Safety Culture and Senior Leadership Behavior: Using Negative Safety Ratings to Align Clinical Staff and Senior Leadership
O’Connor S, Carlson E.
Journal of Nursing Administration, 2016 Apr;46(4):215-20
Clinical nurses listed ideas for senior leader behaviour change to improve the culture of safety in a hospital. Risk reports and harm events were compared before and after the implementation and assessment of the behaviour changes.

Webinar: coaching for GPs- forthcoming , May 4th 2016
Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM)
The webinar will explore what coaching is in the healthcare setting and look at the many benefits coaching can have for GP trainees, GPs in practice, in formal leadership positions or interested in developing a career in leadership

Towards person-centredness in aged care – exploring the impact of leadership
Backman A et al
Journal of Nursing Management, 2016 Apr 5 [epub ahead of print]
Cross-section study design with data collected from 3661 Swedish aged care staff. Study conclusion; middle managers have a critical leadership role in developing and supporting person-centered care , and from this a positive psychosocial environment.

Book Review: Nurses as leaders in healthcare design: A resource for nurses and interprofessional partners  by Stichler J and Okland, K (eds)
Book review by Lamb G ,
Health Environments Research and Design Journal, April 2016

Better care, better training
Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management
Lessons from Health Education’s Better Training Better Care programme (March 2016)
Phase one of the programme coordinated 25 pilot projects from NHS trusts in England and the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM) worked closely with BTBC to explore the lessons learnt from a leadership perspective.
1) What does good leadership look like?
Handover care case study from Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
2) Building leadership capacity and confidence
Junior doctors’ rota example from East Kent
3) Collaborative leadership
Psychiatric training case study from Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
4) Systems leadership and organisational culture
Quality improvement training case study from Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
5) Innovation in leadership
Safe prescribing example from Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
6) Lessons learnt – every junior doctor is a clinical leader

What makes a top medical director?
HSJ and Hunter Heathcare survey, published by the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management , 2016
Part of the Hunter Healthcare’s insight for senior NHS Leaders seriesA
Although the survey found that the role varied from organisation to organisation the authors were able to identify some common qualities, behaviours and skills, also positive and negative aspects of the role .
Report by Pitcher, G on the study in Health Service Journal, March 2nd 2016

 Sustainability and Transformation leaders confirmed
NHS England news, March 2016
Excerpt – “The leaders come from a good mix of backgrounds, and include provider chief executives, CCG accountable officers, local authority senior leaders and clinicians, recognising the need for local systems to work in partnership. There is also good representation from both genders – around a third are women.” Work will be focused on the 44 Sustainability and Transformation “Footprints” which are geographic areas.  See map.

The Impact of Information Technology on Patient Engagement and Health Behavior Change: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Sawesi S et al
JMIR medical informatics, 2016 vol. 4, no. 1.
Some 170 articles were critically appraised by the authors in this systematic review , with the vast majority of the studies being from the United States, and some possible publication bias towards positive findings. Study conclusion was that there is moderately strong evidence that patients can be engaged and health outcome improved via IT platorms but that further research is needed to develop a common framework for analysing IT platforms and their safety.

Are opportunities still limited for black and minority ethnic staff in health care leadership?
Nath, V
The King’s Fund blog post – April 8th 2016
Comments on round-table event for the Health Service Journal on ethnic diversity and equality in health care leadership.

Leadership programmes as a means to grow capability
Weir B and Davis D
Health Service Journal, 7th April 2016

 The Innovation Journey and the Skipper of the Raft: About the Role of Narratives in Innovation Project Leadership
Enninga t and Van de Lugt, R
Project Management Journal, April/May 2016 Vol 47, issue 2, p103-114
Article discusses the role of the story, story-telling and story-making in the four processes of leading innovation project teams: developing content, meeting project constraints, stimulating creativity, and guiding group dynamics.

Leadership by design: intentional organization development of physician leaders
Swensen S et al
Journal of Management Development, 2016, Vol 35 , issue 4 (April) 
A qualitative descriptive case study of leadership and the institution’s leadership model in the Mayo Clinic in the US , a leading healthcare institution. The authors describe its team-based leadership development and the supporting organizational characteristics .

Developing Physician Leaders Through Professional Associations
Henson, JW
Journal of Healthcare ManagementVol 61 Issue 1 (Jan/Feb 2016): 7-10.
An American study looking at the role of membership of professional associations which have leadership development as part of their remit. A similar study could be done in the UK.

Nurses’ perceptions and experiences of mentoring
Douglas V et al
Nursing  Management,  2016 Apr;23(1):34-7
Study reports the findings of a qualitative study of mentoring practices. Link lecturers and practice educators are identified as providing valued support to mentors especially when encountering difficulties with nursing students who haven’t acquired the required competenices to pass their placement.