Department of Health leadership
The inquiry set out a number of challenges for the Department of Health to work more effectively.
The department is taking on these challenges by:
- establishing a programme throughout the whole organisation to ensure staff have the opportunity to experience the realities of life in front-line organisations
- improving policy making
- working to ensure it has the right culture and practices in place to be an effective steward of the health and care system
Department of Health leadership
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Recommendation 286Public debate regarding major structural change in the healthcare system
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Recommendation 287Leading the development and implementation of standards
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Recommendation 288Clinical involvement in policy decisions
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Recommendation 289Department of Health officials connecting to the NHS
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Recommendation 290Department of Health culture