Talent management: Developing leadership not just leaders

"A wealth of recent reports have argued that health services must adapt to deliver continually improving, high-quality and compassionate care, but today’s leaders know that these demands are made against the backdrop of tighter financial restraints and slower projected financial growth in the public sector."

Talent management: Developing leadership not just leaders
S Massie
The King's Fund
June 2015

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Skilled for improvement?

"Part of the reason why quality improvement is so hard to achieve may be that those involved in leading QI programmes need to deploy three different but interrelated types of improvement skills: technical, soft and learning skills."

Skilled for improvement?
The Health Foundation
March 2014

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More than just a number

“This briefing confirms that in recent years there has been a significant dilution of skill mix across the country and across all settings, with a considerable loss and devaluation of senior skills and experience.”

Frontline First: More than just a number
Royal College of Nursing
March 2014

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Ensuring education reform enhances patient outcome

"The creation of Health Education England (HEE) and Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs) provides the opportunity for employers to ensure that the £5 billion annual national investment in education and training delivers the maximum benefits for patients."

Ensuring education reform enhances patient outcome: providers' planning and driving a workforce budget of £5bn
NHS Employers
June 2012

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