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Landmark NHS leadership and management framework launches – setting clear standards for every leader and manager

The Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM) welcomes the launch of the NHS Leadership and Management Framework – a landmark national initiative establishing, for the first time, a clear and consistent approach to leadership and management across every level of the NHS.

FMLM responds to new ‘carrot and the stick’ performance measures for NHS leadership

Responding to the Department of Health and Social Care’s new performance measures for NHS leaders, the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management Chief Executive, Professor Rich Withnall, said: 

“Rewarding leaders financially is a well-intended, and potentially effective measure to incentivise performance improvements.   

New robust management and leadership framework for NHS to be created

NHS England has appointed the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) to lead a project with the Faculty of Medical Leadership & Management (FMLM), and the Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) to create a new NHS Management and Leadership Framework. 

The new multi-disciplinary framework will provide clear expectations of managers and leaders working across the service. A Code of Practice for all NHS and social care managers and leaders will also be developed through this work.