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Increasing staff involvement and motivation is critical to NHS reform. NHS Mutual: engaging staff and aligning incentives to achieve higher levels of performance looks at the factors that drive staff engagement in the health service; examining various models of employee ownership in use within and outside the NHS. It concludes that there are at least five ways in which employee ownership can be fostered within the health service, and that the time is now right for the Government to support those willing to test different approaches.   View report |  View summary briefing