GGI National NHS NED Development Programme: Peer to Peer Weekly Meeting with Lynne Hunt | 21 October 2022

As part of its mission to promote good governance, GGI will host these facilitated, weekly virtual meetings to give NHS non-executive directors an opportunity to share their concerns, challenges and ideas as we rethink the future of health and social care.

The goal is to collectively think about the role NEDs play as part of the controlling mind of their organisations, to discuss immediate safeguarding issues and to ensure we all learn from this experience to assure better outcomes for citizens in the future. If you would like to join this meeting, please email events@good-governance.org.uk.

ABOUT

Chair: Usman Khan, Special Advisor, Good Governance Institute

In conversation with Lynne Hunt... ‘Look after your staff to be assured of safe services: learning the lessons from recent adverse events’

• The value of providing psychological safety for staff
• Multi disciplinary teams and patient safety
• Risks of Boards chasing assurance rather than building it
• What lessons are they from the most recent instances of poor practice in the NHS?
• What lessons are they from the most recent instances of poor practice in the NHS?

About Lynne Hunt, Trust Chair, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

From front-line care, through clinical leadership roles and at board and system level, Lynne’s career has been dedicated to championing people experiencing mental health challenges and improving their care, treatment and opportunities available to them.

Lynne has worked relentlessly to make sure patient, service user and carer voices are not only heard, but that they are central to organisations’ decision making. Lynne’s vision is for mental health and community services to be led by those that use them, and this has driven the organisational and cultural changes within the organisations she has led.

Lynne’s four decades of public service have been within NHS mental health services. She began as nurse in Dorset, before moving to London where she rose to Director of Nursing and Deputy Chief Executive at East London NHS Foundation Trust. Lynne returned to the south, becoming Vice-Chair of Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, before joining Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust in 2017 as Chair.

Lynne joined Southern Health at a time when the organisation was facing unprecedented challenge and scrutiny. In five years, she has overseen significant improvements to culture and practice and in January 2020 the trust was awarded an improved CQC rating of ‘Good’ for the first time in its history. Lynne has also beenpivotal in ensuring that mental health is seen as a priority in the local health and care system, pushing for parity of esteem and resources as part of an overall population health improvement approach.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This meeting is by invitation and is open to all NHS Non-Executives Directors, Chairs and Associate Non-Executive Directors of NHS Providers. Others may attend by special invitation.

For further details, comments, questions and suggestions please contact: events@good-governance.org.uk