Liberating the NHS: Developing the Healthcare Workforce ...

Q23: In developing the new system, what are the responsibilities that need to be inplace for the development of leadership and management skills amongstprofessionals? Skills networks need to be responsible for local delivery of leadership andmanagement skills to ensure that these are linked with local service delivery andimprovement This includes building leadership and management skills into all undergraduate, CPDand PGDME education and training programmes Leadership and management skills need to be developed in people at all levels of theworkforce, not just in professionals Professional bodies and representative organisations should be responsible foradvice, guidance, checks and balances Leadership development needs to retain a strong identity in the system throughoutthe transition and beyond.Q24: Should HEE have responsibilities for the leadership developmentframework for managers as well as clinicians? Yes, for consistency and cohesion and the opportunity for inter professional learningand development aligned to the potential National Leadership College to ensurenational delivery of appropriate programmes and local funding Behavioural and business skills which underpin great leadership and managementare the same regardless of professional background and treating people differentlyreinforces divisions The NHS Management Training Scheme and Gateway initiatives should sit within theNLC as part of HEE Leadership and management should be commissioned by skills networks who shouldensure that managers and clinicians learn together to facilitate team working.Q25: What are the key opportunities for developing clinicians and managers in anintegrated way both across health and social care and across undergraduate andpostgraduate programmes? Inter-professional Learning for all staff groups including medics, clinicians, managersand the wider workforce Common core modules (including business and management skills) supported byaction learning sets Education and training programmes developed and delivered across care pathways Fellowships open to all staff groups.Consultation Questions – Chapter 7Q26: How should Public Health England, and its partners in public health delivery, beintegrated within the new framework for planning and developing the healthcareworkforce? To ensure joined up planning and delivery of the public health workforce there needs tobe a close relationship between Public Health England and HEE Public Health England needs representation at Skills Network level in order to workalongside healthcare providers and local authoritiesSouth Central Strategic Health Authority – DHW Consultation Response 10