This blog was originally published in Nursing Now.
In this blog Tim Swanwick, Director of Clinical Leadership Development at the NHS Leadership Academy, discusses the support the NHS Leadership Academy can offer to those who have undertaken the Nightingale Challenge.
Tim Swanwick looks at recently published guidance from NHS Improvement which encourages clinicians of all disciplines to step into senior leadership roles.
As a powerful professional group responsible for significant decision-making and spend within the NHS, leadership and management ought to be core to the education and training of all doctors. Tim Swanwick, senior clinical adviser and postgraduate dean at Health Education England (HEE), explains why there’s still some way to go before that is the case.
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It was an absolute privilege to work with Professor Michael West on the following film. Michael is an expert on leadership within the health service and his research on the impact of team working on patient care has iconic status.
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