Yes, it’s tough at the top of the NHS. But leaders at all levels need support | Karen Lynas

Yes, it’s tough at the top of the NHS. But leaders at all levels need support | Karen Lynas Instead of spending £420m a year on management consultants, the NHS could more efficiently train and develop our own staff to improve care.

We know it’s lonely at the top of the NHS. Top jobs are highly pressured in any environment but try overlaying that with the imperative to provide safe and high-quality services for patients with complex needs in a climate of severe financial constraint, enormous public scrutiny and a feverish media, and the leadership pressure gauge has just rocketed off the scale.

But does it need to be? Continue reading... The Guardian

See also:

• 'Some chief executives are surprised by the loneliness' – Dame Mary Marsh The Guardian
• We must not take NHS workers for granted The Guardian