Doctors are often perceived as the leaders of clinical teams, due to both natural career progression and long held assumptions about hierarchies within the NHS. Yet, one only needs to speak to the average “junior doctor” to see how many do not see themselves as leaders; often battling systems that create a sense of infantilisation […]
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NHS Regional Clinical Leadership Fellow Blog Series: “Carrying the torch of nursing leadership” by Nursing Regional Clinical Leadership Fellows
Nurses make a huge difference to the lives of patients and their families. Bearing in mind the compassion and dedication of our nursing teams, it is no surprise that the nursing profession seems to have a special place in British esteem; frequently polled as the most trusted profession and, largely, admired and respected by the […]
NHS Regional Clinical Leadership Fellow Blog Series: “A meaningful moment for midwifery leadership” by Midwives Regional Clinical Leadership Fellows
Maternity and neonatal services are currently facing unprecedented challenges – many of which have received considerable media and political attention over recent months. The current climate means that the wellbeing of our dedicated teams is at risk, due to the escalating workforce crisis where we are witnessing increasing levels of burnout, with fears of a […]
NHS Regional Clinical Leadership Fellow Blog Series: “Being the change we want to see in AHP leadership” by AHP Regional Clinical Leadership Fellows
Some people are surprised to learn that Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) are the third largest clinical workforce in the NHS, supporting many clinical pathways and working across numerous organisational boundaries. As a collection of 14 diverse professions, we provide system-wide, holistic care, with a strong focus on supporting individuals to live full and active lives. […]
Introducing the NHS Regional Clinical Leadership Fellow Blog Series by Rammina Yassaie
Seven Regions. Seven Professional Groups. One strong community of future leaders. As I approach the end of my year as an NHS Regional Clinical Leadership Fellow, I am filled with mixed emotions; immense pride for what my colleagues have achieved in the first pilot year of the scheme, excitement to see what the future holds […]
‘Magical Meander’: Service Growth
Oh for the good old days of payment by results. In yet another unexpected twist I have found myself over the last weeks, stuck between a rock and a hard place. We have a brilliant team who have developed pathways and led research in a niche area of medicine. Pre-COVID they were slowly becoming the […]
“The cobbler’s children have no shoes” by Emma Hadley and Partha Kar
Partha Kar: “Family must look after family” So goes an old African proverb. Yet somehow the NHS has always struggled with the basic concept of that. Caught in the cocktail of shrinking public funds, greater desire for efficiency, increased demand from the public as well as unrealistic expectations set by politicians, the NHS has tried […]
‘Magical Meander’: Breaking bad news
You might think as a doctor I was used to breaking bad news. Yet it seems that there are areas that have the ability to still challenge me. Weak spots in the skill set I have slowly build up from many years of supporting patients and families come to terms with life altering news. These […]
Creating tomorrow today: seven simple rules for leaders. Blog five: Support people to build their agency at every level of the system by Helen Bevan and Göran Henriks
We have created a set of “seven simple rules” for leaders who want to create tomorrow today, based on our collective learning over seven decades as leaders and internal change agents in the health and care systems in England and Sweden and the work we have done with leaders in health and care in many […]
Interviews: Asking the wrong questions by Roger Kline
The NHS is awash with Action Plans to create more diverse recruitment and career progression and melt the snowy white peaks of the NHS which still symbolise the failure of the NHS to tackle race discrimination. Post Gorge Floyd, such efforts increased but I suggest progress will be glacial unless employers (and unions) pay more […]