Leading for improvement: A framework for the NHS in England

Adam Sewell-JonesDirector of Improvement, NHS Improvement

Stephen HartDirector, NHS Leadership

Academy

@RomfordBlue

@Stephen_Hart1

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Our aim is to enable cultures at every level of the NHS where people have the leadership, tools and

support they need to improve care, health outcomes, value for money and feel pride and joy in

their work ”

This work is being led by a national board…

From what we know, there are five conditions for success..

Collective leadership and transformation across local health and care systems

Compassionate, high impact leadership capability and capacity at all levels

A learning system: supporting organisational infrastructures and a joined up system of

support at local, regional and national level

Improvement capacity and capability at all levels

An enabling, supportive and aligned oversight environment

Our priority change ideas are…

developing compassionate and inclusive leaders at

all levelsmainstreaming improvement

skills

making knowledge and experience more

accessible

bringing more improvement principles

into regulation

improvement and leadership as part of

all curricula

managing talent consistentlyat all levels

changing the regulatory

conversation

And we are committed to moving…

from directive to compassionate

from siloed to collective

from “do as I say”to “how can I help?”

from commanding to collaborative

from unequal to inclusive