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Cohort Details
Please note that in order to attend a cohort you MUST be available for all three workshop dates. Attendance at all workshops is mandatory to pass the programme and workshop swaps are not available.
Please also ensure you take note of the cohort location before applying as some cohorts are delivered virtually and others in person.
Cohort 159 – This is now full.
Delivery method: virtual
Start date: 01/09/2025
Workshop 1 – 29/09/2025
Workshop 2 – 11/11/2025
Workshop 3 – 20/01/2026
End: 03/03/2026
Cohort 160
Delivery method: face to face Crowne Plaza, Leeds
Start date: 09/09/2025
Workshop 1 – 07/10/2025
Workshop 2 – 18/11/2025
Workshop 3 – 03/02/2026
End: 17/03/2026
Cohort 161 – This is now full
Delivery method: virtual
Start date: 17/09/2025
Workshop 1 – 15/10/2025
Workshop 2 – 8/12/2025
Workshop 3 – 4/2/2026
End: 18/03/2026
Cohort 162 – This is now full
Delivery method: virtual
Start date: 22/09/2025
Workshop 1 – 20/10/2025
Workshop 2 – 16/12/2025
Workshop 3 – 09/02/2026
End: 23/03/2026
Cohort 163 – This is now full
Delivery method: virtual
Start date: 30/09/2025
Workshop 1 – 28/10/2025
Workshop 2 – 17/12/2025
Workshop 3 – 10/02/2026
End: 24/03/2026
How you will learn
The Mary Seacole programme is six months long with 100 hours of online study, plus three full-day behavioural workshops currently delivered virtually.
Learning is accessed through:
- The NHS Leadership Academy’s virtual campus, which includes programme films, interactive content, discussion forums and online resources
- Three one-day skills workshops working with expert facilitators
For detailed information on programme, structure click here.
Programme cost
The programme costs £995 per person for those providing NHS-funded care. Payable in full prior to the start of the programme.
The cost is fully inclusive of the three workshops and access to the virtual campus.
Self-funding
Participants are able to self-fund a place on the programme. To self-fund, please sign your name in section three of the terms and conditions as the person who will be responsible for payment when completing your application.
Key benefits
Individual benefits:
- Encouragement to look within you for the right leadership style, rather than comparing yourself to others
- Increased awareness of your abilities, enabling you to more clearly identify which styles fit your strengths, your emotional intelligence and how best to use it, how your behaviours might impact on others
- The authority, capacity and motivation to implement change
- The tools to transform emotion into an asset
- Greater self-awareness and emotional intelligence, enabling you to work with others more effectively
- Leads to NHS Leadership Academy Award in Healthcare Leadership
Organisational benefits:
- Better succession planning, due to having an increased number of capable leaders in the pipeline
- A wider pool of professional skills to draw on within the organisation
- Structured, evidence-based perspectives on decision-making which have a positive impact
- People with greater positive impact on organisational culture
- Leaders who have powerful strategies to achieve change
- A healthier degree of challenge throughout the organisation rather than just at a senior level
How to apply
To apply, you will need to provide your details and a personal statement.
We particularly encourage all colleagues from underrepresented groups to consider our leadership development offers.
If you want to talk to us about your leadership development, please contact the programme team by email at [email protected]
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