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Responding to constant change within the NHS is a challenge. How do we deal with this together? What factors may limit or enhance our success?
Chaired by Professor Chris Johns and presented by the MSc Leadership in Healthcare Practice students.
The conference is particularly aimed at healthcare staff working operationally in the NHS, and will examine leading change in a manner that demonstrates transformation leadership.
The keynote speaker is Dame Christine Beasley, Chief Nursing Officer for England. Guest speaker is Dr Gerry McSorley from the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
Professor Johns has a teaching interest in reflective practice and clinical leadership at the University of Bedfordshire. His MSc students have undertaken practical work in a variety of NHS organisations in order to give you an insight on the journeys to change that these organisations undergo.
The students represent many facets of the health economy, including mental health, dietetics, community commissioning and provider services, acute cardiology and infection prevention and control. You will benefit from their first-hand research outcomes, as well as recommendations on how to manage and respond to change effectively.
Christine Beasley was appointed Chief Nursing Officer in October 2004 and is the Director General within the Department of Health for Professional Leadership (including Allied Health Professions) and for Children, Families and Maternity. She is also the lead director for Reducing Health Associated Infections and the Cleaner Hospitals Programme.
She was awarded an Honorary Professorship in Nursing by Thames Valley University in 1997 and is the Pro Chancellor at the University. She has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Nottingham, Wolverhampton, Northumbria and Sheffield Hallam. She is also a Fellow of the Queen’s Nursing Institute and a Trustee of Marie Curie Cancer Care. Christine was awarded a CBE in 2002 and a DBE in June 2008.
Dr Gerry McSorley is the Head of Board Level Development at the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement with special interest in transformational change and leadership and organisational development. He was Director of CHILL between August 2005 and December 2007 and has held a number of Chief Executive posts in English NHS Trusts over a 17 year period. Most recently he was Chief Executive at Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust. He is a past Honorary President of the Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM), the largest professional association of healthcare managers in the UK.
A past member of the NHS Confederation National Council, member of the NHS Employers Assembly and the shadow NHS Staff Council he has over 30 years experience in healthcare management. He is a Fellow of the IHM. His doctoral thesis was on Chief Executive Leadership behaviour and its relationship to organisational behaviour, having studied at Henley Management College/Brunel University
Research» Institute for Health Research» Reflective Practice Forum» Leading Change Together - Conference 6 July 2010
