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Leadership

A candid conversation on modern leadership

What does it take to be a leader in health and care today? How has leadership evolved, and what challenges do today’s leaders face? Join us for an informal discussion with five senior leaders - all with very different experiences leading in health and care.

 

Date Thursday, 01 May 2025 19:00 PM - 20:00 PM
Where Details Online Online - MS Teams
User Details Members: Free
Level Details Suitable for all levels
This event has already taken place, but you can watch the recording and download resources below.

Lead facilitators

Caroline Dove

Caroline has been CEO of NHS Elect since 2003, building a team of amazing people to provide high quality, in-house support to healthcare organisations across the country, and developing leaders to enable them to deliver improved services. Caroline joined the NHS on the National Management Training Scheme and has spent her entire career working as a leader in the NHS. She worked mainly in acute hospitals in operational and strategic management, including as an Executive Director at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Caroline has a passion for supporting NHS staff in delivering better care for our patients. In the 1990s she led the operational development of the UK's first treatment centre and has supported leaders for over 20 years in learning, developing and mentoring.

Piers Young

Piers Young is a Senior Manager and leader in healthcare, with a proven track recording in supporting NHS organisations, the Department of Health and NHS England in improvement and NHS operational management. Piers has experience at executive and board level and has worked at Chief Operating Officer level at a NHS acute provider. He has an extensive operational and service improvement background and is a graduate of the NHS management training scheme. He has overseen and been the SRO for the development and delivery of a system-wide recovery plan for elective care, which included the return to reporting for RTT and the delivery of RTT and cancer access standards. Piers has also worked for NHS England on national data quality improvement programmes, and he was part of the national 18-week programme when it was initial established.

As a director for NHS Elect, Piers leads on Quality Improvement and Strategy work in healthcare. He has led on change management programmes for members and network programmes for both elective and non-elective services. He has experience leading on national improvement programmes and he is the spinal surgery and vascular quality improvement associate for the specialised commissioning frailty network with NHS England.

Recording