Our external partner NHS North East and Yorkshire Leadership Academy (NEYLA) offers a range of national leadership programmes.

These are the first set of national professional leadership programmes to combine successful leadership strategies from international healthcare, private sector organisations and academic expert content.

They are available for everyone working in health and NHS funded care and there are programmes for
different levels of leaders.

Edward Jenner Programme

If you are aspiring towards your first leadership or management role in the next 1-2 years the this programme could be your first port of call.

It will help if you are looking to build a strong foundation of leadership skills that can help enhance your confidence and competence in your role.

The programme has been designed to offer flexibility as a suite of short online courses starting with an introductory module and then split into two levels exploring:

What leadership means
The importance of relationships in leadership
How to lead your team and beyond
How you can manage staff as a leader

This is free for those working in the NHS.

Mary Seacole Programme

This extremely popular, recently refreshed leadership development programme designed in partnership with global experts is delivered by experienced facilitators to develop your knowledge and skills in leadership and management.

The course is 6 months long with 100 hours of online study (5 hours per week). There will also be 3
full day behavioural workshops (delivered virtually currently). It is delivered in 12 units that cover:

Fundamentals of leadership, finance and human resources
Recruitment and selection
Appraisals and annual review

The programme is aimed at first time leaders in healthcare as well as those in a formal position of leadership with responsibilities for people and services.

The programme costs £995 per person for those working in the NHS.

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Programme

This is a 24-month master’s degree programme in Healthcare Leadership aimed at any middle to senior level leader with responsibility for other leaders and those aspiring to lead large and complex programmes, departments, services or systems of care.

It comprises of 7 study modules with 15 hours per week of study time and will equip you with confidence to challenge the status quo and drive real and lasting change to improve the patient experience.

50% of the time is work-based application (activities set online are put into practice at work), with 35% online learning and 15% face to face residential behavioural development workshops and action learning sets (ALS) – currently delivered online.

The programme focuses on ensuring patients have excellent quality and safe experiences by: