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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · Jul 18

On Wednesday I lost control of @kscopehealth.bsky.social. It was great.

We've now transitioned to being 100% employee owned. Reflections on what 'ownership' has meant to me in my letter to fellow Kscopers: medium.com/@Richard.tau...

Dear Kscopers, present and future,

For the last 3,204 days it’s been the greatest honour of my career to own Kaleidoscope. This now stops; our new era as fully employee owned…

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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · Jun 12

The ritual spectacle of the NHS leadership community coming together to watch telly.

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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · Jun 11

The 10 Year Plan will have high ambitions. It might reference culture, but will it change it? New blog from me on change that works, learning from the past, and lessons from the 1120s.

www.kscopehealth.org.uk/blog/cultura...

#NHSConfedExpo

Cultural change that works: a different plan - Kaleidoscope Health and Care

NHS plans have said the same words for decades, but real change requires cultural change. Rich Taunt sets out how to ensure an NHS plan for change that works.

www.kscopehealth.org.uk

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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · Jun 11

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!

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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · Jun 10

Our #NHSConfedExpo fringe starts with a bang at 10am Wed: talking how to make change that *works* with Thea Stein, & Cedi Frederick. Why stand in the Confed queue when you could be having coffee and listening to those galacticos? Register: tickettailor.com/events/kscopealternativeconfed/1714122

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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · May 16

Ever wished there was a way to stop strategies just gathering dust on the shelf? Come and talk to us @kscopehealth.bsky.social (and if you want a sneaky early copy of our handy pocked guide, send me a DM and I'll pop one in the post).

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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · May 14

We're about to launch our new @kscopehealth.bsky.social little guide to strategy, drawing on our decades of experience working in and supporting others with strategy development.

Want one before anyone else? DM me your address and I'll pop an advance copy in the post...

Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · Apr 29

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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · Mar 7

Most influential person on the NHS? Putin, by far.

I wrote this 2 years ago & very much playing out now. The NHS has been at the front of the public cash queue... No longer. There will be no Breakfast with Frost mk2. We're only slowly getting our heads round that.

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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · Feb 27

Daughter: "have you met the head of the NHS?"

Me: "yes, but she resigned this week. She might have been coming to our event"

Daughter: "did she resign because she really didn't want to go to your event?"

#nowitallmakessense

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · Jan 24

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

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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · Dec 13

Time to come and join us at @kscopehealth.bsky.social? We'd like a new junior consultant please.

As always - 1st requirement is that you're kind, everything else comes 2nd. Apply by 12/1 & just say if any qs!
kscopehealth.org.uk/join-us/junior-consultant/

Junior consultant - Kaleidoscope Health and Care

We're looking a for a new junior consultant

www.kscopehealth.org.uk

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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · Dec 13

Time to come and join us at @kscopehealth.bsky.social? We'd like a new junior consultant please.

As always - 1st requirement is that you're kind, everything else comes 2nd. Apply by 12/1 & just say if any qs!
kscopehealth.org.uk/join-us/junior-consultant/

Junior consultant - Kaleidoscope Health and Care

We're looking a for a new junior consultant

www.kscopehealth.org.uk

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Kaleidoscope Health and Care @kscopehealth.bsky.social · Dec 9

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...

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

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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · Dec 7

French revolution =
La Marseillaise + putting heads on spikes

South Korean revolution =
Mariah + picking up litter

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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · Nov 29

Kindness connection and JOY

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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · Nov 29

From and to. Setting up a room, #93 in a never ending thread

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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · Nov 29

A pleasing symmetry to be back in a place where 41 years ago I had just been born. Thanks Kent and Canterbury Hospital for all you do, then and now.

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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · Nov 25

One of the most exciting jobs in UK healthcare... are you our new Here Partnership Director?

Get in touch with Here colleagues or me if want to know a bit more. Closing date 12/12. Good luck!
careers.hereweare.org.uk/jobs/5236843...

Partnership Director - Here

As of 1st December, Here and Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) are embarking on a new and exciting partnership to deliver excellent quality and personalised MSK care across Brighton &...

careers.hereweare.org.uk

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · Nov 24

editorial from @bmj.com and paper: Poor staff retention is associated with higher patient mortality. Have said it before & I’ll say it again. If you don’t care for the carers, they cannot care for their patients.
www.bmj.com/content/387/...

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AliJaneMoore @alijanemoore.bsky.social · Nov 26

Chair says something controversial in board paper - which is publicly available. Paper then magically disappears. The NHS's commitment to transparency is sometimes paper thin.

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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · Nov 25

One of the most exciting jobs in UK healthcare... are you our new Here Partnership Director?

Get in touch with Here colleagues or me if want to know a bit more. Closing date 12/12. Good luck!
careers.hereweare.org.uk/jobs/5236843...

Partnership Director - Here

As of 1st December, Here and Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) are embarking on a new and exciting partnership to deliver excellent quality and personalised MSK care across Brighton &...

careers.hereweare.org.uk

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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · Nov 24

Hoping it might clear up by lunch and we'll get a decent number of overs by tea.

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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · Nov 23

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Rich Taunt @richtaunt.com · Nov 16

Organisational change is hard. If only we knew what stopped it happening. Oh, we do? Now that's useful...
h/t (do we still do that over here?) Shane Carmichael
@kscopehealth.bsky.social

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