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Grey Bear Consultancy CEO Emma Clayton discusses why today’s leaders must adopt humble leadership models, while prime minister Boris Johnson promised to come up with a plan to deal with “anti-vaxxers” and the spreading of “disinformation”online in a week where Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine was approved for use in the UK.

BrandSafway, the world’s largest provider of integrated commercial and industrial services, has successfully acquired Big City Access, a portfolio company of Rock Hill Capital Group.

In the second part of our exclusive interview with Dr David Fluck of the Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the discussion focusses on how the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the digital agenda of the NHS, what impact this will have on the health service, and the lessons that healthcare leaders can take forward from the crisis.

After chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending review in late November put paid to any hopes of a ‘V-shaped’ economic recovery from Covid-19, financial advisory firm Argent Wealth, a senior partner practice of St. James’s Place Wealth Management, has warned that the road to rebuilding the economy to pre-pandemic levels is likely to be a long one.

Speaking exclusively to The Leaders Council of Great Britain & Northern Ireland in the first segment of a two-part interview, Dr David Fluck, Medical Director and Executive Lead for R&D at the Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, reflects on the impact that the first two waves of the Covid-19 virus has had on the health service and discusses how healthcare sector leadership has had to be proactive in offering support to its staff.

Sparta Global IT Consultant and Project Manager Rituja Rao has been recognised as an emerging thought leader within the technology industry after scooping the Future Star of Tech: IT Manager Award 2020 at the TechWomen 100 2020 Awards.

In our latest leadership round-up, Hartey Wealth Management looks into the increasing numbers of people who are continuing to work after giving up their 9-to-5 jobs and the health benefits of holding back from full retirement, while Relocate Global discusses how Paris could emerge as a contender to replace London as Europe’s leading financial hub post-Brexit.

In the second and concluding part of a feature on Dr Andrew Stradling of the Medway NHS Foundation Trust, the discussion focusses more closely on the digital agenda of the NHS, the importance of an open-door leadership model, and what can be expected from the health service in 2021.

As the UK edges toward the festive season and the traditional winter months draw ever closer, Dr Andrew Stradling, Clinical Director of Urgent Care Medway & Swale ICP and Emergency Medicine Consultant at the Medway NHS Foundation Trust, has called on healthcare sector leaders to closely engage with staff on the ground and ensure that they have the support that they need to cope with impending pressures.

In the second and final part of a feature on Alison Kenyon of the Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust the digitisation of the NHS is under the spotlight. As the lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic are learnt the way technology is used by the NHS can help to deliver more services in a timely and convenient way for both doctor and patient.

Although an exit route from the Covid-19 pandemic may now be in sight, Alison Kenyon of the Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust feels its legacy will be with us for some time to come and there is much work still to be done to mitigate the long-term impacts, including a looming mental health crisis among the population and health and social care staff.

Echoing the views of Prof Adrian Banning, with whom The Leaders Council spoke earlier this week, consultant rheumatologist and associate medical director Dr Antoni Chan from the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust believes that the Covid-19 pandemic has acted as a reset button for the NHS and can be used as a catalyst for improvement.

Amid further news of a Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough, interventional cardiologist Professor Adrian Banning from the University of Oxford reflects on the latest developments, the impact of the pandemic on healthcare and how the outbreak can instigate positive change within the NHS.

Steve Harvey [pictured], managing director of Westerby Trustee Services, recently appeared on The Leaders in Pensions podcast series, where he lifted the lid on how he went from a financial advisor to heading up Westerby, which today functions as a specialist provider of trusteeship and administration services for Small Self-Administered Schemes [SSAS] and Self Invested Personal Pensions [SIPP].

With the autumn lockdown in England having now surpassed its initial halfway point, the levels of pressure within the care industry are boiling over to extreme levels.