- Date
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Cohort one: Starting January 2025
Cohort two: Starting May 2025
Cohort three: October 2025
More information below
- Price
- £3,750 +VAT
- Duration
- Eight days over three months
- Contact
- Speak to the team
The Clinical Directors and Lead Clinicians leadership programme will equip you with the skills you need to lead your team strategically and operationally, across disciplines and through periods of transition.
Aimed at people working as clinical directors or lead clinicians, or aspiring to these roles in the near future, this leadership course will help you balance tensions between your different responsibilities. You’ll be invited to consider the impact of the external environment on your day-to-day work, with a focus on policy and the current economic context. You will also have time to go through real work issues with our team of consultants and your peers.
The eight-day leadership programme takes place over three months at our central London office.
Testimonials
'An amazing programme, which has given me the confidence and skills I need to be a powerful and strategic clinical leader.
Clinical director, NHS trust
What will I learn on the Clinical Directors and Lead Clinicians leadership programme?
At the core of the programme is learning how to balance the different demands on your time when you’re in a leadership position, whether those demands are strategic, operational or day-to-day clinical responsibilities.
You’ll have the opportunity to think about inter-personal relationships, how to influence your leaders, manage peers and work in multidisciplinary teams. You will also consider diversity and difference and how to take an inclusive approach to your leadership style and clinical responsibilities.
Along with your peers you’ll examine the wider context of health policy, the country’s economic situation and the impact this has on the health care system. You’ll leave the course equipped with the skills to lead your team through complex transitions and negotiate an ever-changing health and care system.
Is the Clinical Directors and Lead Clinicians leadership programme for me?
This programme is aimed at:
existing clinical directors and lead clinicians
clinicians aspiring to clinical director or lead clinician roles
GPs interested in leading change in primary care networks.
Programme team
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Matthew Rice
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Sally Hulks
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George Newell
Programme Co-ordinator
Modules
Pricing and dates
There are two cohorts each year for this programme. Both take place over a period of three months. Please join the wait list to be alerted when applications open for future cohorts.
For questions about dates or pricing, please email George Newell.
Cohort one:
Module one: 28-30 January 2025
Module two: 25-27 February 2025
Module three: 18-19 March 2025
Cohort 2:
Module one: 13-15 May 2025
Module two: 10-12 June 2025
Module three: 30 June - 1 July 2025
Cohort 3:
Module one: 7-9 October 2025
Module two: 11-13 November 2025
Module three: 9-10 December 2025
Price
£3,750 + VAT
Frequently asked questions
Got a question about the programmes? Read our programme FAQs.
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