Health Management and Policy Alert

Supporting SAS doctor development at East London NHS Foundation Trust

NHS Employers - 

Specialty and specialist (SAS) doctors at East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) wanted to develop their leadership skills and in particular their involvement in quality improvement work. ELFT held a quality improvement training day tailored to the SAS workforce to support development and encourage sign up to its improvement leader’s programme.

• Case study

Systems for change: a whole-system approach

NHS Confederation -
This infographic outlines ten common approaches that leaders can take to develop effective system working.

• NHS Confederation - publications

NHS England fit and proper person test framework for board members

NHS England -
This framework was produced in response to recommendations made by Tom Kark KC in his 2019 review of the FPPT (the Kark Review). This also takes into account the requirements of the Care Quality Commission in relation to directors being fit and proper for their roles.

• Framework
• NHS England - publications

Directory of board level learning and development opportunities

NHS England - 
This framework aims to help senior board members to strengthen board governance, boost leadership and improve patient safety. The list is not exhaustive but is a compilation of support offers where there is sufficient information available – either via desktop research or through dialogue with providers – to include with confidence that they offer support commensurate with the level.

• Framework
• NHS England - news

Leading for all: supporting trans and non-binary healthcare staff

NHS Confederation -
This report, developed in partnership with the LGBT Foundation, includes new data from a survey and interviews with trans and non-binary people in the NHS. It finds that 55 per cent experienced transphobia in the workplace and 47 per cent experienced negative or stereotypical assumptions about their gender identity. It aims to support leaders to become effective, active allies to their health care staff; take action to ensure working environments are inclusive; and guide decision-making when developing policies for trans and non-binary staff.

• Report
• NHS Confederation - publications

The Leading Integration Peer Support Programme: using peer review to strengthen clinical and care professional leadership arrangements within Gloucestershire

NHS Confederation - 

When developing its local framework for clinical and care professional leadership, Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (One Gloucestershire ICS) wanted to take an approach that explored opportunities to strengthen leadership in an inclusive way. An external peer review, facilitated by the Leading Integration Peer Support (LIPS) Programme, created an opportunity for everyone’s voice to be heard.

• Case study

Interoperability is more than technology: the role of culture and leadership in joined-up care

The King's Fund -
Digital technologies can enable better collaboration between health and care partners, but what's needed to progress interoperability in an integrated care system? Our new report looks at the role of relationships and technology, and considers the widers enablers needed to truly join up services.

• Report
• The King's Fund - publications

Leadership for a collaborative and inclusive future

Department of Health and Social Care -
This report is the results of an independent review, led by General Sir Gordon Messenger and Dame Linda Pollard, into leadership across health and social care in England. The review focused on the best ways to strengthen leadership and management across health and with its key interfaces with adult social care in England. It makes the following recommendations on interventions on collaborative leadership and organisational values, positive equality, diversity and inclusion action, management standards and more.

• Report
• Department of Health and Social Care - press release
• The King's Fund response

Digital boards: two years on: digital transformation in practice

NHS Providers -
The NHS Providers’ Digital Boards development programme is delivered in partnership with Public Digital and is designed to support boards in leading the digital transformation agenda. The programme is commissioned by Health Education England as part of their Digital Readiness Education Programme and is supported by NHS England and NHS Improvement. Digital Boards aims to build board understanding of the potential and implications of the digital agenda and increase the confidence and capability of boards to harness the opportunity that digital provides through board resources, webinars, peer learning and free board development sessions for individual trusts. This briefing looks at what has been achieved through the programme and what is still to come.

• Briefing
• NHS Providers - briefings

What is compassionate leadership?

The King's Fund - 

Research shows that compassionate leadership has wide-ranging benefits for both staff and organisations. Learn more in this explainer.

• Explainer