title: How senior nurses can make change happen.
abstract: The Health Foundation Leaders for Change scheme, which ended last year, was a structured learning programme designed to equip healthcare professionals with the skills and knowledge needed to lead sustainable projects to improve local services. In this article, two of the participants of the last cohort, consultant nurse in perioperative care at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Clare Evans and divisional senior nurse at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust Lynne Wyre, share their experiences.
authors.affiliation: University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wyre
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D054976:Clinical Governance; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*