Leadership Strategies in Healthcare: COVID-19 Impact in the UK NHS

This project investigates leadership practices within the UK's National Health Service (NHS) during the COVID-19 pandemic. It aims to identify the effectiveness of leadership strategies in healthcare provision. The project outlines the significance of leadership in navigating challenges like increased absenteeism and its impact on organizational performance. The research includes a case study of the NHS, with objectives to analyze leadership concepts, evaluate related theories, assess COVID-19 management aspects, and recommend policy improvements. The methodology involves both primary and secondary data collection, employing a random sampling method with questionnaires and interviews, followed by qualitative (thematic analysis) and quantitative (correlation statistics) data analysis. Ethical considerations are paramount, ensuring informed consent, confidentiality, and adherence to ethical guidelines. The project's findings are expected to offer valuable insights into effective leadership strategies for healthcare during crises and contribute to policy recommendations for future preparedness.

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Project details
Project Title
Leadership practice related to healthcare provision during covid-19 in UK
Project Description
Leadership strategies are significant for providing guidance and direction for successfully and
effectively conducting required practices. There are various issue and problem occur in the
organisation during the COVID 19. There is increase in absenteeism due to lack of effective leadership
strategies within organisation. Increase in absenteeism has affected business functioning as well as
influence overall performance of organisation. Due to this overall performance and practices of
organisation is affected. Increase in absenteeism will lead to affect over productivity of business and
influence over the working of organisation. leadership strategies are significant for providing direction
to respective company for successfully and effectively performing business practices.
AIM
“To identifies different effectiveness of the UK leadership strategies during the COVID-19
healthcare provision.”Case study of NHS, UK.
OBJECTIVE
 To analyse the concept of leadership strategies that is essential in COVID 19 health care
practices.
 To determine various theories and approaches that are related with leadership practices and
strategies with in NHS organisation in order to mitigate COVID 19 impact.
 To evaluate the essential aspects of COVID 19 management that will help in identifying the
effectiveness of leadership practices
 To determine significant recommendation for policies that are related with effective leadership
strategies for the provision of COVID 19 health care.
QUESTIONS
 What is the concept of leadership strategies that is essential in COVID 19 health care
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practices?
 What are various theories and approaches that are related with leadership practices and
strategies with in NHS organisation in order to mitigate COVID 19 impact?
 What are the essential aspects of COVID 19 management that will help in identifying the
effectiveness of leadership practices?
 What are significant recommendation for policies that are related with effective leadership
strategies for the provision of COVID 19 health care?
Methodology and Data Resources
In this research different methods and approaches will be used for collecting data as well as correctly
performing research practices.
Data collection - For collecting data and information researcher is selecting random sampling method
in order to select sample size for gathering data. This report will include study of 30 employees who
are working in NHS company. In this researcher will provide questioner to 30 respondents in order to
collect information. For gathering data through interview methods, researcher has consider 5
responded. Information and data will be collected through online platform in order to over personal
contact as well as maintaining safety.
Data analysis - In this research, investigator is considering mixed approach that is qualitative and
quantitative approach. There are different methods of that qualitative such as content analysis, thematic
analysis and grounded theory. Quantitative consist of hypothesis testing, regression, correlation
statistics and so on. In context of this research for qualitative approach investigator has considered
thematic analysis will be consider and for quantitative correlation statistics is considered. Both of these
approaches are significant for successfully and effectively conducting research activities and
determining information in most significant manner.
Ethics - Researcher is conducting research practices in more ethical manner in order to significantly
conducting research practices. Investigator has considered ethical and moral practices while collecting
data or information for the respondents. Researcher is making sure that data collection is
confidentiality and privacy of information is considered.
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Data Collection Approach
Data collection approach can be describe as they way of collecting and gathering information in order
to successfully perform business practices. It is essential for researcher to collect accurate and
appropriate data in order to take correct decision. In this research both primary and secondary data
will be used for conducting research. Primary data collection approach refers as the data which is
collected for the first time and provide more accurate information. This is significant method for
collecting direct and accurate information. Researcher who is collecting primary data is consider as the
owner of data. Through this method researcher will be able to determine different aspects as well as
gather specific information which is accurate to the research problems. This assist in better decision
making and successfully conducting research practices. Secondary method can be describe as the way
of gathering information for already collected data. This is effective method which helps saving cost
and time of the researcher. Through this method researcher will be able to gather more information is
less time.
Note: The sections above should be copied from the approved version of your consultancy project report proposal
form.
Ethical approach
Please indicate how you will be addressing relevant ethical issues concerning your research. If you
tick No for any of the questions, please provide an explanation of how you intend to address this issue
as an annex to the form.
Yes No N/A
The research will not involve children under 18 or adults with
known health, mental or social problems
Yes
The research will not cause physical or psychological harm to
any participant or other person
Yes
The research will not involve any payment, gift or inducement
being given to anyone
Yes
The research will not involve any actual or potential conflict of
interest
Yes
The research will not involve withholding relevant information
or misleading participants as part of its methodology
Yes
The research will not give rise to any potential risk of harm or
distress to myself
Yes
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I will seek and obtain written informed consent from all
participants before conducting interviews or focus groups
Yes
I will provide adequate information for participants in a
questionnaire survey so that they can make an informed
decision whether or not to participate
Yes
I have already obtained permission from a responsible
individual in the chosen organisation in order to carry out my
primary research there and/or to use other data and facilities in
connection with my research
Yes
I will ensure participant data, including recordings, is treated
confidentially and stored securely during the research project
and is destroyed once I have completed the programme
Yes
I will ensure that the anonymity of participants is maintained
and/or that an individual’s responses are not linked with their
identity
Yes
I will respect the principle of voluntary participation in
research
Yes
I will not publish my final research or use data collected
during the research project without first gaining the written
consent of London Graduate School and the organisation
where the primary research was conducted
Yes
I will carry out my research in a way that does not damage the
reputation of the University of Chichester or London Graduate
School
Yes
Confirmation by the applicant
In signing this research ethics application form, I am also confirming that:
• The research study must not begin until ethical approval has been granted.
• The form is accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.
• There is no potential material interest that may, or may appear to, impair my
independence and objectivity in conducting this project.
• Subject to the research being approved, I undertake to adhere to the commitments made
in this approval form without deviation (unless with the specific and prior agreement of
my supervisor).
• I understand that the project, including research records and data, may be subject to
inspection for audit purposes, if required in future, in keeping with the University’s
Privacy Standard.
• I understand that personal data about me as a researcher in this form will be held by those
involved in the ethics review procedure for five years after approval and that this will be
managed according to Data Protection Act principles.
• I understand my responsibilities to work within a set of safety, ethical and other
guidelines as agreed in advance with my supervisor and understand that I must comply
with the University’s regulations and any other applicable code of ethics at all times.
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Supervisor’s declaration
• I have read the University’s Research Ethics Policy, and this has informed my judgement
as to the ethical suitability of this application.
• I understand that the applicant has taken account of the Research Ethics Policy and other
relevant University policies in preparing this application.
• I understand my responsibilities as a supervisor, and will ensure, to the best of my
abilities, that the student abides by the University’s Research Ethics Policy at all times.
Name of Supervisor: Signature of Supervisor
Date of Approval
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