The importance of leadership training at undergraduate level for Allied Health Professionals Author : Dr Nicky Eddison, Dr Ros Leslie, Alice Banner and James Smith Trust : RWT The NHS needs great leaders at every level to ensure it delivers high quality care. The performance of hospitals and the quality of care service users receive are all influenced by the quality of its leadership. The NHS long term plan sets out to strengthen and support good, compassionate and diverse leadership at all levels. Leadership is not the dominion of the most senior staff, there is an increasing recognition that all employees need to be leaders. Thus, leaders come in many different forms and can operate at any level.
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