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Leadership through action learning: a bottom-up approach to ‘best practice’ in ‘infection prevention and control’ in a UK NHS trust

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  • Jean Kellie
  • Brian Milsom
  • Eileen Henderson

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This article reports on the outcomes of an action learning leadership intervention in a National Health Service (NHS) acute trust in partnership with a UK business school. This contribution provides an empirical example of the potential benefits of non-hierarchical leadership. Over a three-year period, 45 nurses took part in an initiative designed to reduce the number of health care associated infections (HCAI) in a large NHS acute trust. By 2010, serious reportable infections were reduced by around 300, providing an efficiency benefit in the region of £3 million and improved patient safety. The turnaround is significant, and although not exclusively attributable to this initiative, the trust is convinced that the intervention has been pivotal.

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  • Jean Kellie & Brian Milsom & Eileen Henderson, 2012. "Leadership through action learning: a bottom-up approach to ‘best practice’ in ‘infection prevention and control’ in a UK NHS trust," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(4), pages 289-296, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmmg:v:32:y:2012:i:4:p:289-296
    DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.691308
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