91桃色APP

91桃色APP (2026) Standards to support compassionate practice environments (SCoPE). London: RCN.

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91桃色APP (2025) Nursing at the helm: the strategic contribution of nursing to health and care commissioning. London: RCN.

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91桃色APP (2022) RCN position on clinical supervision.

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Masamha R, Alfred L, Harris R, Bassett S, Burden S and Gilmore A (2022) 鈥楤arriers to overcoming the barriers鈥�: a scoping review exploring 30 years of clinical supervision literature, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 78(9), pp. 2678鈥�2692.

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91桃色APP: Leadership skills careers resources.

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RCN Nurses in Management and Leadership Forum.

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91桃色APP: International policy.

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Gowar C, Naylor C, Cream J and Chikwira L (2024) Realising the potential of integrated care systems: developing system-wide solutions to workforce challenges. London: The King鈥檚 Fund.

Kapadia D, Zhang J, Salway S, Nazroo J and Booth A (2022) Ethnic inequalities in healthcare: a rapid evidence review. NHS Race and Health Observatory.

Messenger G and Pollard L (2022) Health and social care review: leadership for a collaborative and inclusive future. Department of Health and Social Care.

NHS England (2023) Long term workforce plan.

NHS England (2022) Combatting racial discrimination against minority ethnic nurses, midwives and nursing associates.

NHS England (2020) NHS people plan.

NHS England: NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES).

• Includes the latest WRES report, previous reports, and details of phase two.
  

Nursing and Midwifery Council (2024) Good leadership means better care.

Department of Health and Social Care (2025) Fit for the future: 10 year health plan for England (CM 1350).

NHS Leadership Academy: The healthcare leadership model.

We would like to thank the RCN Nurses in Management and Leadership member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Broome M (2025) Transformational leadership in nursing: from expert clinician to influential leader. 4th edn. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Chowthi-Williams A (2026) Leading quality improvement in nursing, health & social care. London, UK: Sage.

Ellis P (2025) Leadership, management and team working in nursing. 5th edn. Thousand Oaks: Learning Matters.

Frain A, Murphy S and Frain J (2021) ABC of clinical resilience. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.

Goleman D (2020) Emotional intelligence: why it can matter more than IQ. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.

Huston C J and Marquis B L (2024) Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: theory and application. 11th edn. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer.

Johns C (ed.) (2022) Becoming a reflective practitioner. 7th edn. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.

Kotter J (2012) Leading change. 2nd edn. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press.

Kouzes J and Posner B (2022) The leadership challenge: how to make extraordinary things happen in organizations. 7th edn. New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons.

Last R and Lillyman S (2024) Reflective leadership in healthcare: a practical guide. London: Routledge.

Stacey G, Westwood G, and Florence Nightingale Foundation (UK) (2023) Leadership development for nurses and midwives. (no place): Elsevier.

Stanley D, Bennett C L and James A H (2023) Clinical leadership in nursing and healthcare. 3rd edn. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell.

Yoder-Wise P (2023) Leading and managing in nursing. 8th edn. St Louis: Elsevier.

Weiss S A, Tappen R M and Grimley K A (2024) Essentials of nursing leadership and management. 8th edn; Philadelphia: F.A. Davis.

West M A (2021) Compassionate leadership: sustaining wisdom, humanity and presence in health and social care. The Swirling Leaf Press.

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Journals of interest for leadership. Use these links to see details of availability.

Nursing and Midwifery Council (2024) Good leadership means better care webinar.

NHS Leadership Academy (2017) Professor Michael West: leadership in today鈥檚 NHS.

Simon Sinek: YouTube videos

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