Footnotes

• Contributors NW was the only author of this article which is a write-up of a conference arranged by the Northern Ireland Healthcare Leadership Forum (of which she is the chairperson).

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Competing interests None declared.

• Patient consent Not required.

• Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.