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2 December 2015
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An NHS leadership team for the future

Strong clinical leadership leads to better patient care. So the best place to start developing leadership skills is early on in a clinical career. The UK is a world leader in the engagement and training of junior doctors in leadership and management but, as this review demonstrates, there remains much to be done if the full potential of this talented group is to be harnessed to address the significant challenges facing the NHS.” Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, National Medical Director, NHS England

The NHS has access to 50,000 junior doctors, an invaluable resource for building the leadership team for the future. A new report published by Reform seeks to evaluate how the NHS is preparing future clinical leaders for this responsibility. Some of the recommendations included:

  • the NHS must first make leadership an attractive option for clinicians
  • clinicians must be placed at the centre of the ‘value agenda’
  • medical schools must accelerate the incorporation of healthcare management into undergraduate curricula to equip future clinicians with leadership acumen
  • the NHS needs to take a system-wide approach to developing the clinical leaders of the future.

 Read the full report.

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