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Released on 11/01/2010
Events Diary
28 January
IHM Scotland
Annual General Meeting + tour of new Victoria Hospital
4pm, New Victoria Hospital, Glasgow
All IHM members in Scotland are invited to attend. AGM takes place at 4pm followed by a tour of the new Victoria Hospital at 5pm.
Contact hilary.iannotti@btinternet.com.
2 March
NHS QIS
National Clinical Governance Conference: Tomorrow’s World
Glasgow Hilton
Conference programme will focus on HAIs and patient safety. Registration open January 2010. See flyer at www.nhshealthquality.org/nhsqis/files/Flyer_Conferenceabstract.pdf.
4 March
IHM Scotland
How to increase your power and influence
9.30am-4pm, Dunblane Hydro
Hilary Robertson of Double Loop Development presents a one day workshop aimed at
developing the skills and techniques required by managers to increase their power to affect decision-making and change in their
organisations and to improve the influence they have with colleagues and partners. Links directly to the IHM Milestone ‘Role of the
Enterprise Manager’. See attached flyer for full details.
This week in Parliament
Wednesday
10:00 Health & Sport Committee
Thursday
12:00 First Minister’s Question Time
14:15 Health and Wellbeing Question Time
Rob Gibson (SNP, Highlands & Islands): what progress has been made in discussions with NHS Highland to ensure the provision of a seven-day rheumatology service in Dingwall providing specialist facilities to the whole NHS board area; Jackie Baillie (Lab, Dumbarton): how many people have attended NHS emergency services due to falls during the recent cold weather conditions; Rhona Brankin (Lab, Midlothian): what action has been taken to reduce the overprescribing of antipsychotic drugs to older people; Stuart McMillan (SNP, West of Scotland): further to the letter of 17 December 2009 signed by all 17 of Scotland’s public health chiefs in support of minimum pricing for alcohol, what other support exists for the Alcohol etc. (Scotland) Bill; Pauline McNeill (Lab, Glasgow Kelvin): what actions are being taken to improve services available to people affected by mental health issues; Andy Kerr (Lab, East Kilbride): when did the Scottish Government last meet representatives of NHS Lanarkshire; Patricia Ferguson (Lab, Glasgow Maryhill): what guidance is issued to NHS boards in respect of the cost of providing a nutritional diet to hospital inpatients; Des McNulty (Lab, Clydebank & Milngavie): whether NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde patients have complained that renal consultants are seeing fewer patients and that waiting times have been adversely affected as a result of management decisions to relocate clinics from the inpatient unit at the Western Infirmary to outpatient clinics at the Victoria and Stobhill hospitals; Karen Gillon (Lab, Clydesdale): how have health services in Clydesdale been affected by the recent cold weather; Jamie McGrigor (Con, Highlands & Islands): what value is placed on swimming as a way of improving both physical and mental health; Margaret Smith (LibDem, Edinburgh West): what progress has been made in tackling health inequalities brought about by deprivation as highlighted in Equally Well: Report of the Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities and how many of the 78 recommendations have been implemented; David Stewart (Lab, Highlands & Islands): when did the Scottish Government last meet representatives of NHS Highland and what issues were discussed; Duncan McNeil (Lab, Inverclyde): what is being done to ensure that newly qualified midwives find positions in the health service.
NHS leadership
strategy launched
The Scottish Government has published an updated leadership development strategy for NHS Scotland. Delivering Quality Through Leadership builds on the leadership strategy published in 2005; a commitment to review and update that plan was included as part of Better Health, Better Care. The new strategy “recognises that much has been achieved through
taking a national approach to leadership development and identifies further opportunity to ensure that
leadership development underpins the delivery agenda.” In his foreword to the document, NHS
Scotland chief executive, Dr Kevin Woods, writes:
“I regard leadership development as an important
priority for NHSScotland, and I expect Chief
Executives to own and drive this locally. To support this we will establish a National Leadership Board with oversight of the delivery of this strategy by a National Leadership Unit.”
The new strategy is based on a number of underlying guiding principles, focusing on:
· recognition that leadership development is a life-long activity, not confined to specific levels or groups of the workforce.
· The need for leadership development to span clinical leadership, general management, functional management and professional leadership roles.
· equality and diversity should inform all aspects of leadership development.
· recognising the distinct but complementary roles of management and leadership and that management is about coping with complexity.
· working collaboratively locally and nationally to develop leadership capability and capacity.
· recognising the extensive local activity that takes place across NHSScotland.
· reflecting best practice in leadership development drawn from the academic literature and collaboration with other experts in leadership development
· review and evaluation of impact.
The core qualities and behaviours expected of NHS Scotland leaders have been updated and are set out in the strategy, along with the ways in which the
strategy links to local processes such as performance management and the KSF.
The full strategy can be read at www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/10/29131424/0.
Professional learning from IHM in 2010
In the second of our series of articles looking at the benefits that IHM membership offers to managers, we focus on the range of
education and professional development
activities provided by the Institute and
available to members at often considerably reduced rates.
The introduction of the Agenda for Change Knowledge and Skills Framework has already made the need to demonstrate professional development essential for NHS managers who wish to progress in their careers. The managers’ Code of Personal Governance and Leadership Qualities Framework included in the NHS Scotland leadership development framework (see left) include ‘Being aware of and taking responsibility for my behaviour and continuous personal development as a NHS leader/manager, to ensure my fitness for purpose’ and ‘Maintaining a contemporary knowledge of good practice’ as core
requirements for NHS managers and leaders. Membership of IHM not only makes it easier to access and manage your CPD in a
structured way, it is in itself a demonstration of your commitment to your professional
development. Demonstrating CPD is a
requirement for all IHM members. Education opportunities, include:
· Regular CPD events on a range of management and health policy topics. IHM Scotland education events in the past year have included workshops on employment law and project management. All IHM events are CPD accredited and certificated.
· Online e-learning elements, providing guidance and input on core management skills.
· IHM Milestones, accredited learning programmes based on open learning materials, each dealing with one discrete area of management practice and representing 5 general credits at Masters level.
· The chance to work towards Fellowship of the Institute, a recognition of individual excellence in management practice.
See www.ihm.org.uk/professional-development-learning for more information.
