| Titre : | Launching leaders: an evaluation of the RCM Syndeo Leadership Programme for Band 7 midwives (2024) |
| Auteurs : | Caitlin Wilson |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Midwifery Digest (Midirs) (Vol. 34, n° 3, September 2024) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 205-211 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Descripteurs : |
HE Vinci Angleterre ; Évaluation de programme ; Leadership ; Rapports et études ; Sage-femme ; Salles d'accouchement |
| Résumé : |
Recent, ongoing national and international focus on maternity services outlines the imperative for effective clinical leadership across systems and at every level in organisations (Byrom & Downe 2010, Adcock et al 2022). The publication of the Kirkup (2015, 2022) and Ockenden reports (Independent Maternity Review 2022), and Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board's written statement (The Welsh Government 2021) highlight significant failings in leadership. Leadership is pivotal in creating operational cultures that are safe and effective (The King's Fund 2014, 2015, Ashmore et al 2022).
Bullying, poor role modelling, blame culture, underinvestment, and exclusion of the voices and experiences of women suggest a void of effective leadership across maternity care (Independent Maternity Review 2022, Ayers et al 2024). Ineffective leadership may be directly impacting the safety of women and babies, and could be a contributing factor to staff attrition and higher sickness rates than is observed in other areas of the NHS (Chipeta et al 2016, Discombe 2021). Immediate and essential actions from the Ockenden report (Independent Maternity Review 2022) focus on an urgent review of the culture in all maternity services in England. Central to this is the labour ward coordinator and, more widely, clinical leadership, as they occupy a unique function, which is pivotal to service culture, safety and effective delivery of care (Bunford & Hamilton 2019). While the Kirkup (2015) and Ockenden (Independent Maternity Review 2022) reports are England based, similar investigations into services have occurred in Wales and have found corresponding trends with clinical leadership (Welsh Government 2021). Some key recommendations and essential actions from the Ockenden report (Independent Maternity Review 2022) focus on the functions and requirements of Band 7 coordinators on labour wards, detailing broad training necessities. Within England, the Ockenden review (Independent Maternity Review 2022) states that all trusts must ensure that midwives who have the responsibility of labour ward coordination are supported to attend nationally recognised, fully funded education courses. This includes high-level decision-making skills, human factors training, situational awareness training and civility awareness. While the Ockenden recommendations focus on England, the other countries of the UK are investing in Band 7 leadership, with Wales having run a nationally supported programme for several years (RCM 2021). All countries in the UK have developed, or are in the process of developing, frameworks for Band 7 leaders. In England, the framework (NHSE 2023) has been specifically focused on Band 7 labour ward coordinators as a direct action from Ockenden (Independent Maternity Review 2022). |
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