Shared training

Accepted.
The NHS Leadership Academy, supported by NHS England, fills this role. It has developed a leadership model for the NHS and a suite of development programmes, tools and interventions to support a change in culture in NHS leadership through a national network of local delivery partners. It researches and champions the professionalisation of leadership.
The Academy provides a suite of career-long, academically accredited programmes which map against a leadership career, irrespective of professional background. This establishes the need for prior training and development before applying for significant and vital senior roles, and creates an expectation of sufficient experience, knowledge and a minimum level of academic achievement for leadership roles. The Academy works with partners and in-house experts on developing a model for leadership, based on research evidence and best practice.

Board-level leaders A directory of support offers for executive and non-executive Board members was developed in August 2023 and has been refreshed and updated recently.

All NHS managers Once the curriculum is finalised, a new nationally consistent training and development delivery model is planned, involving a framework of quality assured / accredited providers. The ambition is that this will ensure that all NHS-funded leadership and management training, whether locally, regionally or nationally delivered, is focussed on the right areas of development to enable managers to achieve the core standards. The competency domains are aligned to Our NHS People Promise, Our Leadership Way, and the Seven Principles of Public Life.

All of NHS England’s leadership and management offers, including the NHS Leadership Academy programmes, the NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme, online resources and other products to support leaders and managers at all levels up to and including CEOs, will be refreshed in line with the curriculum. Since this recommendation was made, the Messenger Review has also made further recommendations in relation to management standards and accredited training.

The NHS Leadership Academy continues to bring together national activity supporting leadership development in health and NHS funded services. To achieve this, the Academy oversees the development of core leadership programmes and a leadership model to ensure a consistent approach to leadership development of staff at all levels in the NHS.

The Executive Fast Track programme, launched in June 2014, aims to increase the number of executive leaders in the NHS. With clinical and non-NHS backgrounds, the 49 participants are undertaking this 10-month long development programme, which includes four weeks of executive development at Harvard, Boston, USA, as well as an industrial placement and six-month long change programme under an NHS chief executive mentor.

This recommendation was accepted by the Government.

In the January 2014 Hard Truths report, the Government said that the NHS Leadership Academy, launched in April 2012, performed this role.

In the February 2015 Culture Change report, the Government referred to the launching of the Executive Fast Track programme in June 2014, aimed at increased the number of executive leaders in the NHS.