September 2024 News Bulletin

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Please see our latest news and events below:

The Mary Seacole Local Programme

The Mary Seacole Programme is a highly successful and nationally recognised leadership development programme. It is aimed at first time leaders in healthcare, or those aspiring to their first formal leadership role.

The programme aims to provide the balance between learning the theory and putting it into practice.

The six month programme includes:

  • 100 hours of online study which includes a virtual campus with interactive content, films, discussion forums and online resources
  • Three face to face workshops or 6 ½ day virtual workshops with expert facilitators
  • 12 modules covering leadership fundaments, fundamentals of finance, recruitment and selection, fundamentals of HR, appraisal and annual review.
  • A single written assignment at the end of the programme, asking participants to reflect on their leadership impact.

If you’re interested in applying for the Mary Seacole Local programme, please register your interest for future cohorts by completing the following MS Forms – https://forms.office.com/e/rP99VuAb49 -We will then notify you when application dates become available.

Applications received from organisations within the NELA Partnership will be funded. Organisations outside of the partnership are required to contribute £150.  

For any further queries, please contact [email protected]

Putting Participation into Action

Over the past year, New Citizen Project, in partnership with West Yorkshire ICB, NHS England and the NHS North East and Yorkshire Leadership Academy, has been working with five health and care teams across West Yorkshire, exploring what it takes to support and enable greater use of co-production approaches. Through a series of workshops, individual and peer coaching, teams were equipped with a range of tools and methodologies. The programme resulted in teams taking participatory approaches to a variety of health and care projects – from service redesign, to capital projects, to reducing health inequities – pooling learning and supporting each other along the way

On 2nd September the resulting report Putting Participation into Action was published and to celebrate the launch, a virtual roundtable event will take place on Thursday 24 October from 9–10am  to discuss the findings of the report and how an Integrated Care Board and the wider Integrated Care System can support and enable greater use of co-production approaches.

The roundtable will be hosted by Becky Malby, Non-executive member of NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board – Citizens and Future Generations and is aimed at leaders within Integrated Care Systems who are interested in supporting greater use of co-production approaches.

To read the full report and book your place, visit our website now.

System Collaborative Programme: Applications now open

What is the System Collaborative Programme?

The Systems Collaborative Programme empowers collaboratives (small groups working for a common purpose) to transform health and care services by fostering collaboration across sectors. When the NHS, local authorities, voluntary organisations, and local partners work together, they create more effective, responsive care based on local needs.​

The programme is designed for collaboratives striving to improve population health and inequalities by working across organisational boundaries and helps teams develop the collaborative leadership skills needed to tackle challenges, build trust, and deliver better health outcomes for their communities.​

More information can be found via our website and Information pack here

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Programme –apprenticeship route

The Elizabeth Garett Anderson (EGA) programme is now available only as a Level 7 Apprenticeship route, funded via the levy.

EGA is a 24-month master’s degree programme in Healthcare Leadership for middle to senior clinical or non-clinical leaders aspiring to lead large and complex programmes, departments, services, or systems of care.  It will equip you with confidence to challenge the status quo and drive real and lasting change to improve patient experience.

More information around eligibility and how to apply can be found here: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson programme – Leadership Academy

The University of Birmingham are currently recruiting to a North East specific cohort starting in January 2025, fully funded via the apprenticeship levy. This offer can be accessed here: The Anderson Senior Leader Level 7 Apprenticeship – Postgraduate degree programme study – Health Services Management Centre – University of Birmingham

To find out more about our offers, please view our events page. 

Please contact us for information about any of our development opportunities or to learn more about how we can help with your leadership development: [email protected]