This paper will review the evidence which supports the view that securing greater engagement of doctors in management, leadership and service improvement is critical to improving performance. It will also draw on examples of good practice nationally and internationally, as well as offering some frameworks for obtaining and securing greater ... and This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform its review of leadership in the NHS.
This paper forms part of The King’s Fund 2012 leadership review, addressing the topic from the perspective of those seeking to provide leadership extending well outside their own immediate organisational boundaries. To establish firm foundations on which to study this whole-system aspect
of leadership, the paper first explores leadership, management ... and This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform its review of leadership in the NHS.
Patient and public engagement has been on the NHS agenda for many years, but the impact has been disappointing. There have been a great many public consultations, surveys, and one-off initiatives, but the service is still not sufficiently patient-centred. In particular there has been a lack of focus on engaging ... and This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform its review of leadership in the NHS.
This paper draws on academic leadership literature and leadership development practice but is not based specifically on the health care literature or on health care leadership development. Its purpose is to outline some of the latest thinking in leadership theory and leadership development, regardless of sector, in order that the ...
This handbook has been written as part of 'From Ward to Board' - a joint project by the Burdett Trust for Nursing and The King's Fund. It aims to help nurses successfully navigate the transition into the role as an executive and contains chapters on the demands of the role, ... and Published by The King’s Fund on behalf of the Burdett Trust for Nursing.
This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform its review of leadership in the NHS. and In response to the commitment to clinical leadership, The King’s Fund instigated a project to determine the impact leadership programmes have on individuals and the system. Junior doctors who had completed or were currently on leadership programmes were interviewed in order to determine their experiences and aspirations for the future.
One of the major consequences of the failures in quality of care and patient safety in the NHS, exposed by the public inquiries such as those relating to Bristol Royal Infirmary and Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, has been the Department of Health’s initiatives to improve the governance and leadership ... and This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform its review of leadership in the NHS.
The challenges facing the NHS at present are the same core challenges that face all organisations, commercial or otherwise: the delivery of an effective and efficient service with limited resources. While commercial organisations may additionally seek to make profit from this process, the differences in ownership, objectives and structure between ...
In 2009, The King’s Fund and the Burdett Trust for Nursing set out to ‘bring the ward to the board’, emphasising the role of the nurse executive in ensuring that boards are as fully engaged with the clinical quality agenda as they are with financial performance. As leaders of the ...