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Content ArticleIt’s long been recognised that cross-functional collaboration is essential. Still, stubborn silos that bog down execution, hamper innovation, and slow decision-making are still a common and persistent challenge. This article highlights three traits that high-performing leaders have in common and strategies for leaders to increase their own lateral agility.
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Content Article"Our #health system in the UK is in a mess. It has failed to modernise (by this I mean to become fully accountable to #patients and the public, and truly patient-led). Instead, the system has become more and more hierarchical, bureaucratic and crony ridden, mostly as a result of constant meddling and pointless reorganisations instigated by politicians. All political parties in government for the past 30 years have had a hand in this decline." This is my view? What is yours? A new Inquiry gives us all an opportunity to have our say. I am proud to have worked in and for the NHS for most of my working life; proud to have been trained in the #NHS and proud of the work being carried out by clinical teams today. Great work which has benefited patients, often not because of the leadership but despite of the leadership. I'm retired so I can say what I like. If I were working and said anything even vaguely like criticism, however constructive it was, I would be out of a job and my career would be blighted for life. I'm speaking from experience here, unfortunately. I urge everyone to respond to the consultation (link below). In your response think forensically and write it as a statement of truth. Acknowledge the successes and areas that have delivered safe and effective services. If you are being critical give examples and say if it is an opinion or back up what you say with evidence. If we work together across boundaries we can develop a truly patient-led NHS.
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Struggling trust CEO says provider has ‘turned dial’ following care scandals
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A mental health trust at the centre of several care scandals has ‘turned the dial’ on improvement, its chief executive has said, following the Care Quality Commission noting some progress but retaining a ‘requires improvement’ rating The CQC said earlier this month that improvements had been made at some services at Tees Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation Trust, including for its forensic secure inpatient service, where the rating was raised from “inadequate” to “good”. But the improvements were not enough to shift its overall “requires improvement” rating. Chief executive officer Brent Kilmurray argued the CQC report was evidence the trust was going in the right direction following a number of highly critical reports relating to patient deaths, but he also told HSJ it was a “challenge” for the trust to “tell a balanced story around where we are making progress”. TEWV has recently admitted care failings relating to the deaths of two inpatients in 2019 and 2020, following prosecution from the CQC. The trust will go on trial for alleged failings relating to another death in February next year. Read full story (paywalled) Source: HSJ, 6 November 2023- Posted
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Content ArticlePartha Kar, National Specialty Advisor for NHS England, has led work that has had an enormous impact for patients and for patient safety. In this video podcast, Steph O'Donohue from Patient Safety Learning talks to Partha about his leadership style and how it has helped him drive forward significant change in an often challenging context. Partha talks about the power of the patient community, workforce morale, sharing failures and leading with honesty.
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Content ArticleThis article for Forbes looks at new data suggesting that for almost 70% of people, their manager has more impact on their mental health than their therapist or their doctor—and it’s equal to the impact of their partner. It outlines leadership approaches to improve employees' mental health, including self-management, impact recognition, fostering connection, offering choice and providing challenge.
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East Kent maternity deaths: Trust has lost confidence of patients
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A boss at a trust which was heavily criticised in a damning report says patients have lost confidence in the care they provide. Raymond Anakwe, executive director of East Kent Hospitals Trust, said regaining patient trust would be "possibly the largest challenge". He was speaking at a board meeting two weeks after a review found a "clear pattern" of "sub-optimal" care. Mr Anakwe said: "The reality is we have lost the confidence of our patients." He also said the trust has lost the confidence "of our local community and sadly also many staff". The trust's chief executive, Tracey Fletcher, told the meeting that she believed many staff thought "enough is enough", and that the trust has to be "brave" if it's to move forward. Stewart Baird, a non-executive director, said: "I think it's clear the buck stops here with the people sat round this table, and where there are bad behaviours in the trust, it's because we have allowed it. "Where people don't feel able to speak up, it's because we have not provided an environment for them to do that." Read full story Source: BBC News, 3 November 2022- Posted
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Content ArticleDevelop your understanding of your own health and wellbeing to better lead and support your colleagues, and organisation in this King's Fund online course delivered over 3 weeks.
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Content ArticleIn October 2021 the government announced a review into leadership across health and social care, led by former Vice Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir Gordon Messenger and supported by Dame Linda Pollard, Chair of Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust. The results of the review have now been published and recommendations made.
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Content ArticleAndrew Morgan joined United Lincolnshire Hospitals in 2019, when the organisation was in double special measures and dealing with the fallout of another critical Care Quality Commission report. His route to the role was slightly unconventional. Already chief executive of Lincolnshire Community Health Services Trust, he was asked to come in to help stabilise the acute trust by Elaine Baylis, who chaired both organisations. He tells HSJ about joining an organisation “where the culture and leadership needed to be looked at”, about what has changed, and about what more remains to be done.
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Content ArticleCompassion can be defined as ‘a sensitivity to suffering in self and others with a commitment to try to alleviate and prevent it’ (Gilbert 2013). We can experience compassion in different ways: we can feel compassion for other people; we can experience compassion from others; and there is also the compassion we can direct towards ourselves. Compassionate leadership involves a focus on relationships through careful listening to, understanding, empathising with and supporting other people, enabling those we lead to feel valued, respected and cared for, so they can reach their potential and do their best work. There is clear evidence that compassionate leadership results in more engaged and motivated staff with high levels of wellbeing, which in turn results in high-quality care. In this King's Fund explainer, Suzie Bailey and Michael West describe four behaviours of compassionate leadership and why compassionate leadership matters.
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Sorry, not sorry
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Public figures accused of wrong-doing announce they are “sorry if” people have been offended, outraged, confused etc by their words or actions. The implication is that it is people’s reactions that have inspired the sorrow, not shame about the actions themselves – and often that those reactions are disproportionate to whatever perceived wrong has occurred. Nearly as common is the “sorry but” tactic in which the public figure expresses sorrow, but adds some qualification that effectively absolves themselves of blame and, again, perhaps suggests the concern is disproportionate. Sometimes, of course, the non-apology is just that - ‘I’ve done nothing to feel sorry about’. This is again, often followed by, ‘which is more than can be said for…’ It now appears as if the non-apology is being adopted by some NHS leaders. In the space of seven days we have seen: The Christie react to a report saying it had been “dismissive” of whistleblowers by – appropriately – dismissing the report as inaccurate and out of date. The leadership of Walsall Healthcare Trust and Royal Wolverhampton Trust deploy the “sorry if” defence against accusations of “poor behaviour” by implying they needed to bang some heads together to drive improvement. The chief executive of University Hospitals Birmingham express irritation about his referral to the General Medical Council, stating that he could “live with” the “admin error” which he said had sparked it. Read full story (paywalled) Source: HSJ, 4 February 2022 -
Content ArticleDoctors and other healthcare professionals are often trained to mask their emotions. The argument is that patients trust them when they “act professional.” But that model of health care leadership is changing, write Roel van der Heijde and Dirk Deichmann in this opinion piece. Roel van der Heijde is a trainer in fear reduction and vulnerable leadership for several hospitals and nursing homes in The Netherlands and a partner at Patient-Centered Care Association in The Netherlands. Dirk Deichmann is an associate professor at Erasmus University’s Rotterdam School of Management.
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Community PostAs someone who works with NHS and actually as a Mental Health and Physical Health patient I've experienced discrimination and out right assault by the police whilst in hospital and ended up under S136 for no valid reason. Although I was assaulted with handcuffs being thrown over the bed rail, breaking my wrist I think. Still not had my mangled wrist xrayed 2 months on. Nothing worse than being in a vulnerable situation and bullies absolutely thrive on people in vulnerable positions. Their bosses think they're wonderful and so kind but they are in a position of power so of course the bully treats them differently or act differently when seniors are around. I recently put in a formal complaint to CEO I knew very well but instead of replying (after I told her I had recordings) she completely blanked me and now retired. Instead of "this is very serious Dominic, please send any evidence etc" I get told "how wonderful" my bully is! Interim CEO took over so I must inform him of Duty of Candour (Robbies Law) too. They don't seem to like that being pointed out but I shall do it anyway in hope we get a decent CEO who isn't just a pencil pusher waiting for band 9 pension. If as a volunteer I've experienced what I have, I dread to think what goes on as full members of staff. What struck me was the impunity these bullies operate with once in band 8 or above roles. You'd be very shocked if you heard what myself and four other service users went through. At the time my bullies refused to apologise (even though she received "disaplinary action") For me bulling and cronyism are both rotting the NHS from the inside out and needs sorting ASAP Please don't get me wrong, I support 99% of NHS staff but I cannot ignore the bullying, certainly at directorate or managerial level. The small percentage who do bullies seem to have no self awareness and those under them seem to think bullying behaviour is just "Leadership" Well no leader worth any salt will abuse you or tell you who you can and cannot speak too. Seeing service users slowly driven out by a particular bullie was extremely hard and not one manager wanted to know (bar one kind soul). Leadership means you MUST act whenever you even sniff the types of behaviours that signal a bully, however things are that bad that management cannot or won't recognise the controlling and mean behaviours Thanks for reading my first post
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Content ArticleTrust is the basis for almost everything we do. It’s the foundation on which our laws and contracts are built. It’s the reason we’re willing to exchange our hard-earned paychecks for goods and services, to pledge our lives to another person in marriage, and to cast a ballot for someone who will represent our interests. It’s also the input that makes it possible for leaders to create the conditions for employees to fully realize their own capacity and power. So how do you build up stores of this essential leadership capital? By focusing, the authors of this article argue, on the three core drivers of trust: authenticity, logic, and empathy. People tend to trust you when they think they are interacting with the real you (authenticity), when they have faith in your judgment and competence (logic), and when they believe that you care about them (empathy). When trust is lost, it can almost always be traced back to a breakdown in one of these three drivers. This article by Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss explains how leaders can identify their weaknesses and strengths on these three dimensions and offers advice on how all three can be developed in the service of a truly empowering leadership style.
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How to lead in a crisis (Amy Edmondson)
Claire Cox posted an article in Leadership for patient safety
Humility, transparency and urgency are the keys to successfully steering an organization – big or small – through the challenges that come your way. In this TED Talk, leadership expert, Amy Edmondson, provides clear advice and examples to help any leader rise to the occasion.- Posted
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Content ArticleThis Health Service Journal (HSJ) article explores how executive leaders can drive improvement by focusing on developing an organisational culture, building up staff in an open, just, and empowering environment, thereby enabling organisations to meet the challenges of the new and uncertain healthcare environment.
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EventuntilHow can we better support nurses and midwives to flourish and thrive in their work? Join the King's Fund at this free online event to discuss the changes needed to empower nurses and midwives to shape and provide the compassionate, high-quality care that they aspire to in a sustainable way – through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. The conversation will explore: workplace stressors, work conditions and ways of working – including workload, shift patterns and supervision – that have an impact on nurse and midwife wellbeing, and how these can be positively transformed organisational cultures and leadership styles – including those around diversity and inclusion, psychological safety and compassionate leadership at all levels – that need to be cultivated, and how progress can be achieved lessons and examples of good practice from across the health and care system, from both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Register
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Is the word 'Whistleblowing' taboo?
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It's #SpeakUpMonth in the #NHS so why isn't the National Guardian Office using the word whistleblowing? After all it was the Francis Review into whistleblowing that led to the recommendation for Speak Up Guardians. I believe that if we don't talk about it openly and use the word 'WHISTLEBLOWING' we will be unable to learn and change. Whistleblowing isn’t a problem to be solved or managed, it’s an opportunity to learn and improve. So many genuine healthcare whistleblowers seem to be excluded from contributing to the debate, and yes not all those who claim to be whistleblowers are genuine. The more we move away for labelling and stereotyping, and look at what's happening from all angles, the more we will learn. Regardless of our position, role or perceived status, we all need to address this much more openly and explicitly, in a spirit of truth and with a genuine desire to learn and change.- Posted
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To boldly go: Leadership amid crisis
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This month’s Letter from America looks at actions and strategies core to leading an organisation during unexpected enterprise-affecting crises. Letter from America is the latest in a Patient Safety Learning blog series highlighting new accomplishments in patient safety from the United States.- Posted
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Content ArticleThis commentary from Michael Fraser shares recommendations for leaders to meet COVID-19 stressors successfully. The article suggests leaders communicate well, be decisive, lead without hierarchy, remain proactive and take care of themselves to protect others.
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Maintaining motivation in uncertain times (June 2020)
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In Maintaining motivation in uncertain times the King’s Fund advises leaders how they can best support their teams by offering structure and containment, protecting, encouraging, and creating opportunities.- Posted
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Content ArticleAccess to wide range of perspectives can bring creativity to solutions and the actions that implement them. This website presents materials that cover topics such as leading in critical times, building and supporting resilience, Leading to Innovate, change and adapt, teaming and working remotely, coaching peers and developing as a leader.
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Content ArticleThis regularly updated resource collection links to webinars, articles, and conversations that explore the role of leadership in crisis response. Topics covered include workforce, telehealth, operations and safety.
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Content ArticleChallenges to the status quo present leaders with the opportunity and responsibility to not only respond but to learn and transform the system. This article from Slotkin et al. shares the experience of leaders at a large health system to design an emerging COVID response to effectively innovate to sustain improvement.
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