Clinical leadership – a framework for action A guide for senior leaders on developing
professional diversity at board level
NHS Improvement, endorsed by Academy for Healthcare Science, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, The British Psychological Society, Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of Midwives, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Association of Clinical Psychologists and AHPf.
Jan 2019
Excerpt from NHS Improvement website “The NHS Long Term Plan highlights the importance of visible senior clinical leadership in enabling and assuring the delivery of high quality care both within organisations and in the new system architecture. The guide looks at how existing structures and expectations may stand in the way of allied health professionals, doctors, midwives, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, healthcare scientists and social workers contributing to strategic leadership.”
See also case studies here 

eg  Clinical leadership case study: midwife and chief nurse

Clinical leadership case study: physiotherapist and group deputy chief executive officer

Clinical leadership case study: occupational therapist and director of AHP and psychology professions

John Hunt’s Leadership Online – website of the month
Don’t Tell Me the Score
Excerpt from John’s website “Power of belief, resilience, legacy, tribalism, vision, identity, leadership, motivation, character, and winning. These are the subjects covered in this excellent new series of programmes/podcasts from the BBC. Although the starting point for these programmes is sport, there are some much wider issues raised here which are very relevant to leadership and management. “What can sporting success can teach us about ordinary life? Simon Mundie sits down each week with an expert to explore the deeper aspects of sport that mean more than the score. ” Well worth a listen.”

A Model Employer: Increasing black and minority ethnic representation at senior
levels across the NHS
NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) leadership strategy
January 2019

NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard – 2018 report published
NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard 2018 Data Analysis Report for NHS Trusts
 Supporting data
16th January 2019
News “To build on progress in successive years and tackle problem areas, NHS England’s Chief Executive and Director for the WRES have committed to funding the programme for the next seven years, supported by £1 million funding each year until at least 2025. To ensure the proposals make a practical difference for staff, NHS England has appointed a team of 42 experts from within the existing workforce, who will work with senior staff to close the gaps between BME and white staff.”

Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES): Experts programme cohort one biographies
Excerpt “This document provides information on the WRES experts programme, which aims to equip NHS organisations with in-house expertise to improve workforce race equality.”

Blog  – Long term support for workforce race equality 
Dr Habib Naqvi and Yvonne Coghill
22 January 2019
Blog mentions recently published report on the journey taken by five NHS trusts in applying quality improvement (QI) methodology to the workforce race equality agenda, and the the strategic approach in supporting NHS organisations to reflect their workforce within their own leadership.

BME staff are still struggling: here’s what you can do about it
West M, Naqvi H and Coghill Y
1 February 2019

Stepping Into My Shoes

Hospitals and College team up to “home grow” local NHS workforce

Compilation of personal stories
NHS Leadership Academy – case studies 

Journal articles

Experiences that develop leadership capabilities
Boak G and Crabbe S
Leadership & Organization Development Journal – early cite , Feb 2019

Can general practice trainees engage with leadership activities during their GP training placements? – An evaluation of an intervention in South East Scotland
Meiling Denney, Alan Johnstone
Education for Primary Care 2019 January 20, : 1-8

The Perceptions of Professional Leadership Coaches Regarding the Roles and Challenges of Nurse Managers
Bradley JM and Moore LW
Journal of Nursing Administration 2019, 49 (2): 105-109
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A network’s gender composition and communication pattern predict women’s leadership success
Yang Y, Chawla NV and Uzzi B
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2019 January 22
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Voices of Quiet Students: Introverted Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Educational Experiences and Leadership Preparation
Colley SL
International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship 2019 January 10, 15 (1)

Lessons learned from multisite implementation and evaluation of Project SHARE, a teen health information literacy, empowerment, and leadership program
Keselman A et al
Journal of the Medical Library Association: JMLA 2019, 107 (1): 72-79
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