11.04.12
New academy launched for NHS leaders
The NHS Leadership Academy has been formally launched to improve patients’ experiences, health outcomes and wellbeing by promoting best practice in leadership.
The Academy will work with doctors, nurses, health professionals and managers, as well as public health and social care and local government.
The work will be focused on four main areas; developing and defining what good leadership looks like, setting national standards and managing talent, provide a range of national programmes to train leaders and support the development of local leadership capability within the changing parts of the NHS system.
NHS Chief Executive Sir David Nicholson said: “NHS success is dependent on great leadership right across the service, across clinicians and managers. Great leaders create working climates where people working with them feel engaged, empowered and satisfied. Those people in turn have a direct positive impact on patients’ experiences and their health outcomes. Everyone working for, with or on behalf of the NHS has a crucial role to play in this, as we focus on our purpose of improving health outcomes for our patients.”
Jim Easton, director of transformation for the NHS Commissioning Board, said: “The Academy will provide expertise and support to help the leaders we have now. At the same time it will support the development of a new generation. The Academy will give them all tools, techniques, support and behaviours to help them engage and enable their staff, partners and patients, as well as continually improving standards.”
Peter Lees, founding director of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, said: “The Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management believes the evidence that good leadership improves the quality of patient care; we are setting the standards for good medical leadership and will help all doctors to enhance their leadership skills through strong partnerships with the Medical Royal Colleges and NHS partners.”
NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar said: “The NHS faces a number of major challenges over the coming years which will require strong leadership and brave decisions.
“TheNHSLeadershipAcademywill provide a useful platform to help establish collaborative and innovative approaches to healthcare, and embrace the talent and ideas of our future leaders.”
For more information, visit: www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk