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Leadership Development at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust

Healthskills completed a unique 6 month programme at SASH last week tailored to meet the exact requirements of the Trust’s Chief Executive Michael Wilson.
This was characterised by a number of well defined elements

• 110 delegates went through the programme selected to form a guiding coalition to lead the Trust towards its immediate future.
• Every participant received 360 degree feedback on their leadership potential via the Kouzes and Posner Leadership Practices Inventory
• Each aspect of the 5 practices of Exemplary leadership was explored in depth with practical case studies and live examples of current best leadership practice.
• 6 work streams were identified, built around the Trusts key strategic objectives
• Each work stream produced a set of recommendations which will now be adopted by the Trusts transformation team.
• The programme culminated in a Leadership Conference where all work streams were able to exhibit their work and was attended by all Non executive and Executive directors.
• A second cohort is now planned to commence in February 2012

The Healthskills team:- Charles Marshall , Mark Greenfield , Paul King , Lucie Lee, Miranda Coates and Melanie Warner would like to thank everyone at the Trust who helped to make this programme such a success.

Anne Tofts contributes to most recent edition of 'outstanding book'

Anne Tofts has contributed a chapter to the new edition of ‘Healthcare Management’ which was published last month. 
This popular book is amongst the most comprehensive textbooks on healthcare management available. Written with healthcare managers, professionals and students in mind, it provides an accessible guide to healthcare systems, services, organisations and management. Key areas include:

• Allocating resources for healthcare: setting and managing priorities
• Health technologies, research and innovation
• Internationalisation of health systems and policies
• Healthcare services: structure and delivery
• Chronic disease and integrated care
• Healthcare leadership and networks: incentives, governance and performance

"This book covers the main areas of knowledge which managers need, and gives tools for thinking and empirical examples relevant to current challenges. Evidence based management might not always be possible, but this book gives a way for a manager to become research-informed and therefore more effective."

Professor John Øvretveit, Director of Research, The Karolinska Institute, Sweden

"This is an outstanding book that provides the concepts and tools necessary to enable healthcare managers and policy makers to build better health care systems. The book maintains the strengths of the first edition ' and adds new chapters and updated content throughout to make the book more international and comprehensive in its coverage of topics."

Tom Rundall, Professor of Organised Health Systems, University of California at Berkeley, USA

Follow this link to access more information on the book: http://mcgraw-hill.co.uk/html/0335243819.html

Healthskills: supporting the development of Richmond CCG

Healthskills organised Richmond Clinical Commissioning Group board’s first informal session (time out) since launching in April. Read more in the articles and papers section

Leadership at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust

We recently presented an interim standardisation feedback report to the Trust and they are delighted with the way the large scale leadership programme has progressed so far.

The feedback we were able to provide reflected positive outcomes across the board and a high level of satisfaction and engagement throughout the 100 strong cohort.

Clinical Leadership in Newham

Healthskills has successfully completed a 9 month leadership programme in what was formerly NHS Newham. The programme was set up to enable a wide and varied group of clinicians and Allied Health Professionals to lead and drive change in the Borough’s COPD service.

Delegates included GPs, Consultants, Psychologists, Nurse Consultants and Pharmacists and included members of the current clinical commissioning Group.

Delegates subsequently evaluated the programme and 100% rated the experience as being above or well above their expectations in respect of delivery style, practical use, and content.

Some of the comments:

“A truly wonderful experience, great tutors, relaxed atmosphere with lifelong tips to put into practice”
“Thoroughly enjoyed it, learnt a lot and it does have patient benefits indirectly”
“Excellent for self reflection as well as development as a leader for yourself and those you work with”
“Fantastic – skills which you pick up on this leadership course you won’t pick up anywhere else.”

Large Scale Leadership Development at NHS Acute Trust

1st April saw the launch of a large scale leadership programme at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust.
The approach is unique as this programme will be aimed at a “leadership coalition” of 150 staff from every part of the Trust and is designed to drive the Trust forward towards FT status by focusing leadership on the Trust’s 6 key priorities.

The programme will be completed in September and as such will provide an intense input into the leadership capability within the organisation.

A unique design approach by Healthskills will achieve 3 key outcomes:

• Individual leadership development for 150 delegates in a 6 month time scale
• The delivery of 18 work stream initiatives set against Trust priorities
• The development of a number of solid interdisciplinary networks within the trust forming a guiding coalition for future growth and performance.

As an aspirant Foundation Trust, the organisation sees this programme as providing a major step towards this goal.

South East Coast Ambulance Service achieve FT Licence

Congratulations to South East Coast Ambulance Service for being one of the first ambulance services to achieve their licence as a Foundation Trust. We have supported SECAmb with Board and Leadership Development on their journey over the last couple of years; they have an ambitious vision that will enable radical change in the way that unscheduled care is delivered in the future, both improving services for patients and achieving cost savings. We have admired their tenacity and ability to make brave decisions over the last year to enable them to achieve their licence and put in place the foundations for radical organisational change. Read about our support programme with SECAmb.

WISMS Wellbeing Nurse team recognised in national RCN Innovation award

Congratulations to the Wellbeing Nurse team at Wakefield Integrated Substance Misuse Service (WISMS) who have recently been awarded Third Place in the RCN Frontline First Innovation Award, from over 300 entries nationally. Mark worked with Karen Jordan, Sheila Hayward and the team in 2009-10 on leadership and team development, focusing particularly on auditing performance, challenging the status quo and innovation.

Sheila (first left) and Karen (second left) are pictured with all the finalists in the RCN Innovation Award with Chair of Council Sandra James, Chief Executive & General Secretary Dr Peter Carter and RCN President Andrea Spyropoulos.