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>Last week I was part of the Question and Answer panel at the NW NHS leadership awards ceremony at The Palace Hotel in Manchester. http://www.principal-hayley.com/venues-and-hotels/the-palace-hotel
The day was run by the efficient Cynergy team http://www.cynergy.co.uk/index.php 

See the event details here http://www.nwacademy.nhs.uk/celebratingleadership.html 

The fellow speakers on the Q and A panel were:-

Helen Bevan, Director of Service Transformation at the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement. 
http://www.institute.nhs.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=24

Professor Robert Harris, Director of Commissioning, East of England SHA
http://www.eoe.nhs.uk/page.php?page_id=740

Mike Farrar, Chief Executive, NHS Northwest
http://www.northwest.nhs.uk/whoweare/boardprofiles/

Ross Baglin, Director of Leadership, Department of Health
http://www.executive.modern.nhs.uk/inview/inviewarticle.aspx?id=348

Andrea Sutcliffe, CEO, Appointments Commission
https://www.appointments.org.uk/Home/AboutUs/People/SeniorManagementTeam/AndreaSutcliffe

We had an audience of around 350 NHS NW leaders. I shall link the reports from the events which I am sure will follow!

My main points were about using ‘small’ ways to make big changes and I also felt I wanted to thank everyone – often patients use such opportunities to complain and moan but I find a postive approach is far more helpful and motivating.

We had a brilliant presentation by Paul Redmond, Head of Careers and Employability Service, University of Liverpool. ttp://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/festival/09/index_F2F151E503B149EC974B84E19065B179.htm 
He spoke about the different generations at work and the challenge of leadership.
 I would recommend him for any event!

After a lovely lunch I had to leave early to catch my flight to Italy … more later!

Elaine Hanzak

www.hanzak.com