First and foremost, are there any key leadership messages you want to get out to our readership? At NHS Nightingale London, where I have been seconded to lead the Quality and Learning function, we are developing a philosophy of ‘peloton leadership’, meaning that we all need to take turns leading at the front, while other leaders get a chance to catch their breath and get ready for their next push. Tell us a little about your leadership role and how it is changing as a result of the pandemic? [...]Nightingale, as Director of Quality at the Royal Free London, my role focused on building a system of continuous improvement and learning into daily work—clinical and non-clinical. What events in your past experience are most informing your leadership in this pandemic? I have been really lucky to have had a number of chapters in my career which all feel relevant to what I’m now doing: clinical trainee, management consultant, roles at UCLPartners and the Royal Free as well as a Health Foundation Harkness fellowship at the IHI and Mass General Hospital in Boston.
Ten minutes with James Mountford, Chief of Quality and Learning, NHS Nightingale Hospital London