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NHS Leadership Academy launches development programme
The NHS Leadership Academy has officially launched the largest ever NHS development programme to bring across-board change to leadership.
The programmes combine successful strategies from international healthcare, private sector organisations and academic experts. They are designed to support staff to provide high-quality care and the programmes are open to all backgrounds and experience levels.
Over the next three years, thousands of NHS staff are expected to take part in the leadership development programmes, at a cost of over £30m.
Four levels of programme are available, all named after inspiring leaders in health and social care. These are: Edward Jenner, Mary Seacole, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Nye Bevan.
Karen Lynas, deputy managing director of the NHS Leadership Academy said: “These programmes recognise that the NHS is about providing not only some of the best healthcare in the world, but doing so in an environment where staff feel able to focus on care, compassion and respect.
“Leaders in health, from whatever profession, background or sector, have a responsibility to use taxpayers’ money wisely, but moreover to ensure that staff are encouraged, supported and developed so they can do what they came in to healthcare to do: care for patients.
“These programmes will see a generation of leaders equipped with the knowledge, skills, experience and expertise they need to lead while creating a caring and compassionate climate for staff.”
Chris Lake, head of professional development at the Academy said: “By the time the first cohorts start in September, a whole cast of people will have been working very hard on the programme development for a full year, putting patients at the centre of their creation and working with leading edge learning and health experts.
“The applications opening marks the start of our journey to ensure tomorrow’s leaders create cultures where patients receive excellent, high-quality care in surroundings where NHS professionals are recognised, valued and supported as leaders that make a real difference.”
Applications close on June 14 and courses start this September.
For more on the leadership programmes, see the Mar/April edition of NHE, where we speak to Karen Lynas.
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