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PS6.3 Leadership in Nursing 10:45 Room 221

Experience at the Royal Free London National Health Service Foundation Trust
Ng SH
Department of Radiology, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong
The author attended the Overseas Corporate Leadership Training of Hospital Authority at The Royal Free London NHS HOSPITAL AUTHORITY CONVENTION 2018
Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, and was one of the delegates of the whole group consisted of eight nurse
leaders including Department Operation Managers, Nurse Consultant and Ward Managers from various specialties and
hospitals. The training period was from 10 October to 28 October 2016. The objectives of this overseas programme are to
broaden the perspectives in healthcare system and to build up leadership competency for nursing leaders. The training also
targeted on active participation in leadership and interdisciplinary collaboration to improve management and leadership in
the department.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest leading teaching and research hospitals and is a
member of the world-renowned National Health Service (NHS). They have established programmes to ensure continuous
quality improvement by setting up Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) programme to enhance efficient
and effective quality care in all fields and to eliminate financial burdens.

For staff development, there are different levels of programmes in different formats for staff at all levels to develop
themselves. One of its renowned programmes is the leadership toolkit adopted from the London Leadership Academy, which
rendered leadership training for different level of staff. The programme comprises a bundle of organised clinical observations,
workshops and lectures.

After this training, all members of the Hong Kong delegates have learned tremendously through the on-site exposure,
discussion with experts and sharing of updated knowledge.

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