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| What can be done to nurture future leaders in the NHS? Live chat | What can be done to nurture future leaders in the NHS? Live chat |
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| The typical time for an NHS chief executive to stay in a job is two and half years (pdf) and, in order to fill the frequent vacancies left open by senior leaders who seek employment elsewhere, the NHS spent £420m on management consultants in 2014-15 (pdf) alone. The state of NHS leadership is one of serious shortage. | The typical time for an NHS chief executive to stay in a job is two and half years (pdf) and, in order to fill the frequent vacancies left open by senior leaders who seek employment elsewhere, the NHS spent £420m on management consultants in 2014-15 (pdf) alone. The state of NHS leadership is one of serious shortage. |
| Late last year, NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson told the Guardian: “Our member chief executives tell us that they feel under greater pressure than ever before, particularly because there’s a huge, ongoing pressure in managing their financial deficit while continuing to provide the right quality of service.” | Late last year, NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson told the Guardian: “Our member chief executives tell us that they feel under greater pressure than ever before, particularly because there’s a huge, ongoing pressure in managing their financial deficit while continuing to provide the right quality of service.” |
| With budget constraints likely to stay and deficits escalating it’s hard to see how staff can be given the support and development opportunities to gain the skills they need to fill vacancies. | With budget constraints likely to stay and deficits escalating it’s hard to see how staff can be given the support and development opportunities to gain the skills they need to fill vacancies. |
| There are suggestions that it’s not only the workload or challenging budgets that are driving people out of careers at the top of the NHS. In fact, as the Rose review into NHS leadership (pdf) found, it may be that the pathway towards the top jobs is simply too difficult to navigate. | There are suggestions that it’s not only the workload or challenging budgets that are driving people out of careers at the top of the NHS. In fact, as the Rose review into NHS leadership (pdf) found, it may be that the pathway towards the top jobs is simply too difficult to navigate. |
| Potential ways to better equip the leaders of tomorrow include facilitating senior staff to work across organisational boundaries and creating structures whereby hospital groups have a senior team that oversees activities. | Potential ways to better equip the leaders of tomorrow include facilitating senior staff to work across organisational boundaries and creating structures whereby hospital groups have a senior team that oversees activities. |
| Join us on Monday 27 June from 12-2pm to discuss how to nurture and develop leaders in the health service. Topics will include: | Join us on Monday 27 June from 12-2pm to discuss how to nurture and develop leaders in the health service. Topics will include: |
| The discussion will take place on in the comments section below this article. To take part you can create a free Guardian account or log in using your Twitter or Facebook profiles to comment. Alternatively, you can email us to post your questions for you. | The discussion will take place on in the comments section below this article. To take part you can create a free Guardian account or log in using your Twitter or Facebook profiles to comment. Alternatively, you can email us to post your questions for you. |
| Panellists | Panellists |
| To be updated as more panellists confirm | To be updated as more panellists confirm |
| Karen Lynas, interim managing director , NHS Leadership Academy | |
| Ben Gowland, director and founder Ockham Healthcare, former clinical commissioning group chief executive | Ben Gowland, director and founder Ockham Healthcare, former clinical commissioning group chief executive |
| Peter Beresford, academic and activist | Peter Beresford, academic and activist |
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