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NHS to set 50:50 gender quota
In a bid to get more women in the boardroom, the NHS is set to introduce a gender quota to ensure an equal 50:50 male-female split on trust boards, The Telegraph reports.
As the NHS faces the worst financial crisis in its history, the NHS believe that having more women on boards will improve the quality of deciton-making and enable a more ‘collaborative style of leadership’.
Latest figures show that two thirds of those on NHS boards are male.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Helen Buckingham, NHS Improvement executive director of corporate affairs, said: “We need to develop a collaborative style of leadership and, generalising hugely, that is still associated with women.
“The challenges the NHS are facing are such that they can’t be developed by an organisation on their own. This isn’t about being politically correct, there is evidence that diverse boards make better decisions.”
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