Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM) 10 January 2017
- This report, written by Richard Vize and based on interviews with senior leaders in health and local government, examines the real issues behind the Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) process.
- The report analyses the difficulties these new, highly pressured networks are experiencing, and identifies how healthcare managers need to think and act differently to make systems leadership a success.
- It considers the impact of the shift from focusing on individual organisations to thinking about:
- systems and local health economies,
- the importance of trust and shared ownership of problems and solutions,
- establishment of an organisational development programme for STP leaders,
- authentic leadership,
- building relationships between the NHS and local government
- clinical staff engagement, in particular middle managers and junior staff
- patient and public engagement
- the importance of dedicated management time to support the transformation
- creating the environment for changeprocess going forward
