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Welcome to the NHS North West Leadership Academy

Welcome to the NHS North West Leadership Academy, a members-led organisation for senior NHS leaders across the region. We offer a wide range of leadership programmes and development initiatives to support boards and senior leaders at a time of unprecedented change in the NHS.

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Winter 'Leader' out now!

The Winter edition of the Academy's newsletter Leader is out now. Download your copy to find out more about talent development initiatives across the north west.

This issue includes news about the 'Boards on Board' development programme, the Academy's annual awards, and a new health and well-being programme for CEOs.

Click here to read more

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Developing Talent, A Best Practice Guide to Nurturing and Protecting Talent

Please find a link below to a report by CMC, developed from surveying over 11,000 senior HR professionals in late 2011, which provides information on what the current challenges are for organisations and HR professionals for developing talent, and gives advice on how to both develop talent and protect key talent.

Click here to read the report

N.B You may need to register your details to access this report.



Latest case studies

Multi-lingual video leaflets
This project was initially was going to offer an SMS text messaging service, but after lots of initial scoping and work, transformed into a multi lingual video leaflet service. Julian Palfreyman describes how he overcame the challenges it presented and the need to be extremely resilient.

Evaluating shared medical records in a nursing home
Enabling nursing home staff to access the full GP record on behalf of the patient will improve quality of care, efficiency and safety. This project, by Emerging Leader Ben Brown, looks at the need, the plan and the results.

Improving patient experience across the urgent care pathway for children
Reducing admission rates would have significant financial benefits as an emergency admission can cost up to 5 times that of a primary care attendance. This project by Emerging Leader Sarah Moll, examines how health professionals can deliver a quality service to families and children.

Our Futures

Our Futures - logo Our Futures is a new online support tool for individuals facing change in the NHS. Whether you are looking for practical advice regarding organisational change, considering a different career path or looking at your rights and entitlements, all the information you need is right here.

Upcoming programmes

Aspiring and Existing Foundation Trust Non-Executive Director Development Programme
11 October 2012 - 12 October 2012

   
Board Level Director Leadership Programme - Phase 2 - Communities of Practice: Leading change
22 May 2012

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Executive Coaching for Directors of Public Health
1 January 2012 - 30 September 2012