NHS manager regulation discovers consequences
Proposed NHS manager regulation could bar managers found guilty of serious misconduct from future senior health service roles. The service has cautiously identified a possible treatment for catastrophic leadership: do not move it to another building.
The plans would introduce professional standards for managers. They would also protect whistleblowers more clearly, which saves everybody the old administrative ritual of treating an alarming report as a problem with its author.
Senior leaders have now discovered that failure may follow them between buildings. Several assumed a lengthy inquiry automatically cleared the record once its PDF exceeded 240 pages.
The revolving door receives an assessment
“Accountability will remain proportionate,” said Crispin Lessons, Director of Portable Excellence. “One cannot expect a manager to carry every previous problem when the lanyard already has a laptop attached.”
Recruiters may now need to ask a difficult reference question: did anything happen while this person ran the organisation? Candidates can answer yes, no or lessons have been embedded.
The proposals pair standards with support and development. Prevention beats discovering bad management during a public inquiry, even if the inquiry does at least provide a handsome bound volume for reception.
Training can explain expectations before a problem develops. The lesson plan starts with listening to concerns and ends before anyone describes safety as the blue segment of a pie chart called other.
Officials say the new system will help raise standards across the health service. The standards have welcomed the attention and asked whether anyone could attend the meeting this time.
The agenda item survives to the end
The proposal puts accountability on the agenda. A board secretary has already moved it beneath any other business, where it can enjoy the full benefit of daylight.
Read the real story: The government announcement on regulating NHS managers.
