Building and Strengthening Leadership Leading with Compassion

Compassion in Practice, the national strategy for nurses, midwives, and care staff, was launched. Since that time, a significant programme of work through six action areas has created momentum across the country, which has recognised the very crucial role that organisational culture plays in determining the experience of patients and users of our services. Caroline Alexander, the Chief Nurse for NHS England (London region), is the Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) for Action Area 4 of the Compassion in Practice strategy: building and strengthening leadership. In this role, Caroline led a think tank that brought together a range of nurse leaders from across the country to discuss and identify the key issues on which we needed to progress in relation to leadership.