Effecting a national implementation project through distributed leadership in the West Midlands: rising to the spread challenge. Issue 2 (28th May 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gillies, James; Morton, Victoria A Hodgetts; Jasim, Simone; Fox, Caroline; Broggio, Penny; Pillay, Thillagavathie
• Is Part Of: BMJ open quality. Volume 10:Issue 2(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-05-28
• Subjects: efficiency -- organizational -- healthcare quality improvement -- health services research -- leadership -- quality improvement methodologies; Medical care -- Quality control -- Periodicals; 362.106805
• DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001227
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2399-6641

Abstract

Abstract : We describe the utility and impact of a distributed leadership model to implement a National Health Service (NHS) England Academic Health Sciences national quality improvement programme, in the West Midlands. This model was adopted to address the inherent difficulties of implementing change in practice in a large geographical region with a diverse population of health service personnel. We report on the inclusion of a senior trainee as part of the implementation team, supported by a multidisciplinary clinical consultant team, with equal agency in decision making, acting as mentors and activators in the background.