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(2009), "Mr Greg Dyke, the former Director General of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), is to become an adviser to the UK National Health Service (NHS) on leadership", Leadership in Health Services, Vol. 22 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/lhs.2009.21122cab.005
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Mr Greg Dyke, the former Director General of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), is to become an adviser to the UK National Health Service (NHS) on leadership
Article Type: News and views From: Leadership in Health Services, Volume 22, Issue 3
Keywords: Leadership standards, World-class leaders, Quality of care improvement
Mr Dyke, who ran the BBC for four years, is among five patrons of a new National Leadership Council, a group of “outsiders” being brought in to raise standards in the health service.
He is tasked with teaching NHS managers how to be “world-class leaders” in their work.
Mr Dyke told The Times: “This is an exciting initiative at a critical moment. Leadership is at the heart of the NHS.
“I look forward to making a contribution and ensuring that we deliver results that inspire confidence from all within and outside the NHS.”
David Nicholson, the NHS chief executive and chairman of the new council, told the newspaper: “Leadership is the vital ingredient that can make all the difference to the quality of care that our patients experience.”
The other patrons of the council will be Sir Stuart Hampson, the former chairman of John Lewis, and Vice-Admiral Sir Adrian Johns, a former Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief of Naval Home Command, who commanded HMS Ocean in the Iraq war.
Daniel Goleman, the author of the book Emotional Intelligence, and Gary Kaplan, a doctor and chief executive of a private US healthcare company, fill the other two positions on the council.
It will also have 25 “core members”, each with longstanding experience of work in the NHS.
For more information visit: www.telegraph.co.uk