I am the Interim Director of Leadership for the NHS Institute of Innovation & Improvement. The work of the Leadership Team includes support for existing senior leaders through board level development and coaching. One of the projects I am involved in is The Enhancing Engagement in Medical Leadership project, and it is a jointly led by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) and the NHS Institute. As part of the project the team have developed the Medical Leadership Competency Framework and the Medical Engagement Scale. What is the Medical Engagement Scale? Research has shown that medical engagement is one of the key factors influencing organisational performance. The Medical Engagement Scale (MES) offers NHS trusts a greater insight to the level of engagement of doctors in their organisation and ways in which this engagement might be improved. It is designed to assess medical engagement in management and leadership in NHS organisations, and to differentiate between the individual’s personal desire to be engaged and the organisation’s encouragement of involvement. How does it work? Has an initial pilot been introduced? If you liked to know answers to the above please submit your questions to me to find out more.