Formed in 2001 in bringing together mental health and physical health services and staff, the Trust has developed and flourished. There has been continuity and stability in leadership meaning that long term planning and purpose is clear within

Visible leadership with Mairead McCormick

9 days ago 38m 14s

Having spent 34 years in the NHS, starting in nursing role, moving into clinical leadership and then managerial role, Mairead became the chief executive of Kent community trust 18 months ago. Although inheriting a stable and well run organisat

Curiosity and inquisitiveness with Graham Wareham

16 days ago 36m 58s

Graham has an unusually route to becoming a healthcare CEO - via the retail and charity sectors into the NHS becoming a finance director and support of a great to CEO to mentor and encourage him in his career. Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS

Creating a great leadership culture with Hal Spencer

23 days ago 41m 10s

The new Chair of the Trust challenged the executive to improve the culture and ways of working that properly engaged staff on the back of a succession of poor staff survey results.The team used the leadership into action methodology; created an

Highly engaged workforce with Anita Pisani

Apr 10th, 2024 42m 52s

Pulling from the evidence base and experience of experts, such as Michael West, Anita plots the changes made in Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust. A simple narrative and approach starts with engaging and listening to staff; simplifyi

The Solent way with Andrew Strevens

Apr 3rd, 2024 32m 25s

Trust co-produced simple value statements that all could understand and live at work. This approach started with a new leadership team facing huge financial challenges. The Solent approach focused on building leadership capability; quality im

Buki Adeyemo talks culture

Mar 27th, 2024 29m

The Combined Trust has been the professional home for Buki, over 25 years - as an older age psychiatrist and now chief executive.The leadership team were fed up with standards below what was acceptable and poor staff survey results, Combined st

In conversation with Neil Carr

Mar 20th, 2024 32m 41s

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust mission is “Together we are making life better for our communities”. Working across the midlands, it provides physical and mental health services to local communities. The Trust has invested

Tracy Allen on organisational culture

Mar 13th, 2024 30m 34s

The podcast explores the “DCHS” way and how that has set a simple but effective framework for the values, expectations and behaviour within the organisation.Tracy describes how to create psychological safe teams, but teams that challenge themse

Leadership & culture in healthcare with Jane Tomkinson OBE

Mar 6th, 2024 33m 5s

Jane Tomkinson details the cohesive team that has been built of many years in Liverpool. This is built on:building relationshipsknowing the Trust inside outsingle purposecivilitySome key elements the team has learnt:develop values with staff co

Introduction to the leadership & culture in healthcare podcast

Mar 5th, 2024 14m 9s

Background on the NHS staff survey:The NHS staff survey has operated since 2003 and provides a rich source of comparative data and is recognised as one of the largest workforce surveys in the world. Last year over 630,000 colleagues took time t

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