Tom Leach is a change leader, coach and business development consultant with over 16 years of senior management and strategic experience in the third sector, higher education, and NHS. He is currently a Workforce Development Consultant for the NHS East of England where he has led regional development programs and national projects around patient centered care, implementation of the NHS Constitution, and wait time targets.
Improving access to seven day services - Taunton 4th March 2015
The first of the regional events for the south took place in Taunton on 4 March. Over 100 delegates from local health and social care organisations came together with patient, public and voluntary sector representatives to hear about the expectations, opportunities and challenges of delivering seven day services and to review and further develop plans for their local communities.
Interactions between the delegates in their local health and social care communities, supported by the NHS Improving Quality team, made this a vibrant event with everyone contributing to the table discussions during the day.
Key themes emerging during the day included:
• The need for system resilience group members to fully understand the skills and “offer” that each of them can bring to the table to improve health and social care seven days a week. This was highlighted in discussions around clinical standard 9, which many groups focussed on as their top priority.
• The need to have an effective system of information sharing between all parts of the health and social care system.
• The huge role that patients and public groups have to play in planning services.
Midlands and East GP Forward View update event May 2017NHS England
A presentation from the GP Forward View update event in May 2017 for Midlands and East, giving the latest information on what the Forward View is delivering.
Update of progress so far with Capital Nurse programme - Collaborative working to ensure sustainable nursing workforce for London - now and in the future
This table provides a summary of the key areas of action for employers and the resources that NHS Employers has produced to support you in these areas.
Improving access to seven day services - Taunton 4th March 2015
The first of the regional events for the south took place in Taunton on 4 March. Over 100 delegates from local health and social care organisations came together with patient, public and voluntary sector representatives to hear about the expectations, opportunities and challenges of delivering seven day services and to review and further develop plans for their local communities.
Interactions between the delegates in their local health and social care communities, supported by the NHS Improving Quality team, made this a vibrant event with everyone contributing to the table discussions during the day.
Key themes emerging during the day included:
• The need for system resilience group members to fully understand the skills and “offer” that each of them can bring to the table to improve health and social care seven days a week. This was highlighted in discussions around clinical standard 9, which many groups focussed on as their top priority.
• The need to have an effective system of information sharing between all parts of the health and social care system.
• The huge role that patients and public groups have to play in planning services.
Midlands and East GP Forward View update event May 2017NHS England
A presentation from the GP Forward View update event in May 2017 for Midlands and East, giving the latest information on what the Forward View is delivering.
Update of progress so far with Capital Nurse programme - Collaborative working to ensure sustainable nursing workforce for London - now and in the future
This table provides a summary of the key areas of action for employers and the resources that NHS Employers has produced to support you in these areas.
1. Tom Leach<br />4 Rustat Road, Cambridge CB1 3QT<br />Telephone: 01223 242953 Mobile: 07949 685103 <br />Email: tomleach1@talktalk.net<br />Change leader, coach and business development consultant with a strong belief in people engagement and empowerment<br />Wide ranging background in service development in third sector, higher education and NHS with 16 years senior management and strategic experience<br />Proven experience in spearheading pioneering initiatives at regional and national levels<br />Adept at leading and supporting multi-agency teams to deliver significant transformational outcomes<br />2008 – Present Workforce Development Consultant, NHS East of England<br />Recent & ongoing projects<br />Leadership of regional development programme to promote patient centred personal health planning: engaged more than 200 GPs, practice nurses, practice managers<br />Patient pathway re-design toolkit successfully trialled with regional NHS employers<br />National Project Manager (8 months) for implementation of NHS Constitution across 10 health authorities in England. <br />Leadership of national pilot to implement Common Core Principles of Self Care in general practice across the east of England; case study produced for DH website<br />Member of national group of workforce leads supporting implementation of 18 weeks waiting time targets; successful development & testing of on-line workforce planning/service re-design workbench<br />Executive coaching & leadership development, regional coaching network<br />OD and change leadership support for Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire County Workforce Groups<br />Previous employment<br />2003 – 2007 Project Director, NW London Teaching PCT<br />1994 – 2003Head of Learning & Development, Parkside Health NHS Trust<br />1986 –1994Training posts in third sector and NHS<br />1981 –1986Academic and research posts at Glasgow, Edinburgh, Open Universities<br />1977 – 1981Teaching, campaigns coordinator for Amnesty International, governor of Westminster Adult Institute and post grad study <br />Selected achievements<br />Successfully established collaborative partnership of 13 NHS organizations and HEIs in North West London<br />Led team of 10 staff to achieve Trust award for excellence in learning & development delivery, investors in people accreditation, and regional training award<br />Secured £0.5 million development funds for posts in GP practices<br />Led successful joint programme with Social Care to recruit unemployed into entry level posts<br />Professional qualifications, recent management training<br />May – July 2010McKinsey Five Frames Masterclasses for Change leaders<br />Mar – Nov 2009Level 5 Certificate in Coaching, University of Strathclyde<br />1994-1996Masters in Health Management, City University, London<br />1980-1981MSc Community Education, Edinburgh University <br />1977-1978 Post-Graduate Certificate of Education, Institute of Education, London University<br />