, R. and Davies, H. (2016), Enacting corporate governance of healthcare safety and quality: a dramaturgy of hospital boards in England. Sociology of Health & Illness, 38: 233–251. doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.12309.

Greenhaulgh T, Mannion R and co-signatories (2016)  An open letter to The BMJ editors on qualitative research, BMJ 2016; 352:i563.

Mannion, R. and Millar, R. (2016) Getting Hospital Boards on Board with Patient Safety. HSMC Viewpoint, published online on 20th April 2016.

Mannion, R, Davies, H (2016) Cultures in Healthcare, in Ferlie, E, Montgomery, K and Reff Pedersen, A (eds), Oxford Handbook of Health Care Management. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Mannion, R and Davies, HTO (2016) Whistleblowing in the wind towards a socially situated research agenda: a response to recent commentaries. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2016.34.

Mannion, R, Freeman, T, Millar, R, Davies, H (2016), Effective board governance of safe care: A (theoretically underpinned) cross-sectioned examination of the breadth and depth of relationships through national quantitative surveys and in-depth qualitative case studies. Health Services and Delivery Research 2016: 4(4).

Millar, R, Jian, W, Mannion, R and Miller, R (2016) Healthcare reform in China: making sense of a policy experiment? Journal of Health Organisation and Management, 30 (3): 324 – 330. 

Mohaghegh, B, Ravaghi, H, Mannion, R, Heidarpoor, P and Sajadi, HS (2016) Implementing Clinical Governance in Iranian Hospitals: Purpose, process and pitfalls. Electronic Physician. doi: 10.19082/1796.

Sheaff, R, Halliday, J, Exworthy, M, Allen, P, Mannion, R, Asthana, S, Gibson, A and Clark, J (2016) A qualitative study of diverse providers’ behaviour in response to commissioners, patients and innovators in England: research protocol. BMJ Open, doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010680. 

Steihaug, S., Johannessen, A-K, Ådnanes, M., Paulsen, B., Mannion, R. (2016) Challenges in Achieving Collaboration in Clinical Practice: The Case of Norwegian Health Care. International Journal of Integrated Care, 16(3):3. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.2217

Willis, C., Saul, J., Bevan, H., Scheirer, MA., Best, A., Greenhalgh, T., Mannion, R. et al (2016) Sustaining organizational culture change in health systems? Journal of Health Organization and Management, Vol. 30, Iss: 1

2015

Aryankhesal, A, Sheldon, TA, Mannion, R & Mahdipour, S (2015) The dysfunctional consequences of a performance measurement system: the case of the Iranian national hospital grading programme, Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. DOI: 10.1177/1355819615576252

Braithwaite, J., Matsuyama, Y., Mannion, R. and Johnson, J. (2015) Healthcare Reform, Quality and Safety: Perspectives, Participants, Partnerships and Prospects in 30 Countries. Ashgate Publishers, Abingdon.

Groene, O., Klazinga, N., Mannion, R. et al (2015) The influence of context on the effectiveness of hospital improvement strategies:  a review of systematic reviews, BMC Health Services Research (in press).

Mannion R and Davies HTO (2015) Cultures of silence and cultures of voice: the role of whistleblowing in healthcare organisations, International Journal of Health Policy and Management. DOI:10.15171/ijhpm.2015.120

Mannion, R., Davies, H., Millar, R., Freeman, T., Jacobs, R. and Kasteridis, P. (2015) Overseeing oversight: governance of quality and safety by hospital boards in the English NHS, Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 20 (15) 9-16.

Millar, R., Freeman, T. and Mannion, R. (2015), Hospital board oversight of quality and safety: a stakeholder analysis exploring the role of trust and intelligence. BMC Health Services Research 15: 196, DOI 10.1186/s12913-015-0771-x. 

Millar, R, Jian, W, Mannion, R and Miller, R (forthcoming), 'Healthcare reform in China: making sense of a policy experiment?' Journal of Health Organisation and Management.

Ravaghi, H., Mannion, R. and Sajadi, H. S. (2015) Organizational Failure in an NHS Hospital Trust: A Qualitative Study. The Health Care Manager, 34 (4): 367-375.

Sanderson, J., Lonsdale, C., Mannion, R. and Matharu, T. (2015) Towards a framework for enhancing procurement and supply chain management practice in the NHS: lessons for managers and clinicians from a synthesis of the theoretical and empirical literature. Health Services and Delivery Research 3(18). DOI: 10.3310/hsdr03180.

Sheaff, R, Charles, N, Mahon, A, Chambers, N, Morando, V, Exworthy, M, Byng, R, Mannion, R, Llewellyn, S (2015) NHS commissioning practice and health system governance: a mixed-methods realistic evaluation, Health Services and Delivery Research, 3 (10). DOI: 10.3310/hsdr03100.

White, S, Wastell, D, Smith, S, Hall, C, Whitaker, E, Debelle, G, Mannion, R and Waring, J (2015) Improving practice in safeguarding at the interface between hospital services and children's social care: a mixed-methods case study. Health Services Delivery Research, 3(4).

2014

Botje, D., Klazinga, N.S., Sunol, R., Groene, O., Pfaff, H., Mannion, R. et all (2014) Is having quality as an item on the executive board agenda associated with the implementation of quality management systems in European hospitals: a quantitative analysis, International Journal for Quality in Health Care ; pp. 1–8.

Greener, I, Harrington, B, Hunter, D, Mannion, R and Powell, M (2014), Reforming healthcare: What's the evidence?, Bristol: Policy Press.

Lunt, N, Horsfall, D G, Exworthy, M, Smith, R D, Hanefield, J and Mannion, R (2014), Market size, market share and market strategy: three myths of medical tourism. Policy and Politics, 42(4): 597-614. 10.1332/030557312X655918.

Lunt, N. and Mannion, R. (2014)Patient mobility in the global marketplace: a multidisciplinary perspective. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2 (4): 155–157.

Lunt N, Smith RD, Mannion R, Green ST, Exworthy M, Hanefeld J, Horsfall D, Machin L, King H (2014) Implications for the NHS of inward and outward medical tourism: a policy and economic analysis using literature review and mixed-methods approaches, Health Services and Delivery Research, Volume: 2 (2).

Mannion, R. and Thompson, C. (2014) Systematic biases in group decision making: implications for patient safety, International journal for Quality in health care, 26(6): 606-612.

Mannion, R. (2014) Enabling compassionate healthcare: perils, prospects and perspectives. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2 (x), 1 - 3.

Mannion, R. (2014), Take the money and run: the challenges of designing and evaluating financial incentives in health care, International Journal of Health Policy and Management, Vol 2, first published online 5 February 2014.

Plochg, T. Arah O, Botje D, Thompson C, Klazinga N Wagner, C , Mannion R et al (2014) Measuring clinical management by physicians and nurses in European hospitals: development and validation of two scales, International Journal for Quality in Health Care. Published online 12 March 2014.

Wagner, C., Mannion, R., Hammer, A., Groene, O., Arah, O. A., Dersarkissian, M., Sunol, R. (2014) The associations between organizational culture, organizational structure and quality management in European hospitals. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Published online 25 March 2014.

2013

Aryankhesal, A., Sheldon, T. and Mannion, R. (2013) Impact of the Iranian hospital grading system on hospitals’ adherence to audited standards: an examination of possible mechanisms. Health Policy, Available online 18 November 2013

Chambers, N., Harvey, G., Mannion, R., Bond, J. and Marshall, J. (2013) Towards a framework for enhancing the performance of NHS boards: a synthesis of the evidence about board governance, board effectiveness and board development. Health Services and Delivery Research;1(6)

Hammer A, Arah OA, DerSarkissian M, Thompson CA, Mannion R, et al. (2013) The Relationship between Social Capital and Quality Management Systems in European Hospitals: A Quantitative Study. PLoS ONE 8(12)

Millar, R., Mannion, R., Freeman, T. and Davies, H. (2013) Hospital Board Oversight of Quality and Patient Safety: A Narrative Review and Synthesis of Recent Empirical Research, The Milbank Quarterly, Vol. 91 (4) 738–770.

Chambers, N, Sheaff, R, Mahon, A, Byng, R, Mannion, R, Charles, N, Exworthy, M and Llewelyn, S (2013) The practice of commissioning healthcare from a private provider: learning from an in-depth case study. BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 13 (Suppl. 1) S4.

Davies, H.T.O. & Mannion, R. (2013) Will prescriptions for cultural change improve the NHS? British Medical Journal,  346: f1305

Jacobs, R, Mannion, R, Davies, HTO, Harrison, S, Konteh, F and Walshe, K (2013) 'The relationship between organisational culture and performance in acute hospitals'. Social Science and Medicine, Vol 76, 115-125.

Lunt, N, Hanefield, J, Smith, RD, Exworthy, M, Horsfall, D and Mannion, R (2013 forthcoming), Market size, market share and market strategy: Three myths of medical tourism, Policy & Politics.

Lunt, N, Mannion, R and Exworthy, M (2013) 'A Framework for exploring the Policy Implications of UK Medical Tourism and International Patient Flows', Social Policy & Administration, Vol 47(1) 1-25.

Sheaff, R, Chambers, N, Charles, N, Exworthy, M, Mahon, A, Llewelyn, S, Byng, R and Mannion, R (2013), How managed a market? Modes of commissioning in England and Germany, BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 13 (Suppl 1) S3.

2012

Aryankhesal, A, Sheldon, T, Mannion, R (2012), Role of pay-for-performance in a hospital performance measurement system: a multiple case study in Iran, Health Policy and Planning .

Lunt, N, Green, ST, Mannion, R and Horsfall, D (2012), 'Quality, Safety and Risk in Medical Tourism', in Medical Tourism: The Ethics, Regulation, and Marketing of Health Mobility, Hall, MC (ed), Routledge.

Mannion, R and Braithwaite, J (2012) Unintended consequences of performance measurement in healthcare: 20 salutary lessons from the English National Health Service, Internal Medicine Journal.

Dickinson, H and Mannion, R (2012) (eds), The Reform of Healthcare: Shaping, Adapting and Resisting Policy Developments, Palgrave Press.

2011

Braithwaite, J and Mannion, R (2011) Government plans for public reporting of performance data in health care: the case against. The Medical Journal of Australia 195(1): 41.

Hanbury, A, Thompson, C and Mannion, R (2011) Statistical synthesis of contextual knowledge to increase the effectiveness of theory-based behaviour change interventions. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, Vol. 16 (3).

Konteh, FH, Mannion, R and Davies, H (2011) Understanding culture and culture management in the English NHS: a comparison of professional and patients perspectives. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 17, 111-117.

Lunt, N, Smith, R, Exworthy, M, Green, ST, Horsfall, D and Mannion, R (2011), Medical Tourism: Treatments, markets and health system implications: A scoping review, OECD.

Lunt, N, Machin, L, Green, S and Mannion, R (2011) Are there implications for quality of care for patients who participate in international medical tourism? Expert review of Pharmacoeconomics Outcomes and Outcomes Research, 11(2), 133-136.

Mannion, R, Brown, S, Beck, M and Lunt, N (2011), Managing cultural diversity in healthcare partnerships: the case of LIFT, Journal of Health Organisation and Management, Vol 25(6).

Mannion R (2011) General practitioner-led commissioning in the NHS: progress, prospects and pitfalls, British Medical Bulletin, 97(11) 7-15

Mannion R, Brown S, Beck M Lunt N (2011) Managing cultural diversity in health care partnerships: the case of LIFT, Journal of Health Organisation and Management, fc

Braithwaite J, Mannion R (2011) Change Management, in Walshe and Smith (ed) Healthcare Management, OUP Press. London

Sheaff R, Schofield J, Benson L, Mannion R, Reeves D (2011) The role and effectiveness of professional and clinical networks in the NHS, National Institute for Health Research Service Delivery and Organisation Programme, p 280

Sheaff R , Schofiled J Mannion R (and 4 others) Understanding professional partnerships and non hierarchical organisations National Institute for Health Research Service Delivery and Organisation Programme, London.

2010

Sheaff R, Schofield, J, , Dowling B,  Mannion R Pickard S, (2010) Network resilience in the face of health systems reform, Social Science and Medicine, 70, 1, 111-117

Hanbury A Thompson C, Wilson P, Farley K, Charles D Warren E, Bibby J, Mannion R, Watt I, Gilbody S (2010) Translating research into practice in Leeds and Bradford: a protocol for a programme of research, Implementation Science, 5: 37

Lunt N, Hardey M, Mannion R, (2010) Nip, tuck and click: medical tourism and the emergence of web based health information, Open Medical Informatics Journal, 4,1-11

Mannion R (2010) Labour’s legacy: eclipsing the clan culture in the NHS, Health Service Journal, 22 July.

Mannion R , Davies H,  Harrison S, Konteh F, Jacobs R,  Fulop R, Walshe K (2010) Changing management culture and organisational performance in the -NHS, National Institute for Health Research Service Delivery and Organisation Programme, p 292

Mannion, R. , Davies, H., Harrison, S., Konteh, F., Jacobs, R., Walshe, K (2010) Changing management Cultures in the English National Health Service, in: Culture and Climate in Health Care Organizsations (eds) Braithwaite J Hyde P and Pope C

Sheaff R, Schofield J, Benson L, Mannion R, Reeves D (2010)  The role and effectiveness of professional and clinical networks in the NHS,  National Institute for Health Research Service Delivery and Organisation Programme, p 280

Sheaff R, Benson l, Farbus L, Schofield J, Mannion R, Reeves, (2010) Health network culture and reform, in, Culture and Climate in Health Care Organizations (Eds) Braithwaite J Hyde P and Pope C

McDonald R, Cheraghi S (5 others) Mannion R (2010) The impact of incentives on the behaviour and performance of primary health care professionals, National Institute for Health Research Service Delivery and Organisation Programme, p 270

Beck N, Toms S Mannion R Brown S, Greener I Lunt N (2010) The role and effectiveness of public private partnerships: the case of LIFT, report to the National Institute for Health Research Service Delivery and Organisation Programme

2009

Mannion R , Street A. (2009) Managing activity and expenditure in the new NHS market: evidence from South Yorkshire. Public Money and Management. 29(1):27-34.

Mannion R , Konteh F, Davies H Assessing organisational culture for quality and safety improvement: a national survey of tools and tool use, Quality and Safety in Health Care (18) 153-156.

Mannion R, Harrison S, Jacobs R, Konteh F, Walshe K, Davies H (2009) From cultural cohesion to rules and competition: the trajectory of senior management culture in NHS hospitals, 2001-2008, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 102(8)332-336. 

Greener, I,  Mannion R (2009) A realistic evaluation of practice-based commissioning, Policy and Politics,  37, (1) 57-73

Greener R, Mannion R (2009) Patient choice in the NHS:what is the effect of choice on patients and relationships in local health economies? Public Money and Mananagement,  Vol 29, (2) 95-100

Jung T, Scott T, Davies H, Bower P, Mannion R, (2009) Instruments for the exploration of organizational culture, Public Administration Review,69, 6, 1987-1096

Linsley P, Mannion R,  (2009) Risky Behaviour and patient safety: a critical culturist perspective, Journal of Health Organisation and Management,23, 5494-504  Winner of the Emerald Group Publishing Award for best paper at the 6 th International Conference in Organisational Behaviour in Health Care, Sydney, March, 2008

 

Jones A, Blake J, Banks C, Adams M, Kelly D, Mannion R, Maben J (2021) Speaking up about bullying and harassment in healthcare:reflections following the introduction of an innovative 'speak up' role in NHS England, in Montgomery et al, Connecting healthcare worker well-being, patient safety and organisational change; a triple challenge, Springer, ISBN 978-3-030-60997-9

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