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Leading Cultural Transformation in Nursing and Midwifery: A Shared Governance Approach to Embedding Person-Centredness Across an Organisation [PCC167]

Tuesday May 5, 2026 12:00 - 11:15 Poster Arena

Presenter: Dan Shaw

Track: Poster

Person-centred healthcare is fundamental to creating a truly holistic system—one that recognises individual values, beliefs, experiences, and fosters environments where healthful, inclusive cultures can thrive. However, healthcare systems continue to face persistent and complex challenges that hinder the development and sustainability of  positive workplace cultures. In response, a collective of senior nursing and midwifery leaders across a health district co-created a person-centred strategic framework, launched in 2024. This strategy identified six key priority areas, Creating a Supportive Practice Environment, Building Research Capacity, Building a Dynamic Workforce, Fostering Leadership at all Levels, Enhancing Digital Informatics and New Technologies and Delivering High Quality, Safe Person-Centred Care through comprehensive stakeholder engagement. Tailored strategic actions were developed to address each priority, ensuring the strategy reflected the voices and needs of patients and staff. To operationalise the strategy, a Shared Governance Framework was established. This framework supports inclusive leadership, clear accountability, and continuous evaluation, enabling the strategy to be meaningfully embedded. Six dedicated working groups, each co-led by senior nursing and midwifery leaders, were formed to guide the implementation process. These groups ensure that a person-centred ethos underpins all action planning, decision-making, and evaluation efforts. This presentation will outline key elements of the Shared Governance Framework, highlighting how it fosters authentic engagement across all levels of the organisation. Core principle, such as active facilitation, collaborative participation, critical dialogue, shared decision-making, and the celebration of successes will be explored. A robust reporting process has been established to monitor progress, surface challenges, and track outcomes through regular governance meetings. A systematic approach to the implementation and evaluation of this strategy has provided clarity, cohesion, and a roadmap for cultural transformation. As a result, we are beginning to see the emergence of healthful, person-centred workplace cultures where staff, patients, and families alike are supported to thrive.
Language

English

Conference

GCPCC

GCPCC Code

PCC167

Lecturers

Dan Shaw Presenter

Dan Shaw, Kate Hackett, Tanya McCance, Suzanne Murray, Lauren Sturgess, Karen Tuqiri, Val Wilson