Last Updated on August 2, 2016
Leading Change, Adding Value is a new framework for nursing, midwifery and care staff in England, wherever they work and whatever role they might have. It is a framework aligned to the NHS Five Year Forward View that nursing, midwifery and care staff, whatever their role or place of work, can use to lead on delivering the ‘triple aim’ measures of better outcomes, better experiences for patients and staff, in addition to making better use of resources.
It shows how nursing, midwifery and care staff can help close the three gaps identified in the Five Year Forward View – the health and wellbeing gap, the care and quality gap, and, the funding and efficiency gap while retaining the well-recognised ‘6Cs’ as being central to all that they do.
It highlights the need to focus on unwarranted variation – variations in health and care outcomes, patients’ experience and use of resources that cannot be justified by reasons of geography, demography, or infrastructure.
Leading Change, Adding Value has been co-developed over the last nine months with input from a wide range of national organisations, practitioners, people being cared for, carers and the public.
The Chief Nursing Officer for England, Professor Jane Cummings said, 'The role that nursing, midwifery and care staff play should not be underestimated – we are on hospital wards caring for people, out in the community, care homes, academia, sitting on Boards, developing policy, and in the private sector.
'The framework – which can be used across all the sectors, whatever the setting – will support staff to demonstrate how they can use their expertise to drive change.
'The leadership potential in our workforce to manage the challenges of today and shape the future is boundless. From addressing differences in the incidence of pressure ulcers, to changing pathways of care and support in diagnosing diabetes – nursing, midwifery and care staff are ideally placed to be leading that change and demonstrating their value.'
The new framework for nursing, midwifery and care staff is available to download from the NHS England website here.
There is also a document explaining what the new framework for nursing, midwifery and care staff means for social care. It is available to download here.