Ending the Crisis in NHS Leadership: a Plan for Renewal

"If leadership is to be strengthened and successful, then the task must be made more manageable, more attractive and more sustainable"

Ending the Crisis in NHS Leadership: a Plan for Renewal
HSJ Future of NHS Leadership
June 2015

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Implementing a pilot leadership course for internal medicine residents

"Effective clinical leadership is associated with better patient care. We implemented and evaluated a pilot clinical leadership course for second year internal medicine residents at a large United States Academic Medical Center that is part of a multi-hospital health system"

Implementing a pilot leadership course for internal medicine residents: design considerations, participant impressions, and lessons learned
DM Blumenthal, K Bernard, TN Fraser, J Bohnen, J Zeidman, VE Stone
BMC Medical Education 2014, 14:257  doi:10.1186/s12909-014-0257-2

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How CCGs are driving integration for their patients and local populations

"Through a series of case studies – drawing on the work of CCGs across the country – a picture emerges of organisations committed to developing a more coordinated system. It is a system focused on wellbeing as well as illness, and one that places a premium on the needs and preferences of patients and carers. And while it may not be the sole solution to the NHS’s cost savings challenge, it is an important contributor."

Leading local partnerships: How CCGs are driving integration for their patients and local populations
NHS Clinical Commissioners
October 2014

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Securing excellence in GP IT services

"This document sets out the operating arrangements for the delivery of GP IT services across England. It outlines clear accountability, responsibility and financing support for general practice in England to receive high quality IT support services."

Securing excellence in GP IT services: operating model, 2nd edition (2014-16)
NHS England
April 2014

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Medical revalidation: From compliance to commitment

"Medical revalidation, with the right conditions, can be a valuable driver of behaviours and cultures that support sustained quality improvement. The time to develop those conditions is now. Above all, leaders should bear in mind that large-scale change requires them to have the tenacity and vision to create a process that is valued by all who are involved in it." 

Medical revalidation: From compliance to commitment
V Nath, B Seale, M Kaur
The Kings's Fund
March 2014

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Health service redesign: from structure to function

"The findings suggest that large scale redesign projects are difficult to sustain because of changing circumstances, staff turnover, and the challenge of maintaining momentum. A more realistic approach centres on building teams, with local leadership, focussed on clinical/patient concerns and engagement with services provided outside hospital."

Theme 1: Health service redesign: from structure to function: the impact of change
A Hewison
Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care: Birmingham and Black Country
University of Birmingham, National Institute for Health Research
2014

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NHS Clinical Leadership Programme

"This report presents an evaluation of the Fellowships in Clinical Leadership Programme, which combines leadership training and quality improvement initiatives with the placement of temporary external clinical champions in Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust."

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Fellowships in Clinical Leadership Programme: an evaluation
C Miani, S Marjanovic, M Morgan Jones, M Marshall, S Meikle, E Nolte
RAND Europe
June 2013

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Possibilities and pitfalls for clinical leadership in improving service quality, innovation and productivity

"In general, clinical leadership was found to occur at multiple interlocking levels and the role of clinicians in shaping national policy should not be underestimated."

Possibilities and pitfalls for clinical leadership in improving service quality, innovation and productivity
J Storey, R Holti
National Institute for Health Research
January 2013

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Clinicians in management: does it make a difference

"Those NHS hospital trusts with larger proportions of doctors on their boards are also those which are most likely to achieve quality ratings of four, lower morbidity rates (according to Dr Foster) and higher levels of patient satisfaction."

Clinicians in management: does it make a difference
G Veronesi, I Kirkpatrick, F Vallascas
Centre for Innovation in Health Management
Leeds University Business School
May 2012

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