Leadership and management are essential skills for all qualified care professionals, regardless of the position that they hold. This best-selling text book has been designed to support you on your journey from an emerging registered care professional through to becoming a care manager. It includes strong emphasis on how management theory applies to care that you will actually deliver in the clinical setting, and supports you to develop your skills through action points, case studies and good practice guidelines. This second edition has been updated to include:

- Further case examples to help you see how to apply theory in your practice

- The latest policy and research to enable you to be fully up-to-date, including The Health and Social Care Act 2012, the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust inquiry and safeguarding adults and children

- Recommended further reading and web resources to accompany each chapter.

The book will be ideal for all nursing, health and social care students taking modules on leadership, management and transition to practice in their final year, as well as newly qualified professionals or those seeking to refresh their skills.

Neil Gopee is Senior Lecturer in Health and Life Sciences at Coventry University.

Jo Galloway is Executive Nurse, Quality and Patient Safety, at NHS Redditch and Bromsgrove Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Wyre Forest Clinical Commissioning Group.