Box 5.

Types of healthcare leader (Respondent 2).

In healthcare there are many types of leader:

i. The fine clinician – good diagnosticians, their forensic expertise brought to bear on their medical management and delivered with compassion, the pinnacle of what peers regard as a fine doctor; a professional leader who inspires other doctors;

ii. Academic leaders and thought leaders – those at the cutting edge of academic medicine;

iii. Clinical academics – innovators involved in service redesign, cutting edge technical leaders – i.e. robotic surgery pioneers;

iv. Professional leaders i.e. within professional organisations – they define quality and standards but are not part of the delivery or management process;

v. Educational leadership – those who inspire and teach the next generation, inculcate standards and culture in the younger generation to encourage them to perform to their highest professional standards;

vi. Traditional medical managerial leaders – progression from topic lead, through service lead, divisional lead within specialty, then CD, MD, CE, NHS MD. (Respondent 2)