Life Long Learning Project

Leadership and Management

Leadership is of critical importance if we are to achieve a modern health and social care service.

“Meeting the Challenge”, a national strategy for the allied health professions (DoH, 2000) and Making the change, (DoH, 2001) a national strategy for health care scientists, outlined the Government’s plans for developing and supporting these health care professionals to meet the needs of a modern Health Service. Within both these strategies there was explicit recognition of the need to develop leadership skills amongst these health professionals.

National Work on Leadership Development

Nationally the Leadership Centre is part of the NHS Modernisation Agency, and works with leaders in every part of the NHS:

Summary of national programmes

To find out more visit :http://www.gmsha.nhs.uk/leadership/managementprogrammes.html

Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority recognises the important role that leaders play in modernising both the NHS and social services. These are people with the vision and initiative to bring about sustainable change through others. Leaders enable people to achieve more than they did previously through meaningful modernisation.