Source: The King’s Fund
This resource is designed to support nurses, midwives and nursing associates, providing advice on the action they can take if they witness or experience racism. It also supports those in leadership roles to be inclusive leaders.
Source: The King’s Fund
This free online three-week course will help you develop your understanding of your own health and wellbeing as well as help you to learn to better lead and support your colleagues, team and organisation.
To find out more click here.
The LGBTQ+ population in the UK experiences significant physical and mental health inequalities compared with the general population. These inequalities extend from increased risk factors for ill health and barriers to accessing health care and support, to discrimination against LGBTQ+ staff within the workplace. This framework comprises six key pillars of inclusivity that organisations should aim to build to create and maintain inclusive cultures: visible leadership and confident staff; a strong knowledge base; being non-heteronormative and non-cisnormative; collecting and reporting data; listening to service users; and proactively seeking out partners to co-deliver services.
In this new podcast episode the Director of Policy, Sally Warren, sits down with Annie Laverty, Chief Experience Officer at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and Steve Ned, Director of Workforce at Barnsley and Rotherham NHS Foundation Trusts, to explore the role of compassionate leadership in supporting the health and wellbeing of staff.
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Source: The King’s Fund Health Management and Policy Alert
This report for the NHS Leadership Academy explores some of the implications of the long-term plan and its supporting plans on leadership within local health and care systems, the roles that may emerge over time, and what knowledge, skills and support leaders need in the future. The report provides an overview of research carried out to better understand how leadership roles are changing in the health and social care sector, especially in collaborative and integrated health and care systems.
For more information click here.
The uncertainty and anxiety that come with the experience of complexity can be overwhelming. It can be hard to think clearly and act wisely, and our wellbeing can easily suffer. The Covid-19 pandemic has made these experiences an everyday occurrence for many people, and the need for us to work clearly, wisely and healthily has never been more pressing.
The King’s Fund have put together 3 workshops to lift the lid on complexity. They’ll explore how encouraging ourselves and others to understand and acknowledge the loss of control when faced with complexity can help us, our teams and our wider organisational systems survive and even thrive in conditions of uncertainty.
The workshops will help you:
To find out more or buy your tickets click here.
The virtual conference, taking place between 23rd-26th November 2020, will share practical ideas about transforming work and workplace cultures. It will explore how leadership and teamworking influences people’s work experiences, releasing their full potential to drive improved outcomes for patients and citizens.
There will also be the opportunity to discuss how to create compassionate cultures with other local health and care leaders.
To find out more or book a place click here.
The Kings Fund are holding a virtual conference from Monday 2nd November to Thursday 5th November, which will bring together top experts from the NHS and other parts of the digital health system to discuss the lessons learned and next steps after the Covid-19 pandemic.
The conference, along with other topics, will include:
To find out more and see the full programme click here.
This virtual conference will take place over four half-days from Monday 2 November. You can join the short, interactive sessions live or catch up later on demand.
Register before Sunday 20th September for early bird rates.
It’s been four months since the start of lockdown in the UK. As the restrictions lift, some people are keen to resume normal life, while for others the threat of the pandemic still looms large. How can leaders navigate this tension and support staff who are experiencing a wide range of emotions through this next stage of the pandemic?
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Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, adaptation of healthcare systems, with strong medical leadership, has been integral to coping with the ever-changing situation. This article is based on the personal experiences of doctors in the NHS and insights into the frontline response to this situation. It reflects on leadership dilemmas and strategies implemented to overcome them, with a focus on systems thinking and adaptive leadership.
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